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flyershoe · 05-04-2007, 08:38 AM

My lovely bf has taken to slacking off again here lately to the point that I was so upset last night that I had to shut myself in the bathroom to calm down.

I had a list of things that needed to be done on the dry-erase board on the fridge... they would have taken at the MOST two hours, and more than likely closer to one. When I got home from work he had done NOTHING. He thought that I would just be happy because he made me dinner (I would have rather made myself a sandwich and come home to a clean house!!). His brother was due to spend the night last night and the place was a disaster - finals are next week for me and work has been pure hell for the past two weeks (my coworker is in Hawaii), so although I've been doing some cleaning, I haven't had a chance to do as much as usual. Anyway, you would think that since he had company over that he would do something to clean up the place. After our last little blow-up over chores, he'd gotten a lot better, but he's been doing absolutely nothing lately to help.

I should have just left things the way they were, but it was too unbearable even for me. The last thing I wanted to do when I got home last night was clean (apart from having a crappy day at work, I had just picken up my car after a $1000 service appointment at the dealer

) .

I remember us having this discussion about dividing up chores before and someone brought up making a checklist, since it's the only thing they'll pay attention to. Did anyone ever design one or do a flow chart of some sort?? It's the only thing I can think of that will help keep things consistent in our house.

Thanks for letting me vent!!

05-04-2007, 08:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
flyershoe Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Odenton, MD Posts: 823 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	So did anyone ever design that checklist for chores?? My lovely bf has taken to slacking off again here lately to the point that I was so upset last night that I had to shut myself in the bathroom to calm down. I had a list of things that needed to be done on the dry-erase board on the fridge... they would have taken at the MOST two hours, and more than likely closer to one. When I got home from work he had done NOTHING. He thought that I would just be happy because he made me dinner (I would have rather made myself a sandwich and come home to a clean house!!). His brother was due to spend the night last night and the place was a disaster - finals are next week for me and work has been pure hell for the past two weeks (my coworker is in Hawaii), so although I've been doing some cleaning, I haven't had a chance to do as much as usual. Anyway, you would think that since he had company over that he would do something to clean up the place. After our last little blow-up over chores, he'd gotten a lot better, but he's been doing absolutely nothing lately to help. I should have just left things the way they were, but it was too unbearable even for me. The last thing I wanted to do when I got home last night was clean (apart from having a crappy day at work, I had just picken up my car after a $1000 service appointment at the dealer ) . I remember us having this discussion about dividing up chores before and someone brought up making a checklist, since it's the only thing they'll pay attention to. Did anyone ever design one or do a flow chart of some sort?? It's the only thing I can think of that will help keep things consistent in our house. Thanks for letting me vent!!