What planet do men come from?

My husband has never bought me flowers so occasionally I buy my own, two bunches of lovely roses for £5. Lovingly put in a vase right next to the tv. Me - do you like my flowers Him - what flowers! Me - the ones next to the tv that you are watching Him - where? I give up .......

glad i'm on my own .i clean when i want to.do what i want .go where i want to.etc..do not need a man from the planet odd sod.

Mine is the other way round too. Much fussier than me. He does do the vacuuming and pretty much all the gardening and any DIY. But he does tend to say ' the bathroom needs a good clean' etc. He doesnt do cooking washing up or washing/ironing. Sometimes he helps load/upload dishwasher but he does it wrong (he would say I'm wrong!) So it's easier to do it myself.
But I do recognise the 'why do you need another coat/bag etc - you've already got one'remark!

He also once told me to buy myself some flowers from waitrose for Valentine's Day and didn't understand what was wrong with that as I could 'choose some I liked'. I soon put him right and he hasn't made that mistake again !

DH doesn’t do cleaning, doesn’t see dirt, doesn’t see the need. I have to admit I do as little as I can get away with especially this weather.
However today I have hoovered downstairs, moving any loose items but not moving any furniture ( too heavy). To my shock and horror when I moved a large empty handbag off the floor there were maggots underneath! Must be from the plague of flies we have had. Now that bag had not been there long, a day or two maybe, not like some of the other parts of the room under the furniture that haven’t been hoovered for months. I felt mortified, but I used the opportunity to point out that the place needs cleaning more often than we think. This makes our house sound really slummy but it is not, just the time of year I guess.

My DH is retired and I'm not, yet. So he does lots of things around the house while I'm away at the office. I wish he wouldn't - I would prefer him to do the jobs I won't be doing - mending the lights in the kitchen and bathroom ceilings (there are 8, only one of them works, in both cases), straightening the fridge door, which sometimes needs a hefty wrench to open it, finishing plastering some of the walls and panelling the ceilings.

No idea what he does all day, but I can never find anything in the kitchen.

Iv fractured my shoulder this week...painful and annoyingly annoying as I can’t dress etc......I mentioned this morning that the shower needed to be cleaned as I didn’t do it before I had the fracture(fortunately I had done most jobs). Answer was.......wait for it..............Iv got to empty the recycling bins!!!!?

I did it in a manner of fashion later ........question was.....why did you do that?

Mines the same we had this discussion yesterday. And occasionally if I've been out and he has done some housework. Ie Hoover the floor. He always says "I've hoovered the floor for you". Drives me insane.

Mine went into the kitchen last night and came out saying there is water spilt on the floor in the kitchen, why wouldn’t you automatically wipe it up.

My DH is a very clever man. However he claims not to understand the recycling rules, so leaves every at the back door for me to sort!

Planet Lazy..........?

My current husband (I love saying that to him) once came home, beaming, with a tin of 'new improved' furniture polish. He genuinely thought Id be pleased.

I said he could try it out on the furniture in every room in the house and let me know if it was new and improved and if it made polishing easier. He went off in a huff, muttering that I appreciated nothing.

These comments have given me a laugh this morning, I recognise most of them! It's really cheered me up!

My DH, an absolute sweetheart in almost every way, seems to be incapable of closing a door or a drawer. When I mentioned it he said "But they are closed" and wouldn't believe me when I pointed out that it was only because I had done the closing! He does wield a fine vacuum cleaner though, so I don't complain too much.

Gulligranny
Our husbands must be related. I can come into our kitchen and almost every cupboard and drawer will be wide open.

The thing is, they are* self-closing*! He only has to give them a nudge and they will do all the hard work by themselves!

I know I should be grateful as Mr C does enjoy cooking (but oh! the following mess which he seems oblivious of but that's another story!) but not once has he actually turned the oven off or closed its door - always left ajar with the interior light - and often fan, still on. Grrr.

Still love 'im. At least, I think... I do............

Mines idea of cleaning the bathroom is to wipe round the sink. I have to clean the rim of the toilet after him every time. I don’t think he’s ever cleaned the shower

Let's face it most men of our generation were not brought up to clean and just don't notice the dirt. At least, Liz, yours is willing to help if you tell him what needs doing, so like me, you are better off than most of the others posting here.

I usually do the cleaning, washing and ironing - that way it is done to my satisfaction, we both cook and wash up and DH does the household repairs, as he is good with tools and I am definitely not.

Frequently we do the tidying up and cleaning together if we have visitors coming, each of us doing the things we are best at. It works for us.

My husband has gradually changed from someone who hated doing housework to sharing which is lovely. But I've made compromises which is only fair.
This is something funny he said which is not relared to the subject. We were in Venice approaching the Rialto bridge and he very excitedly turned to me and said "That's where I'm going to propose to you!" lol. quel surprise!

Mars of course we are from Jupiter

These comments made me smile too.
Think its in the male chromosomes houseseller how do they manage to wake up the instant you turn over from the GP qualifying - yawn or police interceptors that has been on several times before.

My husband when he makes a cup of tea always asks me if I take sugar - we have been married 55 years.

Blame their mother.{grin}

To be fair he does all the car stuff, checking oil and tyres etc
If I'm away helping with grandchildren I sometimes get a call "How do you clean a toilet?"
I also get the "I've hung 'your' washing out"
The dishwasher is his, if I load it, he re-arranges it!
So I suppose it all works out fair (ish) in the end.

Sheilasue Read the book Men are from Mars women from Venus ?

"If you're going to cut down the branches do you want me to hold the ladder?" He IS good at making cups of tea tho...