What planet do men come from?

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?

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.

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.

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 !

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!

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.

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 .......

I'm with Grannygravy, most things involving domestic work are referred to as mine. The shed, the office and the garage are referred to as his. If I venture in I get what are you doing? I also get the plates piled up around the dishwasher for me to load. I also have to watch country file, police interceptors, 24 hours in A&E, who do you think you are all which are not my cup of tea. Other half promptly falls asleep and leaves me missing programmes I want watch. If I turn the channel over he instantly wakes up so have to put it back again. Good job I love him

Disgustingly, I once lived with a guy who thought giving a plate "a good lick clean" substituted for actually using detergent and hot water to get it properly washed.

He really would get offended to the point of throwing a Donald Trump-style tantrum when I tipped the crockery, knives, forks, cups etc, into the sink with gallons and gallons of hot water and Fairy Liquid.

I was - in his book - "just making work!" and "I've not got f*cking foot & mouth, y'know!"

I wonder where he is these days......

My husband always helps with the housework. When in his armchair, he lifts his legs up so I can hoover around him !

Liz46 I think we share the same DH.

Why do you need a new winter coat? You've already got one.

Oh yes, been there, had that conversation.
It's not that I like cleaning, but I do feel teribly guilty if matters are so dire that I have to clean.

I thought a dishwasher was the solution . Pots just pile round it - not in it

OP. I don't know but keep 'em coming, please!

Only capable of dusting the TV screen when things get desperate, doing MY ironing, incapable of loading the dishwasher sensibly, hanging washing out with trouser/tights legs akimbo, not being able to tell a plant from a weed.....wish I had been sensible enough to be so incompetent !!

It is the other way round in this house - I am the one saying that the cleaning does not need to be done. I am happy to live with a bit of friendly dust. Life is far too short for messing about with cleaning.

If something gets particularly dirty I am moved into action; but otherwise I am happy to live with it.

Occasionally, when feeling particularly put upon, I used to place a notice on the cistern in big black letters "This Toilet Does Not Clean Itself". Late DH would ask why I'd put it there.......doh!

sodapop, grannygravy that response often heard in this house makes me want to ask “and how did you know exactly which bit of that carpet “I” dirtied?” Funnily enough when I clean I don’t usually feel the need to announce I’ve done it and wait expectantly for a round of applause!
The longer I live the more I truly believe that my old boy shares dna with most men everywhere!

Not boasting, but here DH cleans both bathrooms and is does notice when this is needed. (Is it necessarily a "man thing"? I know women whose bathrooms don't always bear scrutiny......) I think it comes down to whether you share chores - as we've been doing for over 35 years.

I call it “stating the bleeding obvious” - pardon my language! “It’s dark”, “It’s raining”, and how about “I need a wee.....”? They say men never grow up - so true! Glad I’ve just dumped mine! No more stupid, inane comments!

Mine is cleaning the house as I sit here on the PC! Since he retired he likes to take over all my jobs as, of course, he does them much better than I have ever done! I don't argue on that one.

Men often don't see the dust, need to clean bathroom etc. My late DH was very good at cleaning the bathroom but he never wiped the door (panelled) to get rid of dust/fingerprints or cleaned window/mirrored cabinets without being reminded

Yesterday's conversation: It's dusty in here,
That's because I haven't dusted yet
Oh!
Son chips in; You've got the patio door open and it's dry and dusty outside which will contribute to the dust in here. Son left as he was only visiting for a short while.

Neither of them got a duster, it's left to me to do today.

I've unloaded your dishwasher, do you want me to put your washing line up!!!!!! ????