Angry with dh

Mine’s favourite response is ‘stop telling me what to do’ then proceeds to do it regardless of the consequences you have warned about, which then come to pass. I said don’t plant horseradish in the vegetable garden as it will take over. We now have horseradish taking over.

Haven’t read all posts but I would have unplugged strimmer and kept hold of it!!

Leave him at the place the window is broken and you go home for some R&R without him!
He is only allowed home when the window is fixed, make sure it comes out of his pocket only, and the place is tidy and secure!!

blossom14, that did make me laugh. DH would have needed counselling if I posed like that!!!

I have come to this thread late. I agree with all of points raised especially from Marydoll concerning golf.
About 20 years ago as a joke, I posed naked at the bottom of the stairs as DH came striding down off to his match. Not a flicker .
Mind you he dined out on that story many times.

I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry at this thread, really. I thought it was just my dh but now I know he is not alone and that is cheering to me. On the other hand, does that mean there’s no hope and he’ll never change now?? ?

ShazzaKanazza

I actually said to my DH tonight while telling him this story about your DH Gingster. ‘Are you listening to me’ he said ‘Yes of course I am’
I’m sure when I speak he just hears ‘Blah Blah Blah’

This really made me laugh!

I actually tell my husband to stop, sit down, and concentrate if I need to tell him something important.

But isn't it lovely that they are all active and share tasks like laundry.

Good thread Gingster

Ginster my dh took over laundry (and indeed all household) responsibilities when I badly fractured my leg, was in hospital for ten days and on crutches for weeks afterwards. He then retired from work and I think the laundry is a displacement activity for work. . He is meticulous about sorting colours etc, almost too fussy, but I hold my tongue. ?

Oh Ginster,at least you know you are not alone.
Dh was trimming some bushes and i reminded him to only use the hedge trimmer by moving it upwards not down,as he previously went through the cable.
His reply was "i know what i am doing".
Lo and behold,within a minute he did the same again.
Thankfully i have a son who is a whizz with electricals.
I didn`t say a word as it would have been an unpleasant one, but my face said it all.
Grrrr.

nadateturbe

I love my OH very much, but you are so right Marydoll.
And mine gets huffy too Marybee70.

SNAP!

Sar53

Oh Gingster I feel your pain. I hope you enjoyed your G&T xxx

We all love them but they are still their mothers little boys.

I love my OH very much, but you are so right Marydoll.
And mine gets huffy too Marybee70.

Fortunately we don't have anything that needs strimming. My DH is constantly taking my measuring jugs to use in the garden. He also takes bowls from the kitchen cupboards to use as somewhere to stand and water plug plants. The thing is, he never returns them! When I ask if he has taken them, he either denies it or says "it's in the shed."
I'm convinced that he has squirreled away my sewing scissors as they are not where I left them, but he denies having even seen them.
On the whole, he is a lovely man but quite frustrating at times.

My DH did the very same thing a few years back to a front window, luckily it was a conservatory type entrance so we could still lock the inner door for security.
I can go one better though. I was always telling him to keep off my little lawn area and get on with his own patch further afield. So what does he do, he drives his, big sit on mower over my little Qualcast flex while I am mowing! Eeek. ?

Mine's the same! I love him dearly, but I find myself eye-rolling more and more these days! (He doesn't see me do it, but it does seem to make me feel a little better.... but maybe a G&T is the way to go!!). I do all the gardening, but he likes to do our tiny patch of lawn, leaving grass EVERYWHERE!!!!! How does he manage to spread so little grass so far??? And he usually chooses to do it just after I've swept all the paths, washed down the decking, or just after my once a year job or putting fresh chopped bark on all the raised flower borders to make them look lovely and tidy and fresh!! And whilst we're on the subject of the bark, he even empties the ash from his firepit all over it!! How does he manage it? Although to be fair, he no longer does that ... after I threatened to chop off his manhood!!! (not really, for anyone who may think it was a serious threat!!!!) And no job is ever finished! I'm an 'if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly' kind of girl, and he's very much 'that'll do'!! So I'm forever finishing off what he starts! I could go on and on ........

Long ago I decided that boy children learn to tune out female voices, probably by the time they are 7. They then develop the life-long response of “you should have said”. Grrrr….

DH has endless tools to help him with the garden, but they don’t get put away. They end up just inside the conservatory door, strimmers, hedge trimmers, hoe……Too far to walk to the shed?

How strange that lots of DH’s have taken to doing the laundry? ?. Mine too, but he doesn’t sort colours/fabrics. All in together ?. ??.
I love hearing your tales of woe - I know we love them dearly BUT!!!!!!!!!.

Shazza - youve hit the nail on the head ?

Love this from MaryDoll….all perfectly fits here except my garden is too small for a strimmer and is generally mine.

What is it with men and their strimmers?

The same as it is with their power washers, drills, hedge cutters, chain saws…..

Vroom Vroom… boys and their toys.

I actually said to my DH tonight while telling him this story about your DH Gingster. ‘Are you listening to me’ he said ‘Yes of course I am’
I’m sure when I speak he just hears ‘Blah Blah Blah’

Oh well, if you must disrupt his routine, Marydoll!

Sue, my DH does most of the laundry too.
However, mt DD and SIL are staying here at the moment and DH, has no idea who owns what. It's easier to bring in the laundry and sort it myself....or so I thought!

Jaxjacky

You have my every sympathy Gingster I’d have at least 2 G&T large.
I do wonder if there’s any equivalent site somewhere Mary with a man making a similar list about ‘old women’?

I do hope so!
However, as I am perfect, it wouldn't apply to me! ?

I have the laundry aspect cracked, Marydoll. Since Dh retired, he does all the laundry. I highly recommend that remedy. Though beware, when I did go to wash something myself, I couldn’t remember how to use the machine, it had been that long. ?