How do i manage my boyfriend?

How do i get my boyfriend to actually do the dishes?!


We live together, and our arrangement is that i do all the laundry and he does the dishes... but he waits until ALL of them are dirty including all the tupperware/pots/pans...everything! and its moved out of the sink and spread all over the counters! i'm not allowed to do them because that's against our deal and he gets angry... and if i even mention it he gets angry... i need to figure out a way to around this since.. i'm a bit of a neat freak!

Help?!

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51 replies since 11th April 2009 • Last reply 11th April 2009

Reply #1:

go without doing laundry for a week, then he might understand

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Reply #2:

lol i tried ... he just wears his dirty clothes over. men.

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Reply #3:

We are moving in two months. I need tips of how to keep organized and not get stressed! Anybody have any tips or advice? I'm desperate! Please help!

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Reply #4:

label everything!! and make lists. i color coded my boxes with different colors of duct tape and then write on them. write up a list of whats in boxes and tape it to them..

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Reply #5:

throw some dishes/cutlery out so you only have enough for that day

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Reply #6:

i gave up on my hubby.lol the only thing he does besides work is take trash to dumpster

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Reply #7:

lol

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Reply #8:

Oh same problem. Well sorta. I do laundry, and cook, he does dishes and sweep (cause i suck at sweeping) but honestly, half the time i endup doing dishes cause he's to tired, to busy, and all the dishes are messy. (eye roll) MEN i tell you! MEN!

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Reply #9:

i know!! it just drives me so crazy! but like i said...unlike most guys who would be like "hahaha she ended up doing them" ...he gets angry at me for doing them! i pretty much do...everything in the terms of cleaning but the dishes and..sometimes he cleans the toilet lol. but i work 2 jobs and school and he works 1 part time job and school. ... wow i'm starting to see some unfairness here!!

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Reply #10:

I do all of the chores at my house, dishes, laundry, trash, everything. I have resorted to buying foam plates. Hmph, now I have a problem with them putting those in the trash. I have to pitch a fit before my daughter and fiance' get it, so every once in a while I have to remind them. Men and children can be slobs. So less dishes to wash but more trash to put out. I can't win for losing. Murder is illegal, right?? Tongue

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Reply #11:

sigh, it it. sometimes you do want to kill them. I just love it when my boyfriend says he is going to do something and then he says he is too tired.

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Reply #12:

Where is that damn user's manual/owner's guide anyway??!! ^ _^

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Reply #13:

sigh, I believe its the book they had in the hitch hikers guide to the galexy

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Reply #14:

lol i did this with my bf. First steal all of his clothes except for 1 pair. take each item over the course of a few days until he has absolutely nothing to wear . The tell him until he gets the dishes done he'll have to walk around naked.

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