When will our DH's learn that listening to us is a good idea?

melnericproper

DH calls me yesterday after work & says his friend called & wants to hang out. Now, our kitchen sink drain has been torn apart since it started leaking Sunday. So, I haven't been able to use the sink since then. DH made 2 trips to Home Depot Wed. night for tools & parts and still didn't have it finished. So, no DH, you can't go hang out w/ your friends until you get the sink put back together. It's a huge PITA for me to be w/out a kitchen sink. He finally finished fixing it last night, then sat down to play a Wii game. I made supper, let the dogs out repeatedly, did dishes, etc. while he was sitting on his @ss playing his game. I was even nice enough to bring his plate out to him. And every time I walked in the family room, I was getting yelled at b/c I had to walk in front of the TV & block the game sensor and he was dying in the game. 

Fast forward to 9 pm. I get up to go to bed. Dogs all want out. Ok, DH, your turn. He threw a hissy fit about that. I let 1 dog out, then took the other 3 to bed with me. I ask DH to come to bed since he's laying on the couch almost asleep. He says no, he's watching TV. At 4:30 am he finally wakes up & comes to bed, waking me up in the process. I tell him to go downstairs & bring up the other dog so she doesn't get into the garbage. He says she won't, and if she does he'll clean it up. Yeah, right. Not 10 minutes later I hear a plate hit the floor. It's DH's dinner plate that he never took out to the kitchen. The dog ate the leftovers. So now he's mad at me b/c I made him go back downstairs at 4:30 am to get the dog & clean up the mess.  Then he gets up for work at 6:00. He's late leaving b/c he can't find his keys & has to take my key to his truck. I tell him there's a reason I have a little shelf w/ hooks hanging beside the front door. He gets mad again & tells me to stop being a b!tch. Then he leaves.

Really? I do all the housework, most of the cooking, all the laundry, and take care of all our pets, minus the litter box. Which hasn't been cleaned in almost a month. Is it too much to ask him to keep track of his own d@mn keys? And what's he going to do when the baby gets here? I'll be too busy looking after a kid, 4 dogs, 3 cats, & a house to keep track of all his stuff.

mzclaire

eek! There are so many things wrong with the way your DH is acting. But it also sounds like you're being way too accomodating. Is he always this insensitive and unwilling to participate in helping with household stuff? Cause there has to be some serious stepping up once there's a little person to take care of!