[Janeytwo]

SORRY GUYS!! I'll have to try to do these again later when I know how to set up a poll!!!

LOL!!!


For now, let's all pretend you don't know me!!! Good grief!!

I can't delete either of the poll threads either!!! Ick!




Hey Everyone! And all apologies to the men who may be in here reading.

Ladies - I am having an issue with hubby. He has been leaving his dirty clothes all over the house. I find his unmentionables and the rest of his dirty clothes laying everywhere but IN the freaking laundry basket. I am losing my mind.

The other day I picked up his clothes from 4 different rooms where he'd dropped them knowing that wifey-poo here would pick them up for him. PAH -THETIC!! (On my part - not his)!!

So - I have decided that no matter how hard it is, no matter how difficult for neurotic-cleaning woman-Janey to ignore said dirty clothes, I am going to ignore said dirty clothes!!!

We are now going on day 2 and I am having to fight every urge to pick up hubby's used laundry.

I decided to start a poll. How many days can my Shiney-White Janey self go without picking up the laundry?

Please feel free to leave your honest responses. Oh....and ....pray for me ladies!!!


Oh and Kathy - I told hubby what I was doing (including this poll) just to be fair as you said (rightly so too).

He grinned, picked up a dirty t-shirt and tossed it to me. When I refused to catch it and it fell to the ground? He grinned real wide and said, "See I picked it up baby and you dropped. Now it's on you to put it in the basket! You women have to learn us men know how to think outside the box baby!!"


Not sure which one of these my hubby is.

[dpen6]

Janey,

The fact that his dirties are driving you crazy is something....I say pick them up, find somewhere in the house to thow them, don't wash them, just get them out of your line of vision. Once he starts to run out of undies maybe he will listen.

Its really fustrating that as much as it does't seem like much it can get more then annoying. I find that with my almost adult kids(hubby is good about picking up and does as much as I do around the house), the kids really think Iam their slave.

[Dickons]

Hi Janey,

Nice to know I am not the only one...and I am not a fussy person so it aggravates all personalities types.

I will pick up clothes around the house for my peace of mind, socks, jackets etc, but will not pick up his clothes that he always leaves on the floor in the bedroom.

When he says 'I'm out of work socks, shirts, etc' I ask if he picked up his clothes and took the laundry basket downstairs...then I sigh and go back to what I was doing before, (hiding my smile) and he then has to figure out what he can wear to work that day. It keeps him on track for a bit and then we do a repeat performance of the above scenario so he 'remembers' again for a little while.

Kind regards,
Dickons

[paigeturner]

Janey,

Years ago when I was a SAHM, I overheard DH making a wise-arse remark to his MOTHER saying he was growing accustomed to living like a slob and was surprised because he hadn’t been raised that way. Without a word of warning, the next day, I scrubbed the house from top-to-bottom (not that it was that dirty). Each day after that, I scrubbed the house from top-to-bottom working around whatever item he left laying around. The first day, I did all the laundry in the laundry basket, vacuumed around his socks, cleaned the counter around his dinner plate from the night before, made my half of the bed and left his dirty underwear laying in front of the toilet.

The next day, I did the same thing and continued until day 5 when he came home from work and blew up because the house was such a pit. Our little house was a disaster with clothes, shoes and dishes everywhere! Dirty towels and underwear on the bathroom floor, crusty dishes on the counters and coffee table. There was spilled popcorn on his recliner, crumpled newspaper on the floor and 4 half cups of cold coffee on the end table. It was a mess! A complete disaster. AND everything was his.

I let him rant. I let him rave. And then I calmly asked him to point out a single item of mine or the kids.

That little object lesson occurred 21 years ago. It might be time for another.

[Janeytwo]

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for the replies and the atta-girls!! :-)

I really destroyed this poll wtih my non-techie abilities at making one to start with! LOL!

I've asked Dpline to delete it for me in order to save us all the embarrassement (big grin inserted here).

But thank you guys so much!

Day 3 commences! Eeeekkkk!

[quantum]

I giggle at the strange places DH ends up leaving his undies, but that's just me.
:-)

[sstuart]

I say you can not last much longer than a week I think it is going to make you more crazy than it will him.

[crick]

If you want a poll, I can help you!

My vote...5 days. After that I predict you'll carry everything outside to the woodpile, douse with gasoline, pour yourself a glass of wine and watch the fire burn.

[DPline]

Originally Posted by crick

After that I predict you'll carry everything outside to the woodpile, douse with gasoline, pour yourself a glass of wine and watch the fire burn.

Oooooh! I like that solution!

[crick]

Deb - To be fair...Paige's idea is much more environment friendly. Not to mention likely divorce free too. LOL!

[DPline]

Spoil sport Crick!

After 17.5 years of marriage - and picking up DH's dirty socks, undies, and workout clothes off the bathroom floor - I think a large fire would be quite cathartic!

Janey - If you see a large amount of smoke coming from the west . . . .

[Janeytwo]

Hey guys!

Well here I am back here. Sad to say...your friend Janey here caved!! So that's only 4 days! I only made it 4 days!!!

Man! What a wimp I am!! I just couldn't take it ANYMORE!!

But in my defense - Like Quantum - I found a pair of hubby's dirty undies in a most strange place. My lingerie drawer!!! MINE!! I think he put it there on purpose!!!

I mean..... EEWWWWWW!!! I had to wash all my lingerie and now that it's clean, I'm not planning on wearing any of it for hubby anytime soon!!!!

Sigh....I am so sorry ladies. I have let "our side" down.

I did love everyone's suggestions though.

Bummer.

[paigeturner]

Janey, Janey, Janey....

We do what we have to do *sigh*.

Totally gross about the lingerie drawer! Let me think...I know I can come up with a revenge strategy!

[crick]

I vote for freezing every pair of undies he drops.

Blue and small uknowwhatsis might do the trick!

[Janeytwo]

Hey Crick and Paige,

You guys are right. I am going to have to do something!!!

How can a woman win? If you ask them nicely once, they make some grunting noise or something and when you ask if they heard you, they say, "yeah". Then nothing gets done.

Then after the 3rd time of asking them nicely, they start accusing us of nagging them.



Then after about a week, I just give in and pick the stuff up myself.

I wish I had you guys' fortitude!! I hate being me sometimes!!!

You know, he used to leave his socks lying around and the dog would chew holes in them. I was hoping the same thing would happen with his undies, but sadly, even the dog has more sense than to mess with those!!

Hmmmm.....I am wondering if it's time to call in the big guns. I.e., My MIL. Perhaps a lecture from mommy would do the trick?

Sigh........