I'm currently in a battle of wills with Mr P over the emptying of the dishwasher. It's supposed to be one of his jobs, but I can't even remember the last time he did it.
So, it was on yesterday and finished it's cycle last night. I switched it of and opened it to dry. The dishes are still in there... I'm determined to leave it until he empties it.
Dirty dishes are now piling up on the worktop above the dishwasher, the sink is full and we're running out of cutlery.
Does anyone else indulge in silly battles like this with their significant other?
In my own way I'm trying to prove a point. I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing 100% of the housework, like my mother and his mother have done. I don't ask him to do much, just empty the blinkin' dishwasher occasionally!
As above, the sight of all that mess would drive me up the wall!
Good luck with trying to prove your point. He sounds like my Dad, and stuck in his ways. You're fighting a losing battle! :-)
yes -its his job to empty the bin in the kitchen -he usually forgets so I pile it up balancing one thing on top of another until he takes the hint -it would actually be less stressfull just to empty the damn thing myself but its the principle
It's not that he's lazy or sexist, he has an appalling memory and forgets that it needs emptied. I'm hoping if he spots the piles of dishes he might think to look.
I think he's just been used to his mother doing it all and not complaining, and to an extent I can be guilty of just doing stuff because I can't stand the mess. Just trying to retrain him! Do you think I could get him an electric collar?
It is the principal, Mags. We're not arguing or falling out over it. There's no atmosphere or bickering. I'm just quietly waiting to see if he empties it!
How about waiting until you are cooking and ask him if he could give you a hand with something. When he arrives ask him to clear the dishwasher because you're running out of space. Then he can fill it again. Simple.
i am very lucky as i will always win these types of battle - i have a far far higher tolerance for mess than he does. However, i realised a few years ago that we were arguing far too much over housework, so we got a cleaner