Negative Help

I have asked about this before but I’m still looking for answers. How on earth do I stop my DH from “helping”. Here are today’s helpful disasters.

We have guests for the weekend, four adults and four children, so it is going to be busy. I had just prepared baking tins, crushed biscuits, zested and squeezed limes for my cheesecake. DH asked if he should wash up to help me. I said yes but should have watched what he was doing as when I turned round five minutes later he had washed up the greased baking tins, binned the crushed biscuits and poured the lime zest and juice down the sink down the drain. I could have cried.

Later he helpfully said “shall I get out the bed linen for the kids beds”. I said okay and hold him where to find it, adding “remember not to open the drawer under the guestroom bed”. However, that is exactly what he did – it comes off his run its runners and gets stuck fully open. I know it’s going to take us both an hour to put it back.

I’ve just sent him out to bridge club so that he can’t do any more harm.