FFFC 1/3

ruby696 · January 2020

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drkoyya · January 2020

All week I've been telling DH that we need to do yardwork. We haven't done it in weeks because it kept raining. We needed to mow the lawn, sweep up the sidewalk and pick up the mound of lemons in our backyard from our neighbor's lemon tree. Well this morning, I was out for a couple hours running errands. I get home, make lunch for us, clean up the kitchen and I was about to rest for a bit before tackling laundry... then DH mentions that he did the yard work while I was out (great!) but he left the lemons for me to pick up "so I can feel that I helped with yard work." Mind you, I do everything around the house. So before I got too comfortable, I got up and racked up all the lemons. I just got done and DH says "see, that wasn't that bad"...

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jrouge12 · January 2020

@drkoyya Whaaaaaaattttttttt?! If this FFFC was where you hid the body, we'd all have your back. 😂

ruby696 · January 2020

Oh man, @drkoyya, there's no way I would have raked the lemons. And MH would probably be doing the dishes after dinner for that comment! Sometimes MH likes to joke that it's nice to see me contribute, knowing I do the bulk of the housework. Even though he's joking, he still gets a hugely dirty look.

JStill0603 · January 2020

MH has been home for 2 full weeks with the kids. My UO is that it’s making me second guess having him take his 12 week parental leave after I’m finished with mine because he’s making me CRAZY. He hasn’t even done minimal housework while he was home, all he did was take out the garbage and fold HALF a load of laundry that I asked him to do then had our 4 and 9yo put away their own clothes. I think it would be more stressful for me to have him home with a 5th grader, preschooler and 13 week old than having him at work. Ugh

soprano19 · January 2020

@drkoyya oh HELL no!!!

m6agua · January 2020

Ok, I have one semi related to DHs. So if there is ever anything I need or ask H to do (like hanging a shelf in the nursery) he always does them on his own time. Which equals never. So while he is sitting around I will casually get all the things and start hammering or what not. He will come and take over and do the thing I asked.

Its manipulative, but whatever.

soprano19 · January 2020

@m6agua I definitely do not see a problem with this.

heatherlynn321 · January 2020

@m6agua I do the exact same thing!

mamaj1220 · January 2020

DF's dad and step mom said they were coming over this weekend to finish a few things he started at our house and wanted DS to go spend the night with them, DS said he did not want to so I told them that and they have not spoken to me since then. My FFFC is I really don't care if their feelings are hurt, there is no reason DS has to go spend the night (he did last weekend and said mom I just want to stay with you). I am respecting what my kid wants.

ruby696 · January 2020

@mamaj1220 What is with grandparents and overnights?? Would they want to go sleep at someone else's house, in a strange bed or on the floor, whenever the person wanted them to? I feel like grandparents forget kids are actual people.

babyfoxden10 · January 2020

@ruby696 @mamaj1220 my baby isn’t even here and we are getting into arguments about it. My IL’s live an hour and a half away you’d think they were in Guam the way they act. They always make us stay over, but I told my husband I want the baby to go home and sleep in her bed when she comes. Oh lord, you would have thought I said let’s cut your parents out all together. No, I’m just saying I want her home without bringing every single thing she needs with us every time we go. Pray for my patience.

ruby696 · January 2020

@babyfoxden10 Hopefully once baby gets here, YH will see how much you actually have to pack. My in-laws used to be offended when we'd make a visit a day trip - they're 2.5 hrs away. So fine. We'd pack all the baby/toddler stuff and visit them twice a year. Otherwise, they could come to us. Just this past year we started doing an occasional day trip. Amazingly, they don't complain about that anymore. 🙄

sunshinesea22 · January 2020

@babyfoxden10 Um excuse me but I think it’s up to the party who is traveling whether or not they want to spend the night, if that invitation is extended! How on earth can people insist you spend the night in their house if you would prefer to go home?!? My dad and his girlfriend live an hour and a half away and that is definitely not far enough for me to want to stay over! I agree that your husband might change his mind when he sees how much crap you have to haul for an overnight. Also, once you have the baby, I strongly believe that people should travel to you for a while. Unless there’s extenuating circumstances that prohibit others from traveling. And again, it should be up to you when and how you travel.

louessbee · January 2020

DH Skypes with his mother weekly. Lately these have been turning to politics. I usually don't get involved, but today I'm in the room because I'm taking down Christmas decorations, and the two of them are making me crazy. I guess the FFC is that I purposefully avoid these because they always turn to politics and I can't take it. My blood pressure is going up, and MIL makes me want to yell. Bah.

pourmeanothermocktail · January 2020

@drkoyya I'd have chucked those lemons at my husband's head, one at a time.

OK, not really, but I would have wanted to. And I would have explained that, loudly, on repeat for a while. I probably would really have raked them into a pile and then told him he had to pick up the pile, because my belly is in the way.

@mamaj1220 That's super irritating. My In laws have been talking about taking our oldest overnight since he was born. They don't really like babies, but do like toddlers I guess? But still, he nursed before bed and woke up in the middle of the night until he was basically 3. And because they're SO busy (both retired), and live almost an hour away, and so we only see them every 4-6 weeks. Their house is only sorta kid friendly, and they're terrible at remembering to be quiet or stay out of rooms while kids are sleeping (seriously????), so I just don't see why they want this so bad, or how they think this will go well. They're not into modifying their lives around my kids, and my kids are only 1 and 3. Sigh. They did terrible staying overnight at my BIL while we the parents were there with them....I can't imagine how it'll go when it finally happens. Though if my kids say no, then no is the answer.

AFM it's minor, but I'm really tired of my husband "hiding" dirty pans. After cooking or heating something on a cookie tray, whether in oven or toaster oven, he puts the dirty tray back into oven/toaster oven after use. And then "out of sight out of mind" to him, and he leaves it there until I find it. Could be a day or two weeks later that I find them. He's always using "out of sight out of mind" as an excuse for all sorts of cleaning he doesn't do at home, so why the f*** would you intentionally put dirty pans out of sight? He claims it's because then he's keeping the counters clean like I want, but...put dirty stuff in sink or next to sink if it's full, or wash it right away. Don't leave it hiding somewhere dirty. Ugh. Then I can't find it when I need it, and then there's a hot dirty pan in oven when I open in (already preheated) to put stuff in, and it's so much harder to clean if it just sits around. And no, I don't want to need to check inside both items every time I do dishes and every time before I want to use them just because he is lazy.

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