Today, I've now worked on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, the weekend after that, and two days this week. My husband and son have had all that time off, and yet I've still ended up having to clean the dishes and the house after them on all of these days. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I work in healthcare, and I was told that since someone quit I have to work Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas day, and all of New Year's weekend. This is after I was told, "Our workplace is a family." FML
Today, I went to work during Black Friday, after not being invited to my family's Thanksgiving dinner. 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, it's the end of hard month: renovations, on top of kids' vacation, on top of cancelled camps, on top of cat with diarrhea. The thing waiting for me this weekend is the work assignment my boss gave me an hour before business closed on Friday, and wrapping up contractors shoddy work. FML
Today, I'm on my sixth straight day of double shifts, with four more to go. I make overtime so I'm not complaining, but today my wife texted me, "Going out of town tonight, I expect the house to be spotless when I return." Not sure how I'm going to swing this one. FML
Today, at home, I always do my share of the chores. I just got back from a business trip and it turns out that I actually do ALL the chores. My wife was alone for 9 days, the kitchen was a in state, dirty laundry everywhere, cat litter box overflowing onto the floor, and the bathroom was fucking disgusting. FML
Today, it was our first kid-free weekend in almost two months, and I was hoping for a nice date night. Instead, she picked up two shifts at work and then had a girls' night. Don't worry, she assigned me a massive deep clean that ate up almost my entire weekend. 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, my toilet broke. Yesterday, the shower filled up with sludge. I have ten people coming over for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. FML
Today, it's my birthday, and like every other Sunday, my wife's been called into work, and I'm left with our three toddlers and yesterday's mess to clean up. It's raining. FML
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Top comments
calypso1212 14
Time for a mom strike.
BeccaHugs 17
Tell them to get off their lazy asses and give you a hand.
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Comments (149)
GoldenGrizzly 7
Tell them that when you work you are not going to take careo f them like that.
piratezombi3 4
I'd beat them.
spottyblanket 8
Go on strike, if you raise a son that can't clean up after himself then he won't have any respect later on in life. Also, your husband should be ashamed of himself, tell him you are disapointed with him.
catanita 18
That is so unthoughtfull of them. I feel sorry for you. Make them pay. Bake them a tasty cake and instead of sugar put salt, a lot of salt.
allplayedout 20
Next time you wash dishes, pack those bitches away. Hide them. Your son and husband get one plate, bowl, cup, and set of utensils each. If they don't wash them, they have nothing to eat from. I had five male roommates at one point and this is the ONLY effective method I've found outside of throwing all your shit away and buying paper plates all the time
Zombiegirl420 1
Welcome to being a woman
itsBEEarOHseekay 12
I don't understand why people are accusing her of "allowing it to happen." We don't know the situation; quite possibly she has asked them time and time again to clean up after themselves and they haven't. If she's in a situation anything like mine, leaving the house dirty in hopes that your lazy family will do something about it doesn't work. My boyfriend claims he's blind to dirt, but I think he's really just selfish and inconsiderate. As much as you might want to make someone do something, withholding privileges, nagging, or ignoring the mess all won't work if they don't want to do it, point blank. I feel bad for the OP if she's tried everything and they still aren't pulling their weight. It's a messy situation ;)
BobbieH 19
And why don't you do something about you families lack of help around the house. Until you make this an issue and address it you get what you've always gotten, the responsibility of taking care of the housework on your own. It sucks and FYL but make it a priority to change the behavior or deal with the situation you allow to exist.
joethebiden 8
The best part about having a real job is that you don't have to work on holidays and weekends. Heh, just kidding. FYL.
gioo_fml 6
Easy solution here! MAKE THEM DO THE CLEANING! You're not a slave...