Does a house work strike work for a lazy azz husband?

Question

I'm thinking about saying to hell with the laundry and screw the dishes? I wonder if he will even notice or decide to pitch in? We have 3 kids and I do EVERYTHING!!

Answer 1

I gave up way in the beginning. If YOU want it clean then clean it. If you only keep it clean to make HIM happy then don't bother. They don't care. The kids don't care either. I know its not right but oh well. I played with my kids and did things with them. The house was lived in. Plain and simple. It wasn't grossly dirty but the dishes were always stacked. They got done. I knew nobody would take them from me. The clothes? Oh well. Mine and the kids got done. I even stopped folding his underwear and matching his socks. I just dumped them in the drawer together. The t-shirts got thrown in too. He would upset the drawer when he had a mind to. Oh well. He liked it that way so I kept it that way. Too bad. He should have kept it in order then. Nope. I made it easy for me. I was not gonna be a slave to a house that nobody appreciated being clean. It wasn't exactly presentable but it was only unorganized. It wasn't filthy. Dishes don't count. good luck. Give your time to the kids. They will appreciate it tons more than he will.

Answer 2

I know what your saying, i feel the same way sometimes, but have you tried to ask him to help you out? Your not super mom. I don't understand why guys think its the womans job to do all that stuff. But i simply asked my husband, and he helped out. Or i would come home crabby, why should i come home and clean, laundry, ect, while he sits there? No, he should pitch in, so when i'm in those moods where i want to be on strike i go on strike, and then he comes around and we do things together and help out eachother....

Answer 3

I have two suggestions the first i did and it worked the second I think is just flat out good hehe.
1) when i cleaned I only cleaned up after myself and our three children because modt of it was his and he insisted it wasnt his at all so everything he used including clothes books games movies dishes so on so on i didnt touch for a week when he said none of itr was his mess I pointed out ok those arent your shoes in the middle of the floor our 3 year old wears size 12 in mens and our 12 year daughter is going to college to be a R.T. oh and by the way the plate and cup you used yesterday the 1 year old twins used there twin telpathy to place it on top of the entertainment center.
You should have seen what I did before I did that he really got pissed I started in the living room and I announced I was going to clean now so you better put your stuff away he ignored it the kids already knew what was going to happen and got there stuff quickly . so his stuff got thrown down the hallway because it belonged in the room and if he isnt caring for why should I so went the 2 pairs of shoes, jacket thing after thing finally his bag of books which pissed him off i told him i warned you he threw everything on the floor that was on the desk on to the floor and told me to pick it up I told him your doing it you made the mess (which is how I came up with not cleaning up after him for a week) he then picked my 5 inch tall squre crystal and threw it at which time i laughed my butt off at him because it didnt break and he bought it he threw his cup of milk in the sink along with the plate of cookies and picked up the mess from the desk then went for a drive.The kids had the good sense to stay in there room while this happened.
2) You want to strike well strike not just from household duties but from all wifely duties and enjoy some time with you kids.
Speaking of kids mine are demanding my attention so I bid you good luck and a good time hehe please email me and let me know what you didand did it work for you

Answer 4

That is soooo funny.....I relate to Me2 a lot. I stopped folding my boyfriends socks and underwear, too!! Just dump them in the drawer!! He hates having to match them up, but who cares?? LOL!! I hate having to pick up after his messy asss and you don't see him caring about that, huh? I have also gotten to the point where when I find snack cake wrappers and other little trash of his around the house, instead of throwing them in the garbage, I put them on his dresser!! He gets tired of looking at them and throws them away himself. He is the biggest mess maker and doesn't even care. The yard is a TOTAL disaster, but there is NO WAY IN HELLL that I am cleaning the yard. I barely have time to clean the house. I want to go on a strike, too, but I can't stand when people come over and my house is a wreck. It's embarrassing to me. I just don't understand why some people are such slobs and think their significant other is supposed to be their little slave!!

Answer 5

It doesn't work, I've tried it a million times. Eventually you get tired of looking at the mess and clean it up yourself. He might help out a time or two but then he thinks he's put in his contribution for the year and he's done, or he'll do such a crapy job that you'll have to do it all over again.

Answer 6

Just learn to enjoy life. Clean what you want to clean when you want to clean and don't let it become an obsession. A happy home is better than a clean one. When the kids get older give them a couple of chores. Ignore the lazy husband and don't pick up after him.

Answer 7

Try it ... My guess says that "lazy azz", would be able to outlast you before you couldn't stand the mess and clean it up.

However, you could do the laundry for you and the kids. This way he would be forced to do his wash. Anything of his to iron? Leave him iron it. Sewing ... get him his own sewing kit. Late for dinner ... "Sorry we ate." ... Look for other things that would focus only on him and not deprive you and the kids.

Answer 8

So do nothing. He'll notice, but he's likely to scream his head off like a child having a tamtrum.....how dare you leave HIS dirty socks on the ground!! Shame on you!!

Make him eat those socks!! He can rinse his mouth out in the kitchen sink while he's doing the dishes.

Answer 9

It will work only for a short time.

Answer 10

the quantity of money your husband earns is irrelevelent as to in case you're able to desire to divorce him. you does no longer assume a guy to divorce his spouse because of the fact she earns below him and this works the two procedures. particular your husband sounds very lazy and egocentric, yet no matter in case you're able to desire to divorce him relies upon on the customary of your relationship with him and no matter in case you nonetheless have any thoughts for him. in case you desire to save your marriage yet are on the top of your tether you're able to desire to evaluate marital counselling, or perhaps merely end waiting on your husband, end doing his washing and making his nutrition till he starts to tug his weight. i've got self assurance you have permit this occasion go on for a lot too long with out creating an enterprise adequate stand against it. of course in case you now no longer care much less approximately your husband then evaluate divorce, yet 2 earning make existence much less complicated than one, that's lonely on your man or woman, your sources could could desire to be chop up, your babies will leave out their father being around and you will nonetheless be doing each and everything. on the different hand you would be unfastened to make a clean relationship with somebody else.