putting things away after grocery shopping

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people really track or pay attention to this?

Only DCUM women looking for something new to be mad about.

[Anonymous]

If the non-shopper happens to be around when the shopper gets home, we will unload the car and put everything away together. If one person is in a hurry or needs to do something else, the other person finishes putting away, regardless of whether that person was the one shopping or not. If the non-shopper isn’t around, the shopper puts everything away.

I’ve honestly never thought of this as something that needs to be assigned, we both just do it.

[Anonymous]

My husband hides in the bathroom when he hears me come in and stays there until it’s all put away. He also does grocery orders for just himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people really track or pay attention to this?

I think that more women could more easily tell you who put the groceries away last week than how many times they had sex last week.
I don’t mean this to denigrate either gender, but sometimes people lack some empathy about the stuff that their spouse actually cares about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband hides in the bathroom when he hears me come in and stays there until it’s all put away. He also does grocery orders for just himself.

How does he know when it's all put away? Save the nonperishables for him.

[Anonymous]

My husband does 100% of everything associated with the household. He is currently taking down his wall displays and moving his bedroom furniture around.
I am watching old black and white horror movies. Ain't life grand ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you or DH go grocery shopping, do you expect them to put the items into the refrigerator too?

Or is this a task that is shared?

Wait, does your DH just come into the kitchen, put the bags on the counter, and walk away?

That's.....strange

Yes, and even though emptying the dishwasher takes 7 minutes, he asks me which half I'd like to do. Face it, some people are really that lazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DH shops and puts away. I already do all of the laundry, all of the other housework (switching towels, supervising kids' activities, changing lightbulbs and fixing things around the house, dealing with cleaning crew) AND most of the cooking AND I work full time, so yeah, he can damn well put the groceries away.

How can you stay in marriage with attitudes like that? Or if your DH is really THAT unhelpful. Either way, I don't get it.

Neither of us wants to give up time with the children, and he sure ain't walking away with 50% of the marital assets that I worked so hard to earn and invest. That's the answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When anyone gets home from the grocery store, everyone who is home in the house including kids helps out taking the groceries in and putting them away.

This. It really surprises me and saddens me how dysfunctional some families are there's no unity or team spirit

[Anonymous]

I grocery shop and put away. I don't let anyone put things away because some things I need to hide so they don't get eaten right away.

[Anonymous]

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I do the shopping and since I do most of the cooking I like to put things away so I know where they are when I need them. But I text when I'm leaving the store and ask either DH or DD to be ready to help me get the bags inside. Then as we do that, DH or DD usually puts the refrigerated goods into the fridge.

I feel for the PP earlier in the thread who said her DH could "damn well" put things away since she does so much. What anger over trivial chores. I admit I do get peeved at dishes piling up (that's another recent thread here....) but wouldn't let it fester into resentment. And we work it out. If I wanted DH or DD to do put all the groceries away, I'd tell them so. Done.

I've told H directly to do more around the house and have given specific examples. He simply refuses to do anything approaching half of the work. He believes a house can be completely filthy and messy, laundry does not need to be done unless we are all out of clean clothes, and bills don't need to be paid (if not automated) until the third "past due notice" comes. Just a lazy slob.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people really track or pay attention to this?

Are you in a marriage where you and your spouse both actively participate in the necessary chores of household living? if so, this may not be a thread you can relate to, good for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really track or pay attention to this?

I think that more women could more easily tell you who put the groceries away last week than how many times they had sex last week.
I don’t mean this to denigrate either gender, but sometimes people lack some empathy about the stuff that their spouse actually cares about.

Oh, I am the wife and I can tell you that we have had sex 5 times in the past 6 weeks. I care much more about my husband's laziness than I do about how many times we have sex together (love my vibrator).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband does 100% of everything associated with the household. He is currently taking down his wall displays and moving his bedroom furniture around.
I am watching old black and white horror movies. Ain't life grand ?

Let me guess: you're a night owl and he trains for marathons before his 10 hour day at work while you "write" for a living and basically surf the internet and read all day. Amirite?

[Anonymous]

I've never thought about this as a sticking point. We are pretty evenly split on who goes grocery shopping, even both of us sometimes. Whoever is available starts putting the stuff away. If someone has to run to the bathroom or grab a phone call the other does most of it.

I guess groceries shopping/putting away is not a chore I mind so I've never considered keeping score.