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Fed up with a messy husband
Dear Dave and Beth,
I have been married for five years and my husband is driving me crazy! He doesn’t help me clean and is a complete slob.
Before we got married he would cook and help clean and seemed perfect, but as soon as we tied the knot he really let himself go.
Dirty laundry everywhere, half eaten food on plates shoved under the bed and beard clippings all over the sink, to name a few of the treasures he leaves around the house for me to clean up.
I love my man, but I need help. How can I get him to clean up his act and our house!
Sincerely,
Fed Up
Little Current
Dear Fed Up,
After 25 years of marriage, the wife’s brother got married and the sister-in-law and the wife started hanging around together. The wife noticed and she mentioned to me that her brother helps do laundry and household chores and asked why don’t I?… Well, she went on so long that I finally decided I would try this. So I went into the laundry room, and there was a basket full of different sweaters. So I dump them out and l look at the washing machine and there’s a big dial with about 6 or 8 numbers on it. So I yelled out to the wife, “What number do I put the washing machine on for the sweaters?” She replies, “What does it say on the sweaters?” And I yelled back, “HAW!”
Some of us guys are not good around the house. Being raised with six sisters my chores were outdoor, never needing to cook or clean—they did all that!
Guess if I had traded off some of them then I wouldn’t be dependent on being take care of, but if you know he can do it…well.
Grandpa Jones says, “When a boy goes around with a pretty little gal, he talks just as gentle as a dove, to prove he is solid in love.” But we all end up in one way or another with the “bald headed end of the broom.”
-Dave
