Today, I washed all the dishes and cups from the family dinner last night and put them away. When my wife saw, she had a mini OCD breakdown and yelled at me because the cups weren't lined up with each other with the handles aligned and the flower pictures facing out left. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I woke up early to do the dishes and clean up, after having people over yesterday. Now my wife is mad at me because I didn't stay in bed with her longer. FML
Today, my wife bitched at me for not washing my hands before handling the dishes. The dirty dishes. That were sitting in a sink of hot soapy water. According to her, the dirt from my hands was gonna make the dirty dishes even dirtier. Huh? FML
Today, while my parents were grocery shopping, I cleaned the kitchen, swept floors, did laundry, and cleaned bathrooms, only to finish right before they got home. After dinner, my dad bitched and complained that I didn't take out the trash and he had no room to throw away his paper plate. FML
Today, my wife yelled at me for being a bastard and not caring about her needs. I felt like an asshole and apologized for everything. It took me a few hours to realize I'd basically just apologized for unknowingly hanging the toilet paper the "wrong way" for her OCD. FML
Today, I got home to my grandma yelling at the top of her lungs that I didn't do everything I was supposed to when I was home. I literally washed dishes, cleaned counters, vacuumed, gathered trash, AND cleaned the bathroom. I didn't fold my blankets. That's it. That's what she was yelling about. FML
Today, I made breakfast for the family. Perfect. Did all the Laundry. Great. Drove the one and a half hour round trip to take my stepdaughter to work. Blah. Finished off by doing some housework and cooking dinner. The dinner wasn't perfect, and my wife told me that for all the good I do, I ruin everything. FML
Today, my roommate said that whoever was doing the dishes was doing it wrong. I've been doing the dishes for weeks. So much for being a clean roommate. FML
Today, my roommate yelled at me yet again for using the dishwasher because it's "unsanitary." This is all while a mountain of her dishes were going mouldy in the sink. FML
Today, I got yelled at for not taking an order correctly at work. I've been washing dishes all day and haven't taken a single order. FML
Today, my kids and I went to have dinner with a coworker. After everyone ate, the kids went to play while I helped clear the dishes. To my horror, instead of individually wrapping the kids leftovers, she scraped all the uneaten food back into the main pots. I wanted to puke on the spot. FML
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KayDee29 31
Well, I'd say let her do the dishes from now on. That's one less chore you have to worry about.
MagnusDeus 24
I'm not sure you can complain. You had to have known about her OCD when you married her.
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Comments (112)
MassiDelta 28
I'd probably do something similar
vintageart1994 16
I wouldn't be able to stand living or being married to someone like that.
tehdarkness 21
Total dealbreaker. But if you choose to accept it in a partner you need to truly accept it.
fohfuu 9
Because illnesses aren't 100% of a person. Mental illnesses can make you do and say terrible things, but if you love and understand someone you can eventually see where your loved one stops and the illness begins. It's the difference between somebody who lashes out angrily during a panic attack and apologises later, and someone who continually abuses you.
bacincheeseburge 9
Maybe we should swap wives. I would love it if all my dishes were lined up.
lovefrog 14
"mini"
worldclassrager 41
That's something easy to fix it's not like a specific one goes first or something like that
TeacherTeacher 11
Exposure therapy is a perfectly valid treatment for OCD. My ex was diagnosed with OCD and that's what we did.
chr1sF 12
Throw them all back in the sink lined up perfectly how she wanted
TomeDr 25
My ex NEVER did dishes. Nor did he ever help with the housework. I promise you that if you were MY husband, I would never complain about you doing the dishes!
chaseafterwind82 29
If that's a mini breakdown, what happens during a major one?!
Sheh_fml 25
If she truly has OCD, you can't really fault her. Mental problems are a bitch, and you can't really control them. Try getting her some professional help. If you were just using OCD as a metaphor for neat-freaky behaviour, yeah, it sucks.