Dear Parent's of Husband/Fi

crfische

My in laws are some of the most fantastic people in the world, but sometimes I look at Scott and say, didn't your parents teach you that?So, Parents, I wish you would have taught him that:Putting wet towels on the floor is bad.Don't dip your toast/bread INTO the peanut butter jar.Please use a clean spoon to scoop your cool whip, not the spoon you just used to scoop your puddding.Go on.

maylane

Don't put the milk jug back into the fridge when it is EMPTY!

agk0125

That when you order take out you really should put in the the fridge over night instead of leaving the containers on the table and then taking them for lunch in the morning. Believe it or not, take out needs to be refrigerated just like real food.Apparently his parents would leave pizzas out over night and then just eat them for breakfast the next morning...sigh..

mandysmear

How to manage money. Work ethic.  (when we first started dating, i hate to teach him simple things like calling your boss if you're running late... he never had to work in highschool) How to check oil.  

Mrs.B6302007

To actually pass the plate of cookies/bread/whathaveyou rather than an individual one off of the plate.  I prefer to not have my food manhandled before I eat it.

mayabear

Parents, I wish you would have taught him that:It doesn't make sense to throw your dirty clothes on the floor right next to your EMPTY hamper.Please put the toilet seat down EVERY time you use the bathroom, not just randomly and other times leave it up.Wearing your seatbelt is mandatory. Always.  

zippityb

The microwave is not a storage compartment.

J&K10910

Putting wet towels on the BED is bad (yeah, thankful for the floor now, huh?).Leaving your dirty clothes wherever you take them off is bad.Dirty dishes go in the sink, after you rinse all the crap off that could harden onto them and be a biitch to wash.  Or at least, the counter.  Not the floor, the furniture, or the bathroom counter.2 or 3 magazines at once in the bathroom is quite enough.  We do not need an entire year's worth of sports and video game and motorcycle magazines all over the bathroom.

mandysmear

Apparently his parents would leave pizzas out over night and then just eat them for breakfast the next morning...sigh..We put chinese and stuff away.  But, pizza I like leaving out.  I like room temperature pizza the next day.  I'm weird like that though... if you're normal and put it in the microwave or toaster oven, then you should probably put it in the fridge.

FutureMrsDudley55

Don't leave your trash on the counter next to the trash can. Please throw away your disgusting spit-bottles.Please take your dirty dishes to the sink in the kitchen and not all over the house.

ndzenowski

I want to know why his parents didn't teach him who Led Zeppelin or Stevie Ray Vaugn was? I'm used to his filth mostly by now.

torontobride17

Hmm. This kitchen counter/garbage thing is a more common issue than I would have guessed.

crfische

USE A PLATE. No, Jello is not a finger food, and yes. I can see everywhere you have been in the morning by following your crumbs.

aerotigergirl

I wish my husband's parent would have taught him:1) It is NOT acceptable to take food into the bathroom. Ever.2) Your "jeans without holes in the butt" and "nice flannel shirt" do not count as "dress clothes".I'm sure there are others...

georgia_bride09

Parents, I wish you would have taught him that:Putting your dishes in the dishwasher is JUST as easy as throwing them into the sink."Cleaning" the kitchen involves cleaning spray of some sort, not just putting the dishes... in the sink. You can't wash a load of clothes that is too big for the washer. Just because you can jam them all in at once means you should. Letting someone on the phone go to take another call is RUDE, especially when the original caller is your wife and the person cutting in is nobody important.

wadingmoose

1.  If you're going to go out at noon with your buddy, I kinda figure you'll be home for dinner unless you actually said you wouldn't.  So call BEFORE dinner time to let me know.2.  Don't put wet towels on the bed.3.  Garbage doesn't go in the sink. 

lindy.linder

That dark and white clothes should be separated in the washThat you should check the labels of my clothes before putting them in the washer or dryer (I miss you numerous sweaters) that you should not leave your glass filled with dried cereal in your room for a week wet towels do not go on the floor or on the bed or anywhere but hung up. you should shut the shower curtain so it doesn't mildew that having a whole drawer full of pens is unnecessary and a waste of space to pick up your med school papers off the kitchen table at least every week and not every couple of months

buttaflai

It's OK to be messy sometimes and not have your life revolve around cleaning.

