Let me start this post by stating that I love my husband very, very much. He's a great man, a great partner, and a great father. He possesses many exemplary qualities, not the least being his ability to put up with me and all my annoying habits (chronic sinus sniffling, inability to screw the peanut butter jar on tight, terrible habit of leaving all the cabinets in the kitchen gaping open, paralyzing fear of spiders, etc.).
THAT SAID, there are a few things he consistently does around the home that drive me absolutely batshit crazy. Please observe my meticulous photo documentation of these 9 husband fails and tell me -- am I justified in my wifely rage? If found guilty for reasons of household insanity, do I have a shot at a sympathetic jury? *craftily begins planning courtroom defense*
The dirty cereal bowl, caaaaaaaaarefully placed RIGHT at the juxtoposition of sink and dishwasher.
Speaking of cereal: are all the boxes left open so as to more efficiently allow the contents to become stale? Ding ding ding!
Points for not just leaving the empty cardboard tube on there, I guess.
Ohhhhh, so close. AND YET.
"That one paper? It's on my side of the desk," he says. O RLY? Excuse me while I send in a team of highly-trained search and rescue dogs.
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN.
Random Occurrences of Dropping Off the Face of the Earth, Cellphone-Wise. Hello? Hello? THIS IS THE UNITED STATES ARE WE REACHING?
"What? I did the laundry." No dude, you put a bunch of clothes in the washing machine, turned it on, then all thoughts of laundry instantly left your brain forever and ever, and all the clothes got mildewy-smelling from sitting in their own moist juices, and they by default became MY problem. WASH + DRY + PUT AWAY = LAUNDRY.
Hey I just vacuumed
and this is crazy
But you tracked in a shitload of dirt
so clean it maybe?
Whew. I'm glad I got all this off my chest. So, tell me -- what household habits does YOUR spouse have that drive you nuts?
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I decided a long time ago that my DH was obviously not mechanically inclined enough to undo the toilet paper holder (mind you he can rebuild a car engine and has rewired our house among his many talents), so I replaced all of our tp holders with easy on/off bars that mean you just have to slip the roll on and off without detaching anything. It works most of the time LOL
One of our biggest arguments is finishing whatever without writing it on the list. Fine, you couldn't find a pen (I call BS because I have the largest stolen pen collection known to man), but when I ask you what do we need prior to shopping, fess up. Of course when I hear nothing, I assume we need nothing. When I get home and he asks did you pick up "fill in the blank with the most absurd thing known to man", it drives me absolutely bonkers. Yes, I shop at night (two kids with food allergies, three kids total - I need undivided attention to labels) but that doesn't mean I want to shop every night. And then when I do have to go back out at night, don't complain that I shop every night!
DH can't see our trashcan, I guess, because he will put his trash on the counter when the empty trashcan is inches away! Our apartment bathroom is sorta small so he always takes the TP off the roll but then never puts it back on. Laundry...same as you! And he always leaves his clothes on the edge of the bed because they have to "dry out" before he can put them in the hamper D:
Let's see, we're both guilty of leaving laundry on the bathroom floor, but I pick mine up more often. When he picks his up he just scoops anything he sees, then I can't find half my clothes cause they are in this basket. Doesn't seem to know that the garbage can is that gray thing he has to walk by to leave the kitchen, leaves all sorts of trash on the kitchen counter. And my favorite will bring in half a dozen glasses and a few plates in from his "man cave" the second I have actually finished the dishes and cleaned the kitchen. I am a bad housewife in general but living with him is counterproductive most of the time.