I just don't understand...

pinktulips · January 2010

Last night I started dinner (nothing really fancy - I had to run out the door as soon as DH got home) which was chicken nuggets and mac n cheese. Whoohoo! Julia Childs, here I come! Anyways, I had to leave to go pick up Luke from the airport so I had just started the food for DH to finish cooking. I got home really late with Luke so I didn't pay attention to the kitchen at all. This morning I walk in there and when DH finished off the mac n cheese he ignored the whole stick of butter in the butter dish, took out the box of butter, used a new stick for the mac and cheese and then left the box of butter, and the now used, but still in the wrapper half stick sitting on the counter.

Yesterday I walked into the kitchen to find the peanut butter jar on the counter without the lid on, and the jelly jar sitting out.

I don't understand how he can't finish a simple thought.

Vent over.

misseshoneysett · January 2010

i dont get it either. my dh is notorious for open chip bags and cereal boxes. thus becoming stale and being thrown away. JUST CLOSE IT!!!

CDMay2006 · January 2010

Y'all need a dog. If you have a pilfering dog like mine, you (i.e., your male counterpart) will learn very quickly not to leave anything out, as you run out of food/have gigantic messes to clean up from the food itself/have gigantic digestive messes to clean up from the dog. It worked for us. My dh no longer leaves food on the counter/table/etc. and generally utilizes the formerly daunting contraption called a bag clip. Smile

BriAndSean · January 2010

I accidentally left a half gallon of DD's milk out last week. I'm blaming it on pg brain though... what's his excuse?!

EllaB_04 · January 2010

I totally understand where you're coming from! I just don't understand how DH can be so successful in his career, juggling hundreds of little things at once, managing big budgets, etc. yet CAN'T seem to recycle his soda can or wring out the wet sponge in the sink! So frustrating!

KNemo · January 2010

My DH doesn't leave food out, per se, he more can't be bothered to throw his garbage away. It drives me nucking futs. It's not like the garbage recepticle is in the next zip code. It is litereally 20 feet from his butt indentation on the couch. But he can't be bothered.

IdahoGirl · January 2010

So, you're saying he's a typical man? Big Smile

DH does the same sort of things and drives me batty.

jcyahne · January 2010

My DH would get totally crabby if I didn't shut a chips bag well enough and they got stale. But my God the man can't get garbage into the garbage can to save his life. What gives???

CinemaGoddess · January 2010

I do a lot of these things. Embarrassed

But God help him if DH puts underwears in with the cold cycle clothes on laundry day. Underwears are washed in HOT water.

braveangel2 · January 2010

Inability to complete a task = most guys? I don't know, but I swear it affects even the most thoughtful man at times.

Which is weird because my guy is a rock star at work...follows through, catches other peoples mistakes and so on.

blueLu25 · January 2010

lol, I do all these things on a regular basis, and it drives DH crazy. Although I think its the pregnancy brain.

Em7.31.04 · January 2010

Chip clips are way too difficult to think about when you have a "male apparatus" to keep up with. I mean seriously, we have no idea how much responsibility it is to have one. ;-)

lulumialu · January 2010

DH can't be bothered to throw anything away either, but he's slowly gotten better about leaving perishables out on the counter.

My biggest pet peeve with him: he throws his coat on the floor when he comes inside. Come on! I don't expect him to put it in the closet, but drape it on the chair or something!

JRS72206 · January 2010

Same here! DH always does 75% of a job. If he does the dishes, he doesn't start the washer or clean the sink. If he takes out the trash her forgets to check the indoor cans to see if they need emptied....etc etc etc etc. I drives me NUTS!

heather318 · January 2010

First thought to come to mind, he's a typical man.

I work 3-11:30pm, DH works 7am-6pm. When I get home at night, there is always an empty bowl, empty gatorade or water bottle and various other things sitting on the table next to the couch. Is it really that difficult to throw that stuff away before you go to bed!?

CDMay2006 · January 2010

JRS72206:
Same here! DH always does 75% of a job. If he does the dishes, he doesn't start the washer or clean the sink. If he takes out the trash her forgets to check the indoor cans to see if they need emptied....etc etc etc etc. I drives me NUTS!

This is our situation. Used to be he really didn't see it needed to be done; now he does, but until recently didn't understant that doing the dishes includes cleaning the sink (dishes are his responsibility) or cleaning the kitchen includes wiping down the stove, etc.

StellaZ · January 2010

visbile empty/clean sink - 1/2 empty dirty dishwasher - dish goes in sink AND he takes the time to put water in it to "soak"...

JUST PUT IT IN THE DISHWASHER FOR CRISSAKES!

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