Real scene from my household just now
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Anonymous
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(Scene setting: DD graduates from HS. She's been overwhelmed in recent weeks with finals, etc. and got WAY behind on laundry. We're talking like seven or eight loads. She finally got working on picking up her room (the clothes were strewn everywhere -- you couldn't see the floor). Since she was making an effort, I took pity and decided to help (since I know she will soon ask me for money to buy clothes for college and my position is I'm not giving you anything until you go through what you already have and decide what to keep/what to donate, etc).
Anyway, this scene just played out: (DD walks in from garage, where she was just back from running a graduation-related errand. She looks disdainfully at the piles of folded clothing I've arranged on the kitchen island, which I cleaned previously.) DD: Dad, I appreciate you doing my laundry, but can you NOT put it on the disgusting counter? (DD proceeds to walk to sink and drink directly from the faucet.) AND SCENE |
Anonymous
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Stop doing her laundry. Now.
I do agree that the kitchen island is a weird and potentially gross place to put laundry. |
Anonymous
| lol what did you say? |
Anonymous
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Eh, not ideal but not so terrible either.
I've lived with a fully grown adult woman whose reaction to someone helping out like you did would be: "EWWW, why did you put clean laundry on the filthy counter?!" At least your DD said she appreciated your effort? |
Anonymous
| These moments are what make family life so fun! Hysterical |
Anonymous
Huh? OP literally said she cleaned it. How is it any different than anywhere else you'd set clean laundry? |
Anonymous
| Raising a child is not just about education. It is about bringing them up not to be an entitled little Sh!t... |
Anonymous
| Haha glad I’m not the only one with a snarky teen selectively obsessed with cleanliness. |
Anonymous
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Ha ha! I have cognitive dissonance daily because my teen has a bit of OCD around germs, which makes him do weird, germier things, because the germaphobia is VERY SELECTIVE. Things are never boring with kids. It's going to be rather quiet once they all leave the house... |
Anonymous
Ditto. This happened to us almost exactly once, and I unceremoniously dumped all her clothes on the kitchen floor and walked away. Not one of my finer moments but she got the message. |
Anonymous
Meh. I don't normally, but things are out of control. It's a one-time thing. |
Anonymous
Have them over here too!! |
Anonymous
| My new grad has become quite the slob over the last few months. Maybe it’s him literally soiling the nest. |
Anonymous
| 8 loads of laundry? She has way too many clothes. Sounds spoiled. Maybe you should stop doing her laundry. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think my household of 3 people could get a backlog of 8 loads of laundry if we tried. Maybe once one counted in bed and bath linens. |