Must.restrain.self.

AmoroAgain · March 2010

Earlier today, I'd told H I had draped his towel over the heaters so that they would dry (towels don't dry out here because it's so humid). He goes to take a shower and, instead of looking for his towel (which wasn't on the rack for the aforementioned reason) or even asking me where it was-- he gets a clean one out of the cupboard. GRRRR. I'm still working through the giant mound of laundry he brought back from Japan, it's taking 2-3 days for things to dry AND we have someone coming to look at our apartment on Thursday, so I can't have things hanging out all over the place.

(yes, I realize this is a dumb vent, but I'm really irritated)

mandapanda78 · March 2010

Poor Amoro. Shall I make you laugh to take your mind off of smothering your DH in dirty laundry? Ok then, here we go. True story: My mom realized that I'll be in Paris on Easter and she asked me "Do they celebrate Easter in France?"

laurenclaire1386 · March 2010

I have a dumb FI vent too: FI travels somewhere different for work every week. It's usually a cross country flight and he usually flies out at 6 AM. Which means to save fifty bucks on parking his car at the airport all week, I drive him and pick him up. And invariably, when he's home for the weekend, he uses all the gas in his car (which I like to drive while he's away because it's roomier and way cooler than my Taurus) and doesn't fill the tank back up. It's dumb, but it pisses me off. And he leaves dirty dishes on the coffee table on Sunday nights for me to do Monday. And biitches when I leave dishes on the coffee table. Guess I kind of had a lot of FI vents.

T1+T2 · March 2010

Very annoying - do you have laundromats over there? Maybe you can make him take all the wet clothes to get dried as punishment.

But look on the bright side, at least he doesn't do the "air dry" method and then gets into bed wet.

FutureMrsTR · March 2010

My dumb FI vent (dumb vent or dumb FI?) is that he took me to work this morning and I asked if he wanted my check card to stop at the grocery store on the way home because I needed milk and and wanted some lunch meat to make sandwiches or if he would just go later in the day. He said he wasn't going on the way home. Ok fine.

So he just calls me on his way to pick me up to ask "can we just go after dodge ball tonight?" No, I will be tired and want to go straight home after dodge ball tonight and that's why I asked you to go during the day because you have all.freaking.day to do whatever you want since you're unemployed.

Of course we'll have to because he can't buy milk on his way and just let it sit in the car all evening.

Whew, that felt good.

AmoroAgain · March 2010

Manda, that's hilarious. lol

Yeah, Lauren, he's waiting for me to do the dishes and you can bet your ass tonight it's not happening.

T1, that's um... disturbing.

Simply Fated · March 2010

If there is a laundromat nearby, it might be worth the splurge to use their dryers, since you have people coming to look at the house. If only just for the towels.
I mean, did you tell him not to take another towel out of the closet? Maybe he thought he was supposed to or or something. I dunno, lol.

Nebb · March 2010

What is with guys and towels?? My husband leaves his in the weirdest places and is constantly grabbing new ones. I know I dont have a job but i dont just LOVE doing laundry so the less you contribute the happier I will be!

emilyinchile · March 2010

Mine is the opposite - he always uses my towel. We don't have set towels, which apparently confuses him, even though to me it's not hard to remember which color towel I'm using this week. And also, when we just did laundry and there's just one towel in the bathroom which you didn't put there, that should be a clue that it is not yours, and you need to get a new one.

laurenclaire1386 · March 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_mustrestrainself?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:34c743db-70e4-49a7-84ea-62f8b523b068Post:106feacb-fedd-4cc6-8157-f0d5744b00e3">Re: Must.restrain.self.</a>:
[QUOTE]How often do you ladies get a new towel for showering? I'll use the same one 3-4 times before getting a new one. DH uses a new one every.single.time and it drives me nuts because then we run out more quickly than I care to do laundry!
Posted by klovesd[/QUOTE]

FI and I both use our towels about five times apiece before we get new ones.

abbygrace8 · March 2010

i feel like reading these posts are preparing me for a future of living with a man, something which will be completely new to me upon our wedding.

i just called him and asked him to PLEASE not use my towel when we're married. i'll even get you a monogrammed one so that you don't confuse ours! just DON'T USE MINE. lol

angie74 · March 2010

using a towel once seems like a serious waste of water/soap/energy. I probably go longer than is optimal, but certainly not a one use-er

kd.joseph · March 2010

Arent you suppose to be clean when you dry off? We each have "sides" of the towel bar. So, we dont use each others.

katiewhompus · March 2010

we don't have individual towels, just grab one of the three hanging up. I think they gat used a few times each before they go in the bin

Hmm things that change when you live with a man....1) There are always socks by the couch 2) there is always a playstation controller on the couch

lisarose7 · March 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_mustrestrainself?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:34c743db-70e4-49a7-84ea-62f8b523b068Post:355a2fbd-d31c-42df-92ae-aa8dae434e87">Re: Must.restrain.self.</a>:
[QUOTE]Arent you suppose to be clean when you dry off? We each have "sides" of the towel bar. So, we dont use each others.
Posted by kd.joseph[/QUOTE]

This...I only have time to do laundry once a week, so we use the same towel all week. Mine are purple, his are blue, so we don't get them mixed up. The idea of someone using my towel grosses me out. FI's heinous family came to visit once and instead of asking where we keep the towels (or using the ones set out for them) they just used mine...and left it in a soggy pile on the bathroom floor.

katiewhompus · March 2010

I don't understand being weirded out by a husband using your towel. Strangers/family/friends ok I'll buy that, but really, you are drying a clean body with a towel. If you are married I'm assuming you've had sex with the person you are sharing the towel with. Eh, to each their own.

lisarose7 · March 2010

I can live with FI using my towel....but the idea of his freaky family using it made me want to burn the contents of my linen closet.

jenneth6 · March 2010

I remember what it was like to have my own (and much cleaner) apartment!

He's gotten MUCH better about cleaning up after himself, but I've still had to adjust to living together. After WE clean (and yes he's accepted that this will be a group activity) I don't even get 24 hours to enjoy an immaculate apartment. His stuff will be randomly scattered throughout and the kitchen will be dirty. He has developed cooking skills that shame me, but he has not learned to clean up after himself! One of my particular favorites is the forests of beer bottles that sprout on random surfaces, and how he stashes dirty clothes end up in the strangest places. Doing laundry now feels like and Easter egg hunt. It's like he's hoarding dirty clothes!

I just like to focus on the delicious, delicious food, and I try not to feel sad when he starts cooking something else right after I have undone the previous kitchen carnage, usually right before I go to bed.

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