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Sunshinemummy

mhoc wrote: »

Is anyone else exasperated by their OH as much as I am?
Its about a month off now until the holiday and OH has been thinking about his packing.
1stly he insisted that he had no new shirts. I know different and I pull out of his wardrobe a dozen brand new shirts, still in their cellophane, and dump them on the bed. I have won this argument fair and square. The new shirts he has now shoved back in the wardrobe.
2ndly he says he now has no new jeans. I am not so certain of this so while I had youngest son home ( he is over 6 tall) I get him to take all the folded jeans off the very top shelf which is normally out of my reach. We extract any that belong to OH into one pile and then all of my jeans, both top shelf and almost all of the others get refolded and put on the very top shelf so now OHs wardrobe is much tidier and the jeans rail is almost empty (sadly my body has gone the wrong shape but I am very much still attached to my beloved flowery jeans and I can’t part with them so they will reside on the very top shelf now)
So now we have on the floor a pile of OHs jeans for him to go through to either hang up on the newly empty rail, to go to be washed or to go onto the Oxfam pile. The pile on the floor goes onto the bed and he then slings it in an untidy heap onto the dresser on the end of the bed. How does OH deal with going through his jean pile other then moving it around the bedroom? He picks up one pair and tried it on and it fits so he wears it. The rest are still on the floor or wherever and he has no intention of moving them. He will now wear this pair of jeans for maybe a week and it will then go into the wash pile. Next week he intends doing the same with another pair from the pile. This will go on now for months on end.
In the meantime I will do a jeans wash and any newly clean jeans will go back on the floor or back in a heap on the dresser on the end of the bed. None will ever end up on the newly empty rail in the wardrobe.
I should just ignore the entire thing, the problem actually belongs to him, not me.
I could shove them all in a black bag back in the wardrobe so I don’t have to look at his jeans pile. But then 2 days before we go away he will be wandering around the house lamenting the lack of jeans again having forgotten that we tried to help him sort himself out.
Or he will insist at the 11th hour on going out to buy new jeans, the most incredibly dull shopping trip ever. He wont go on his own to do jeans shopping as that would involve making a decision although that is the least effort solution.
Mind you I might have an appointment in Chester next week so I might force him to come with me and he can go to Primark on his own while I am at the meeting and he try jeans on until he finds something that fits but he will probably pester me with texts and photos or various identical pairs of jeans.
I don’t think there is a good enough answer to this problem.

I think you live with my OH's twin!

If I want him to do something and he won't, I go on a ban... whatever he likes the most :D:D I do not do until he has done what I want him to!

Thank god he has never tested me as I think his will power would be better than mine! :eek::eek::eek:

mhoc

Evangeline1971 wrote: »

Withdraw all privilidges and nag a lot until he sorts his wardrobe out, thats what I would do

sadly been married too long for nagging to have any effect whatsoever.

He has no privileges left - the white wine lake is dry and waiting now for the next double discount week :rotfl:

Sarahdol75

mhoc wrote: »

Is anyone else exasperated by their OH as much as I am?
Its about a month off now until the holiday and OH has been thinking about his packing.
1stly he insisted that he had no new shirts. I know different and I pull out of his wardrobe a dozen brand new shirts, still in their cellophane, and dump them on the bed. I have won this argument fair and square. The new shirts he has now shoved back in the wardrobe.
2ndly he says he now has no new jeans. I am not so certain of this so while I had youngest son home ( he is over 6 tall) I get him to take all the folded jeans off the very top shelf which is normally out of my reach. We extract any that belong to OH into one pile and then all of my jeans, both top shelf and almost all of the others get refolded and put on the very top shelf so now OHs wardrobe is much tidier and the jeans rail is almost empty (sadly my body has gone the wrong shape but I am very much still attached to my beloved flowery jeans and I can’t part with them so they will reside on the very top shelf now)
So now we have on the floor a pile of OHs jeans for him to go through to either hang up on the newly empty rail, to go to be washed or to go onto the Oxfam pile. The pile on the floor goes onto the bed and he then slings it in an untidy heap onto the dresser on the end of the bed. How does OH deal with going through his jean pile other then moving it around the bedroom? He picks up one pair and tried it on and it fits so he wears it. The rest are still on the floor or wherever and he has no intention of moving them. He will now wear this pair of jeans for maybe a week and it will then go into the wash pile. Next week he intends doing the same with another pair from the pile. This will go on now for months on end.
In the meantime I will do a jeans wash and any newly clean jeans will go back on the floor or back in a heap on the dresser on the end of the bed. None will ever end up on the newly empty rail in the wardrobe.
I should just ignore the entire thing, the problem actually belongs to him, not me.
I could shove them all in a black bag back in the wardrobe so I don’t have to look at his jeans pile. But then 2 days before we go away he will be wandering around the house lamenting the lack of jeans again having forgotten that we tried to help him sort himself out.
Or he will insist at the 11th hour on going out to buy new jeans, the most incredibly dull shopping trip ever. He wont go on his own to do jeans shopping as that would involve making a decision although that is the least effort solution.
Mind you I might have an appointment in Chester next week so I might force him to come with me and he can go to Primark on his own while I am at the meeting and he try jeans on until he finds something that fits but he will probably pester me with texts and photos or various identical pairs of jeans.
I don’t think there is a good enough answer to this problem.

