I by no means want to upset him, but I'm so sick of cleaning up after him, our toddler and our pets day in and day out. Let me explain..He does cook dinner sometimes, and will give our son a bath if I ask him to. But..He doesn't clean up after himself at all, doesn't pick up his dirty clothes, food wrappers, plates or anything, and has left cups in his office until they molded. He doesn't do laundry, and if he does, he only washes his clothes that he needs for the next day. If I have clothes in the washer or dryer when he needs to use them, he'll empty the dryer on our diningroom table, and he'll put a washer full of wet clothes in a basket and leave them there. I recently got over being sick and unable to clean up, and I'm appalled at my house. All the dirty clothes the family had accumulated were strewn all over the laundry room and our bedroom, the sink was full of food-covered dishes (and we have a dishwasher!) and the floors and counters were filthy. He doesn't pick up his own food wrappers or dishes, and has even left things that were dangerous to our child within his reach. How can I talk to him about this without upsetting him. He has a temper and gets really upset when I ask him about these things.
He doesn't like the way I cook, so that's why he cooks sometimes, not really out of the goodness of his heart, LOL. I'm just getting sick of not being able to invite people over because of our house. It's embarassing. I can work non-stop all day and as soon as my husband gets home, it all goes to pot. He sits down at the computer or his Xbox, and gets mad if anyone interferes. He's got his own nasty "nest" around his Xbox too.
I can't just refuse to stop cleaning to prove a point. He'd rather kick trash and dirty clothes out of his way than pick them up, and has no problem living that way (although he does complain that the house is never clean enough)
What should I do?
2007-02-28
03:55:14
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Miss Informed
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Marriage & Divorce