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It makes me LIVID when DH says this

Sunflower777Sunflower777
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Every now and again he gets on a kick about how "messy" the house is. We have 2 children, it is going to get messy once and a while. He went upstairs to help DS with his bath, and starts stomping around, picking up books and huffs about "I don't know why we even have a bookshelf." DS didn't nap today and instead spent "quiet time" upstairs looking at books and pulling them off the shelves. Yeah, a 3 year old is probably not going to put them back. I should have said, "Yeah, I don't know why you even have a dresser." Because at this moment, he has mounds of clothes heaped on top of it, instead of put in the dirty laundry, or folded where they go. Ok, vent over.?
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Re: It makes me LIVID when DH says this

  • winerywinery

    I'm with you, I hate that too.  I also hate having a messy house.  I also hate spending most of the day cleaning (instead of playing with my kids) JUST to have it all messed up again in a matter of minutes.

    So, I'm with you.  Having 2 children and a clean house is nearly impossible.

    And, yes, I wonder why we have a dresser too, since all of the washed and folded clothes (by me) just sit where I've left them.  Never, ever to be put away.  Very annoying.

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  • august06momaugust06mom member
    I'm sorry. I would flatten my DH if he said that me and was implying that it's my fault. Was he maybe just venting? Sometimes I vent out loud but I don't mean it's my DH's fault. (Ex. when I complain that our washing machine stinks, I don't want DH to take offense that he should make more money so that we can afford a better one. I just think the machine stinks and I want to complain about it.)
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  • hotfudgecustardhotfudgecustard

    Just one little tiny comment/suggestion:  Your 3-yr.-old can put his own books up by himself if he's taught to do it and expected to.  Our 2.8 yr. old does.  He stacks them on the shelves -- we don't expect him to stand them up with the spines facing out.

    I understand about your DH's comment, though.  It's frustrating to hear that.  My DH gets that way about kids' toys and doesn't seem to "see" the pile of clothes (that I trip on regularly) on the floor on his side of the bed.

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