husbands working from home

I'd suggest that you pack him up several "lunches " including a few snacks then put them in whichever room he is working in, followed by putting a padlock on the fridge and hiding the rest of the food at the back of the cupboard, or even better, lock him in his "office" and let im out occasionally to go to the bathroom!
For the tea freak - kettle, teabags, sugar and milk in a flask in whatever room he is working in.
For the central heating hoggers, show them the last electric/gas bill then hand them a jumper/coat/icepack!
And for the gardeners- let them get on with it - at least they will be out of your hair for a few hours - as long as they don't start on the kitchen cupboards, you'll be fine!

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I am truly blessed with a lovely, quite easy-going husband and both of us work (at least partly) from home as a matter of course. This means that we haven't had the "teething" troubles of some. Nevertheless we can irritate each other. Nothing much is meant by it, and in the grand scheme of things we do know how lucky we are.

I'm not sure the complaints (above) are really complaining and certainly don't think the other posters are belittling those who have lost dear ones. I'm sure some, like me, LOVE that we have that special person to have little niggles with, leave doors open, eat all the treats.

My heart goes out to those of you who had loving relationships and are now alone. It must be so so hard just to keep going. ?
I hope that time slowly makes life easier. I cannot think how difficult life must be. I have dear friend whose husband died last year and I can see how hard it is to just put one foot in front of another.... what she would give to have him back to "get in the way".

I’ve sadly had to ask my cleaner not to come for the duration ☹️
MrA has suggested we set aside Thursday morning (when she should be coming) and blitz the house together.
And yes I’m grateful.

my dh died Nov. last year, and by heck, do I miss him and his annoying ways

that is life,,, come on.. I am happy that some of you have someone living with you,, and you have someone to moan about... let it all out..

I used to moan about my beloved...

when I do my TaiChi in the middle of the sitting room he used to come downstairs and walk across the room,
it was annoying... but hey, as I do it now I can imagine/remember what it was like

I am happy you have someone to moan about,, it is what we do isn`t it!

Someone asks...why are you complaining? Type 2 Diabetes comes to mind ?

I find this criticising of the OP for having a moan so tiresome. She’s letting off steam for heaven’s sake. If it annoys you move on. I’m on my own but I don’t feel the need to carp about how lucky she is blah blah.....

To the OP, feel free to moan and ignore the misery guts on here.

Me and my wife are both working from home in the present crisis. I have been familiar with that environment for many years, but for my wife, if it is a totally new experience.

Yesterday she was about to go into our offices as she said there was data on her office PC that she could not access on the cloud system at home

I managed to persuade her that the above was not a good idea. We then both dived into the cloud database and eventually found the customer information she was looking for which had been filed in the wrong section.

For very many working from home for the first time in this crisis situation, these can be very frustrating and worrying times. All that is required by those who are at home alongside them is a little patience and consideration, and with that, just to offer a little help on occasion can enable aspects to run much smoother.

Just be grateful they are there in a safe environment and working, for very many are not.

I lost my other half decades ago. I still really miss having somebody to moan about. Everything is my fault now - not his!

Razzy It's too early in the morning to write what I think of that attitude!

The majority of key workers are women, which maybe explains why more men are working from home.

Let's hope nobody forgets who is more important in a crisis!

Mine has decided he is going to ignore the latest rules and go to work anyway. He’s self employed but doesn’t need the money. He doesn’t see how it is any risk. Because I am a keyworker he says if I can go to work he should be allowed to as well.

phoenix I was going to ask- is it only husbands who are working from home?
Aee there no wives working from home?

Luckygirl, Mawbroon and others who have lost their dear husbands
I was just thinking today about those we have lost and thinking that at least they have been spared all this.
I still have DH but have lost other family members and dear friends of my age.

MawB I am of the same opinion as you. I know I used to have the occasional moan about DH, but oh my goodness, what I would give to have him here with me now, when I am so afraid. Although I would hate for him to have to go through this.

I'm glad that mine is here to annoy me and where I can keep an eye on him that he is not cutting any corners.

I am so thankful that my OH is not here - he would have been frantic with worry about this epidemic. He was a very anxious man, with more scientific knowledge than I. He was already in a terrible state of anxiety - this would have been beyond distressing for him. I miss him more than I can say - but I could not have borne for him to have to deal with this.

Both myself & DH are currently working from home!

Have a dedicated home office but only 1 desk top pc, so could get interesting. Only so much I can do on the tablet.

well my sister and I were just talking on the phone about how this would have been so distressing for our dearly loved and much missed Husbands , and us , if they were still with us

Hazel1371 and others - there are recently/ bereaved (much more recently than I) members - this whingeing about husbands getting under your feet is thoughtless -better under your feet than six feet under in the churchyard.

I only put the heating on briefly first thing to take the chill of the house and ensure the water supply is hot. I go up for my shower, come down and he will be sat in the kitchen with the door wide open because "the dog is in the garden". Never mind that I have just paid good money to heat the neighbourhood, lets make sure the dog can come and go as he pleases. Left to his own devices the dog would sit in the open door watching the world go by and I am sure that is what he is allowed to do when I am normally at work.

I too have lost a husband and know how it feels, but we are only human and when someone continues to annoy us, we have to voice it to someone!
We all have loved ones lets look after them and all the key workers by staying at home.

Well mine is also working from home; he's a right teapot, would quite happily drink a cup of tea every half hour all day and night long. I am afraid to get eye contact, because I just know, no matter how many he's just had, he'll raise his eyebrows and say "any chance of a cuppa?"

Hazel are we married to the same man?

Mine is also going to ‘organise ‘ the garden, everything will be upright and neat and tidy, or they will be pruned to within an inch of their lives.

Words will need to be said and soon....

Like MawB no. I wish he was here but I also know I would be very very worried about him.

No, my DH died two years ago.

Remind me what is annoying you?