Today, I came home after ten hours at work to find my unemployed wife and 4 kids sprawled out watching TV waiting for me to get home and cook for them. I had to wash all the dishes first because they didn't feel like getting up or helping. FML
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Today, I came home to pandemonium: the kids screaming, the house a mess, wet laundry, no food made, and my wife in her office. After cleaning, making dinner, putting everything away, and getting the kids to sleep, I grabbed myself a beer. My wife saw it and said, "You're kidding, right?" FML
Today, after a full shift at work, I got home to my boyfriend playing CoD, a full sink, crap all over the table, a full cat box, dirty bathroom, no laundry done and the kids at my parents' house. He yelled at me because the place was a mess. FML
Today, I spent hours cooking an amazing dinner for my family, who had just gotten home from a trip, so we could spend some time together because I'd started to miss everyone. When they got home, they saw it all laid out and just took plates to their room, without even telling me they were home. FML
Today, I have the flu. I had to wash the dishes, cook dinner, take out the trash, and take care of the laundry, all while my wife sat around watching TV, because she was "too tired". I work 8 hours a day. She's a college student. She doesn't see what's so unfair about this. FML
Today, due to an emergency, I ended up working for 18 hours instead of 13. I'd texted my unemployed wife to let her know this was unavoidable, but when I got home she blamed me like she thought I planned this in advance, yelled at me, and my dinner was Heinz tomato soup I had to heat up myself. FML
Today, I worked a full day and then went to a three-hour class. I got home at 9 PM, and before the door closed I heard, "There's a sink full of dishes for you." There are three able-bodied men in the house, all of whom got here hours ago and created that sink full of dishes. FML
Today, I got home at 6:30 after a 12-hour shift. I sat down on the sofa, and my wife immediately stomped in and said, "Why are you sitting doing nothing? Get up, there's a million things to do." FML
Today, after a long talk with the kids, I finally got all the chores around the house done early so we could have a fun family weekend. My wife decided to be a wet blanket and insisted we needed to deep clean the already clean kitchen. Three arguments later, everyone is sulking, and I'm working in the kitchen alone. FML
Today, I got home at 7 after a long, stressful 12-hour shift. The second I walked through the door, my wife said, "Can you hurry up and make dinner? We're all starving." This happens all the damn time. FML
Today, I had the day off from work. I did all the chores hoping to free up time to spend with my husband tonight. When he came home, he looked around and decided that since there was no need for him to stick around and help clean, he'd head to the bar to watch the game with the guys. FML
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foolishworkerbee 0
Grow a pair and tell them to take some responsibility.
Spierdalaj 7
Then don't do it until they get off their asses and help :/
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Comments (175)
lolusux 0
YDI. Grow a pair. Tell your woman to go where she belongs - in the kitchen.
breezin 0
sad part is..you participated by washing the dishes, to make dinner..what are you thinking?...
cdman69 0
If you can't feed them don't breed them.
lauramac23 0
god what a lazy bitch, I'm a stay at home mum to soon to be 3 kids, and I'd never expect that of my husband.
pinkerton015 0
w h I p p e d much?
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Well I wouldn't do it; tell your wife that she can get off her lazy ass and do something other than sit there and watch TV. And how old are these kids? Surely they're old enough to at least do the dishes. You're the one who works and brings home the money; the least they can do is keep up with the house, and if they can't, well then I guess it won't get done. I'd rent an apartment until they got their shit together.
alexFYL 11
Taurus_ChicKa, that sounds like a wonderful idea. Not only does he have to support the wife and 4 kids, but NOW... he has to pay for an apartment! Brilliant! And when his wife gets a job, someone will have to pay for the insane daycare costs of four children.... I bet that's cheap!
alexFYL 11
Hate to break it to you but being a mom of 4 doesn't end after 10 hours of work, it's 24 hours a day for 18+ years. And seriously, you're complaining about 10 hours of work? OMG your life is soooooo hard. Poor you.
PixelNoob 11
Wait, 24 hours a day for 18+ years? What sort of invalids are you raising? I'm pretty sure I could function reasonably well without *constant* supervision once I learned how to not poop in my pants. And at some point, most kids become old enough to be able to pull their own weight around the house and do chores. Surely the wife could have gotten one of the older kids to at least help with the kitchen. Regardless, OP has every right to complain if he feels like no one appreciates what he does for the family.
sojogirl 0
Simple solution: grab you some dinner on your way in from work. when the lazy bunch wants something to eat, tell them to get a job so they can afford to eat out like you did. Anyone that is too young to work outside the home can earn their money by doing the chores set for them.
rockstatic 0
Stand up for yourself, dude.
vanillathirteen 0
force them!!! especially if the kids don't get good grades... punish them all and spank your wife