This is exactly why I lived alone for so many years. I am often irritated by other's mess, while wanting MY level of mess to be accommodated.
It can be done...but not by everybody.
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Strix - May 25, 2011 6:41:23 pm PDT #22046 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Laga - May 25, 2011 6:47:48 pm PDT #22047 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I can tolerate a lot of mess (ask anyone who's been to my house) but I don't think it's too much to ask to have a surface I can prepare food on.
Liese S. - May 25, 2011 6:49:43 pm PDT #22048 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
You guys are making me feel guilty. I better go wash the dishes.
The SO & I have differing levels of kitchen cleanliness, and he's the one who breaks first. And I always feel bad about it. And it's pretty messy since he's had strep. But I got everything done but the recyclables today. So if I finish the recyclables and then today's dishes (not too much, as I used the grill) I should be in good shape. Plus I need to go work on the bedroom since he'll be back in it tomorrow night.
sarameg - May 25, 2011 6:54:47 pm PDT #22049 of 30000
I put the greasy nasty skillet in my housemate's bed. With his beag-lab.
It was messy. It got the point across.
I have no tolerance for that kinda shit. That wasn't the first or the last. Now I live alone.
smonster - May 25, 2011 7:05:49 pm PDT #22050 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh, dude, I have a large metal bowl of dirty dishes soaking in the sink right now. I am not perfect. I am, however, living alone at the moment.
beth b - May 25, 2011 7:19:20 pm PDT #22051 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Dh is better at cleaning the kitchen. He standards are higher than mine. However, I clean it more often ...
Burrell - May 25, 2011 8:12:59 pm PDT #22052 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh, the dishes... the dishes... I think marital bliss requires that I try not to participate too vociferally in this discussion.
My childhood training was that whoever cooked dinner was let off from dish duty. My married life hasn't quite fit that pattern.
Liese S. - May 25, 2011 8:55:07 pm PDT #22053 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My childhood training was that whoever cooked dinner was let off from dish duty.
Right? Isn't that how it's supposed to work? The SO has taken to cooking more often now that we're in this house with the awesome kitchen. And I'm happy to clean up after him. But part of the problem is with our personalities, because he's a clean cook and I'm a messy one. He washes each pot during cooking, so by the time you finish eating, the only dishes are the eating and serving dishes. I, on the other hand, enter the kitchen, there is a great cloud of ingredients possibly including flour on multiple surfaces, and from the cloud emerges food. And then I clean everything up. But, you know, later. This is a conflict for us. So it's not a fair distribution of labor if one cooks and one cleans.
Laga - May 25, 2011 9:15:55 pm PDT #22054 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My favorite was when three people cooked, used pretty much every cutting board, knife, grater and mixing bowl in the kitchen, and figured I'd do all the cleaning since I was the only one who didn't help cook.
hmm. Guess I'm still mad. I came in here to share a funny. Have you googled Recursion?
Steph L. - May 26, 2011 5:13:22 am PDT #22055 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
IUD Saga, part 836:
It was shipped and I have a tracking number. It is scheduled to get to the OB/GYN tomorrow. The OB/GYN's office closes at 3, so I am going to be obsessively refreshing the tracking until I know it's there. (Right now it's in Columbus, OH, so I am assuming it will make it, but at this point, I just don't want to assume any damn thing any more.)