FutureMrsDudley55

That when you take out the trash it's a given that you'll put a new bag in the can and not leave the lid in the middle of the floor.Yes! This drives me nuts too.Also, P2, you nailed the ice cube tray situation right on the head. My FI will use up nearly ice cube in a tray for his large beverage carriers, and leave 1-2 cubes left and put it back in the freezer! Re-fill it damn it!

agk0125

But, pizza I like leaving out. I like room temperature pizza the next day.Me too, and when I was single I would do this if it wasn't too hot in the apartment. But FI will do it when it's way too hot to be considered a good idea. I just had to put my foot down and say never do it. Now I get up in the morning, take the pizza out, and eat it after I'm done getting ready. Gives it a chance to warm up.

aerotigergirl

Well, I didn't want to be the first to make a snot/boogey/mucus comment, but now that we're headed down that road... When you're shaving/toothbrushing/generally checking your appearance in the morning before work, it is best to also check your nostrils for a bat in the cave. I don't like pointing it out to you on the way to work anymore than you like hearing it, but I don't want you to be embarrassed!

CubsGirl05

Siblings - that would really solve it allOMG Dani...I wish H had siblings too! I'll say something, completley joking around, and he gets all upset about it. When we first started dating, he didn't know how to share OR compromise on ANYTHING.

Mrs.B6302007

leftover pizza?  what's that? ;-)

tidetravel

When you have 7 (9) cats, cat litter must be scooped EVERY day.  No exceptions. And, once the litter is scooped, it goes OUTSIDE.  Not in the trash.  Not sitting in a tied bag on top of the litterboxes.

mandysmear

After you have bleached the bathroom, do not put the bleachy rag into our bedroom hamper that has our clothes in it.  Throw it down the basement stairs like I do... we'll get it later How to multitask/manage time.  If he has a day off and is running errands and were to map his "trip"  it'd be swirly and full of figure eights.  Where as he could have done a square or a triangle.  It takes him 4 hours to do errands that would have taken me 1.5 - 2 hours.  When we clean the house on saturdays, just because you're in the living room videogaming does not mean you're cleaning the living room.  You're just staying out of my way... which is appreciated I guess.

TiDa2009

Apparently his parents would leave pizzas out over night and then just eat them for breakfast the next morning...sigh..Our parents did this, too.  They also left turkey and big pans of lasagna out because they wouldn't fit in the fridge.  We'd just eat the leftovers off the counter until it was all gone.  Thinking back, it's pretty gross and everything gets put in the fridge now.Anyway....FMIL, I wish you wouldn've taught FI....-to clean up after himself.  I realize you loved your children, but your doing everything for them has ruined them for their wives/FIs forever.-that it's not ok to still let your mother do things for you at the age of 34. (I guess FI doesn't have a problem with this, so much as his brothers do, but still)

FutureMrsDudley55

Please throw away your disgusting spit-bottles.UGH. I forgot about this one. He'd already promised that he would stop dipping if we moved into a house... still dipping. I told him I will not bear his children until he stops. And I'm serious. Addiction or not, I'm not having it. Let alone what it does to his gums. If I knew it would get him to quit, I'd stop kissing him.Georgia - It is so gross! I've made him promise me that once we get married that he has to stop because I will not tolerate that stuff around our future children. His parents smoked around him growing up and as a result, he used to smoke, but now he chews. I'll definitely pull the "No-Kissing" Card if I have to.

nda_roxybabe

To rinse the eggs or oatmeal out of the pan you just made them because its a pain to rinse out hours later. Trash goes in the trash can not on the counter next to the trash can. The cloth napkin you used when eating your pizza does not go in the pizza box to get accidently thrown away. The toothbrush goes in the holder not on the sink

tidetravel

check your nostrils for a bat in the cave. BWAHAHAHAHA.  That's awesome.

danieliza1127

I feel ya Cubs, I really do.  My best friend calls it OCS - only child syndrome.

AlexiaANDRobert

While having dinner, the spoon is not a shovel and the knife is not a weapon.  Trust me, the steak is dead.