Seems daft now

I still refuse to pick up OH's laundry if he leaves it on the bedroom floor. Its a point of honour(!) that I only 'do' laundry that has been put in the laundry basket in the main bathroom! I then take charge of said laundry and if needed iron and fold it but I leave it in place in the 'scullery' area for him to collect and put away (they are his clothes after all). Daft, stubborn call it what you will....I'm happy to do certain chores (he does many) but I just sort of refuse to go around picking stuff up! P.S. love him to bits!

HildaW
"point of honour" I love that!

At least if he puts his own clothes away he's not forever asking you the whereabouts of "my nice sweater".

Non laundry related "points of honour" also welcome.

gmelon.....mind you I was the same with the children....when they asked me 'Mummy where's my such and such......' (once they were old enough) I'd say......'who's such and such?' and sort of shrug....they soon learnt. P.S. love them to bits too.

My husband throws rubbish in the direction of the bin but often misses. I used to pick the stuff up but just leave it now.

I threatened my kids that if they left their shoes and trainers laying around in the kitchen, I would chuck them all in the bin!, and I did, (I knew it was empty and cleanish, it was when the big grey wheelie bins first came out), I still laugh at my daughter dangling into the bin, held by her legs by her brother reaching down to get all their footwear out and it worked, I still often shout out, “if you dont shift these shoes, they’re going in the bin, but.....now its just my shoes (I have too many and hubby is tidier than me) lol xx

I think I like your style HildaW.

Liz46 Does he, like certain male members of my family make a bid to be on "Recordbreakers" for how much can be shoved in the kitchen bin.

My ex husband was a teacher. On the last day of the summer term he put his jacket and tie on the back of a dining chair, at the end of the six weeks holidays they were still there.

DH learned very early on that no one was going to pick up his washing. It has taken longer to get him to undo the buttons on his shirts but he remembers most of the time.

My pettiness is to take the inside of the loo roll which he has left on the handbasin and put it in the place where I put his post and other things only he should put away. Its a work in progress!

nonnie I used to have toilet roll wars.
It seemed to be me alone who replaced them. Then I finally got fed up . When faced with the empty cardboard roll I would fetch a new roll from the landing cupboard, use what I needed, then return the mostly still full roll to the cupboard.

This is so petty, but my DH would never make the bed if he was last up. I stopped nagging reminding him about it and started just smoothing the sheet, straightening the duvet and turning the pillows on my side only. It was extra work, and he never noticed, so I don't know why I bothered!

My DH will also leave a toilet roll middle, on the window cill, and not put it in the recycling. He will refill the holder if said rolls have all been used. Today, after getting back from a hospital appointment, gasping for a cuppa, he had not refilled the water filter jug, so it took a while to filter through, before the tea could be made. I know it was him who emptied it, as he made the tea early this morning, for which I am eternally grateful. This is a recent addition to his other foibles, not that many, but frustrating.

I'm the one that leaves things on the back of a dining chair, often for a day or two. DH goes up stairs as soon as he comes in, changes into slippers and puts his coat away
I can't think of anything be dosen't do that niggles me and that I have chosen to make a stand over. Having said that, he is not perfect, he just comes close ?

gmelon, he's not too bad with the kitchen bin, apart from missing it frequently. He's awful at sorting out the recycling though.

However much we love our partners there is always that one thing which niggles. It's shirt buttons with me as well, why does he not undo them before removing his shirt !!
My children learned the hard way that anything left on the bedroom floor would go in a black bag in the bin. I only had to do it twice.

gmelon he does change the roll but leaves the inner cardboard bit anywhere near the loo. I am determined that he will get tidier one way or another except his study which I don't go near so he can do what he likes in there!

My husband is great, but very untidy. After 38 years of marriage, he hasn't changed a lot, and I'm used to tidying his things away - but one thing I won't do is tidy away his crisps packets/sweet wrappers/banana skins/apple cores he leaves daily, on his little table next to his settee! I am so childish that I pick them up (he leaves things and goes off to bed), and stuff the item into the bottom of his work boots! I laugh to myself when I hear him moaning the next morning when he's going off to work. It hasn't stopped him though!

One thing DH does that really annoys me, he empties the kitchen bin, takes the bag out to the wheelie bin but does not put a new one in. It's always left to me. Grr!!!

My ex always dropped his boxers on the floor no matter how many times I asked him to put them in the linen basket so I put them under his pillow every time I was left to pick them up. Tbf he did see the funny side when he realised what I was doing.

Inside out socks were the bane of my life . I always paired them up as they were delivered to the washing machine - inside out .

Haha Lynne59, that is exactly the sort of thing I've been known to do! My DH had his shaving gear in one of those leather zipped cases with everything in little stainless steel canisters inside, very popular as Christmas gifts back in the 60's and 70's ?.
Anyway, he always unzipped the case, took everything out, and then just left it all over the washbasin and windowsill. I moaned at him every time, but like a complete mug, I used to put it all away for him. In the end I tried something different - I picked up all the bits: canisters, lids, shaving soap, brush, razor and case, and put them under the covers on his side of the bed ???
It didn't stop him though, complete waste of time ?

I totally refuse to have anything to do with my DH's packing when we go away! I insist that we have separate cases and that he is responsible for his own packing. That way I don't get blamed if anything is missing. However, I still get "I forgot to pack my camera/walking boots/toothbrush because you were rushing me!" Can't win

Marmight. I did that too with inside out socks. It didn’t bother him, he wore them inside out. So every alternate wash they were the right way round.

It's not just my husband with the shirt buttons then?! I did make a point once to stop unbuttoning them and just wash and iron them done up - it worked - for a while but now I just get on with it. He also leaves the empty toilet roll tube on the window sill but puts another on the holder and leaves the air freshener on there as well instead of on the shelf below it! He does throw his washing in his laundry basket though and make his own bed

Isn't it funny how silly things can irritate us! My DH is really good, but one thing that irritates me (and I know it's silly, and in the great scheme of things doesn't really matter), but we have tie backs on the bedroom curtains which are never used by DH - he just drags the curtains open, each side uneven. As I say, it's silly, I know, but I wish he'd use the tie backs!!!??
And before a particular poster comes on to say, "Is that all I've got to worry about?" ( Or words to that effect), I'll remind them, this is a lighthearted thread!!