Not cleaning his mess

Hey gals, how do you ladies deal with your significant other not cleaning up behind themselves if so?! I am so tired of cleaning, I clean every other day, I just don’t understand how this places gets dirty so fast. My main issue is my significant other does not clean up behind himself and I’ve had enough, I clean and clean and he comes right behind me and makes a mess every single time. He leaves his dirty clothes in the living room on the floor, if it’s not on the floor he leaves it on the couch. If he cooks, he lives all the food out in the open and it’s oil and grease everywhere. I took my time last night after putting my boys to bed and cleaned the kitchen, wipe down, sweep and mop only for me to come home from work and it’s stuff all over the counters and food out everywhere. I asked him a few days ago to please clean up more behind yourself because I’m tired of cleaning up everyday or every other day. I told him tonight if you don’t start putting your things away, I will throw them away because I’ve had enough. I am so exhausted from work then it’s like to come home to a dirty place is just making me so livid.
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Tell me about it. My husband leaves his socks everywhere. And when him and our two year old play together he never cleans it up when they’re done. I tell him that it drives me of the wall and that if he cares about my sanity he’d help keep this place clean. It never happens 🙃I threaten to stop cleaning it but I can’t

So tough. Men usually don't think about how things got cleaned up, it just is. Also it's hard because he probably doesn't mind the mess, so threatening to not clean it will be more frustrating to you than him. You mentioned you clean every other day - could you make it more concrete and schedule him to clean in the days between? This may make him realise the time it takes to keep things tidy, but also make him more accountable to help out

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