house train your husband?
Today I woke up, and found myself in my typical routine. Before I can begin anything else in my day I must clear up the remains of the previous evening- dirty dishes, news papers, projects, dirty laundry… if I don’t do that and leave it only a few days the mess gets so bad that I can’t see the floor anymore and we run out of clean dishes, socks.. and everything gets ‘lost’ oh, and then I get really stressed and angry. My husband doesn’t share the same motivation as I do for putting dirty clothes in the laundry basket and finds it unexpected when he comes home to see me fuming as I frantically tidy for a guest that arrivies in ten minutes. So I do all I can to do my best to stay on top of things. Today, so that there was no big shock that I was feeling bummed off with my joyful morning of tidying I send him a preparatory ‘Warning’ text message, so that he ‘d know what to expect to find on his return to his then nicely and put together home.. I’m wondering whether its worth a shot trying out something that can help my hunky husband take more involvement in house duties, since us women are now expected to labor in working outside the home isn’t it fair that we be equal partners also in the house duties? Maybe I need to chill a bit, and maybe we need to find a compromise or maybe I can train him like an animal..!?
What shamu taught me about life, love and marriage, I came across this on a half hoping, half joking search for something that would inspire me on finding creative ways of getting some help with the house chores… Don’t know if I’m very keen on giving him a biscuit every time he puts his dish away.. or giving a clap on the back- good for you! Well done, you put dinner on! I’ll try working things out honestly, human style at least to begin with.. let you know how that goes..
If you and your partner operate like perfectly oiled machines already then you can always just check out this cool site I found today here for free sewing patterns and tips 
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by emma
Filed under: bits n bobs
Meh. It’s just one of those things. I don’t think the men-folk will ever understand the importance of a tidy home. Stuart has told me before that he thinks I put too much stress on myself when it comes to tidying up but really the mess is what stresses me out – making it clean helps me relax… I’ve learned there are more important things than wanting to punch him in the gut everytime I have to put his dirty socks in the hamper. It takes me half a second to do it – on a good day with my unstable spine.
It’s just one of those things – and treating him like a pet does work every now and again. It gives me something to laugh at once I’ve patted him on the back for doing the strenuous task of hanging up his jacket. It’s better to laugh about it, right? Haha. It could be worse.
PS. As for the routine. I totally get you. I’ve found it much easier to fill and run the dishwasher right before bed so it’s clean and ready to be emptied first thing in the morning and then filled through out the day so there are on dirty dishes in the sink.
Go to http://www.chorewars.com and check it out. The page is blocked on our school internet because it’s game based but I have 2 friends who are doing it with their husbands and they say it’s amazing. They’ve made it so when they reach a certain amount of points they get a reward… check it out and tell me if it looks good.