This is exactly what my OH does, moans he got nothing for his holiday, so goes out shopping buys a whole new wardrobe full of clothes, then the day before we go, decides to pack, which I now leave to him, not my fault if something missing!!!!, he then ends up putting half of the old stuff in, so when we return I then have to take new clothes back because he doesnt really need them. :mad::mad:

Bikertov

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

:j:j:j:j SSM is :j:j:j:j as she is looking forward to seeing Bikertov's poo :j:j:j:j:j:j:j

Oh dear - it look like I made a real mess with my poo this morning

Will post results in a minute, but they compared at £2

Tweets_2

mhoc, when my son started to leave his dirty socks and undies instead of putting them in the washing basket, I kept stuffing every pair into his pillowcase. He soon got the message. Your OH seems a bit more stubborn though so I'd probably buy two laundry baskets and throw all his clothes into each of them and place them in the bottom of the wardrobe. He still has to sort them out himself but at least you've got a tidy floorspace.

Sunshinemummy

mhoc wrote: »

sadly been married too long for nagging to have any effect whatsoever.

He has no privileges left - the white wine lake is dry and waiting now for the next double discount week :rotfl:

Then you may need to make the decision whether extending marital privileges is worth it, to get rid of the jean pile.... I think you may enjoy this one!!!

:D:D:D:D:D

mhoc

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I think you live with my OH's twin!

If I want him to do something and he won't, I go on a ban... whatever he likes the most :D:D I do not do until he has done what I want him to!

Thank god he has never tested me as I think his will power would be better than mine! :eek::eek::eek:

I think in some part of his brain he is still a toddler.

Going into town is a nightmare (even without glitch shopping) but his mother must always have bribed him to behave in town as in every shop we are in he insists he has to have some sort of treat food eg biscuits, crisps, sausage roll etc. Its very exasperating. And nor am I being his mother, tidying his washing up and sorting his wardrobe out - :mad:

I have tried to go on domestic duties strike a few times but it was a disaster. With 3 kids even after half an hour anarchy would reign and I'd have to give up.

Sunshinemummy

Tweets wrote: »

mhoc, when my son started to leave his dirty socks and undies instead of putting them in the washing basket, I kept stuffing every pair into his pillowcase. He soon got the message. Your OH seems a bit more stubborn though so I'd probably buy two laundry baskets and throw all his clothes into each of them and place them in the bottom of the wardrobe. He still has to sort them out himself but at least you've got a tidy floorspace.

I love this....
:D:D:D:D:D

Bikertov

Bikertov wrote: »

Oh dear - it look like I made a real mess with my poo this morning

Will post results in a minute, but they compared at £2

Even worse - T came back as N/A

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1 x Herbal Essences Smooth & Soft Shampoo (400ml) £2.00 £1.89
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Tesco
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Morrisons
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1 x Herbal Essences Dazzling Shine Conditioner (400ml) £2.00 £1.89
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Tesco
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1 x Herbal Essences Dazzling Shine Conditioner (400ml) £2.00 N/A
1 x Herbal Essences Uplifting Volume White Nectarine &... £2.00 N/A
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purpledonkey

EMMAP wrote: »

Hell yes woman. You'll laugh, I did a list for my Mum so she could pick up the surf.....only one left on the shelf! She was so close to her first PP shop. The look when I gave her the list 'one carrot? One?' :rotfl:

Take it sleazy PD- hopefully see ya tomorrow

:eek: I'm a lady don't you know! :rotfl: Your. Mum.

David. wrote: »

MORNING :rotfl:

:rotfl: didn't hear you so neeeeeer

Hope the swim went well SL and afternoon all, albeit brief.