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::Jocelyn::
I've been mentally having a "we are grown ups now" pep talk with DH that needs to happen in person. Our living room is not his laundry hamper. I should not wake up to find garbage from his late night snacks on the counter, coffee table, whatever. I just need to find the right approach so that it doesn't come across as an attack.
Oh sweetie, I'm right there with you. But my problem is that any time I bring it up (and I usually do a "we need to do a better job" approach), it becomes painfully obvious that I have work to do in this area too. It's not gross clutter like his is, but it's clutter nonetheless.
But still. Why can't men throw their trash away? It's really not hard.
ETA: And PS. I crave salty fries when I'm pregnant. You? 
I kid, I kid...
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Re: ::Jocelyn::
Yeah, that's definitely my realization too, which is why I want to be really intentional about the way I go about it. I think I let things like that get to me more than DH, so he doesn't say anything about the fact that the load of laundry I folded is still on the dining room table, or that I leave piles of stuff to be filed on the counter. I definitely think we just need to overhaul some of our cleaning/organization systems and duties, but it's difficult to know how when I am the one that notices and feels bothered by it.
The last time we talked about stuff like this, I even asked DH to point out areas that I needed to work on too. I'm glad we're able to have conversations like this, but I sometimes come out of them feeling less than stellar about the way that I've gone about talking to him.
And hardee har har......I think I'm just a junk food addict tryting to hide behind a healthy eater's facade. Though I haven't taken an hpt since having Annie, and AF has not yet returned, so how would I really know, right? (<---not trying to vaguely hint, I really don't think this is a possibility.)
I could have written your reply. Same here. Part of me thinks I should just resign to the fact that our house is messy.
::enter newly hired house cleaner, who starts next week::
I'm totally teasing about the pregnant craving thing! It's absolutely none of my business anyway! So, um, are you going to POAS or what?
PS. My fries were awesome.
Oh yeah, you'll have to tell us all how the housecleaner goes! When we had one for a brief couple months in the fall, I was a new person. My house still wasn't clean all the time, but I sweated the small stuff much less frequently, and it was divine.