Washing up

[nickyboy]

Hard to argue.

A bone of contention in my, and I'd guess many other relationships, is differing thresholds. My missus sometimes grumbles at my failure to tidy up, to which I always respond that it's because I never see anything remotely near 'untidy', at least by my standards. I'd be perfectly happy to help tidy...but she always gets there long before I would. Because it's 'untidy'. (It isn't.)

Perception is reality unfortunately. Mrs Nickyboy and I have exactly the same situation. My perception of what constitutes "untidy" differs somewhat from hers. However she has this idea that so long as our detritus is stuffed in a cupboard out of sight then all is well. That drives me crazy. When finally riled by untidiness, I am a "sort it out properly" kind of guy

 

[Basil.B]

I actually enjoy washing up, gives me time to ponder.
Wash up after every meal, 3 times a day. Often do the wiping up too.
Would never consider buying a dishwasher. More money to spend on bike stuff!

 

[Melonfish]

I have a slimline jobby, i call it "the marriage saver"
we always argued about dishes, we both hate em, however now after dinner everything goes in the washer and we're sorted for the next day.
simples.

 

[Sara_H]

Ok..back story is this:
I work full time (and at least one day at weekends), wife left work to look after the kids when they were born. Eldest is in school full time and little one in pre-school in the mornings.
Wife's thinking is that when I get home, it's her time off so I cook and put the kids to bed etc. She washes up but refuses to do it until the morning. I hate this for two reasons:
1. The house stinks in the morning of what we cooked the night before
2. There's no work top space and often we've run out of plates etc for breakfast
Sorry for the life story but am I being unreasonable to want her to wash up after tea???

You definitely need a dishwasher. Life's too short for this kind of domestic irritation.

 

[alans]

Ok..back story is this:
I work full time (and at least one day at weekends), wife left work to look after the kids when they were born.


Wife's thinking is that when I get home, it's her time off so I cook and put the kids to bed etc.

So when is it your time off?

 

[Frood42]

Eat out
.

 

[Easytigers]

So when is it your time off?

Hmmm...never thought about it like that...wife is looking over shoulder as I type and she says "When you're on the bike!"
I kind of get that but am also saying that it keeps me fit and saves us in petrol

 

[vernon]

Ok..back story is this:
I work full time (and at least one day at weekends), wife left work to look after the kids when they were born. Eldest is in school full time and little one in pre-school in the mornings.
Wife's thinking is that when I get home, it's her time off so I cook and put the kids to bed etc. She washes up but refuses to do it until the morning. I hate this for two reasons:
1. The house stinks in the morning of what we cooked the night before
2. There's no work top space and often we've run out of plates etc for breakfast
Sorry for the life story but am I being unreasonable to want her to wash up after tea???

Two part solution -

Buy air freshener.

Buy more plates.

 

[postman]

Dishwasher for everything but the pans,knives with black plastic handles,wooden spoons,plastic cutting boards all these are done by hand.Dish washer goes on everynight as we go to bed.All else is dried and put away.
How do i know all this because I DO IT.Am i the only one who can wash up

 

[postman]

[QUOTE 2873949, member: 259"]I'd sooner go without my bike than my dishwasher. If I could, I'd get one with a plexiglass front and give the TV away.[/quote]


That reply deserves some form of CycleChat award.The best this year.

 

[vernon]

(Well, when I got one for the first time I just wondered how they worked ... )

Witchcraft.

 

[slowmotion]

just get the dog to lick the plates clean, then back int the cupboard; job done :-)

We had a "canine pre-wash" until Bertie left us for the Big Bosch in the Sky.....

 

[vernon]

Yes, how do they get the dishes so clean with so little water?

Exactly.

 

[vernon]

I have seen one somewhere with a see through door. It is not sufficiently interesting to watch for more than 5 minutes.

Depends what you put in it....

 

[slowmotion]

You know that thing about how owners look like their dogs?

Absolute rubbish. His snout was smaller.