Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not in a million years pick those towels up. Yes, I would order new towels if I ran out of clean ones and those towels were still sitting on the floor where he tossed them.

report back to us how long it takes for him to pick up the towels, fold and put them away. i bet he does it five minutes before his parents show.

There was an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond like this but with stinky cheese.

It was actually a suitcase.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Very reasonable to be very annoyed. Even my teenagers know better. If in a huge hurry (it happens), at least put them in a basket. Or even throw them in a pile on top of the dryer if no basket available. Not the floor!

[Anonymous]

Why didn't he put them on top of the dryer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't he put them on top of the dryer

OP here - good question! I wouldn’t mind at all if he had put them there. It’s what I do when I’m in a rush and no basket is available.

To the poster who asked why I hadn’t just folded the towels myself - honestly, I just hadn’t gotten around to it and was going to do it today. I have been taking care of an infant, trying to give my toddler attention when I am not occupied with the baby, loading and unloading the dishwasher and cleaning up the kitchen, trying to keep toys picked up, and socializing with the in-laws since I did the load of laundry just prior to the in-laws’ arrival.

To the poster who said I could have folded the towels in the time it took me to write this post - I wrote this post while allowing the baby, who has been refusing bassinet naps all weekend, to take a contact nap on me. So no, I could not have used the time I spent writing this post to do laundry.

Thank you to the many posters who validated my feelings about this. And thank you also to the posters who suggested that I should just let it go to keep the peace in a difficult season. I will likely do that - although I may just leave the towels where they are to see how long it takes him to do something about them!

[Anonymous]

Ask him kindly not to do it again and let him add it to his laundry load.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That seems deliberate.

+100 he knew they were clean WHY the heck would he throw them on the floor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't he put them on top of the dryer

OP here - good question! I wouldn’t mind at all if he had put them there. It’s what I do when I’m in a rush and no basket is available.

To the poster who asked why I hadn’t just folded the towels myself - honestly, I just hadn’t gotten around to it and was going to do it today. I have been taking care of an infant, trying to give my toddler attention when I am not occupied with the baby, loading and unloading the dishwasher and cleaning up the kitchen, trying to keep toys picked up, and socializing with the in-laws since I did the load of laundry just prior to the in-laws’ arrival.

To the poster who said I could have folded the towels in the time it took me to write this post - I wrote this post while allowing the baby, who has been refusing bassinet naps all weekend, to take a contact nap on me. So no, I could not have used the time I spent writing this post to do laundry.

Thank you to the many posters who validated my feelings about this. And thank you also to the posters who suggested that I should just let it go to keep the peace in a difficult season. I will likely do that - although I may just leave the towels where they are to see how long it takes him to do something about them!

Well if the towels were for his family visiting then go just that, leave them there and let him figure it out when they come visit. His problem now not yours!

[Anonymous]

Do not pick those towels up OP!
Just see how long it takes for him to do it.

[Anonymous]

"Extremely annoyed", "more than annoyed ", "angry", "criticism", "on the offensive", "blame" Op, it's towels

Yes you are way overreacting. And this plan, this plan or "waiting until tonight ..." ooooh, the intrigue. Setting-up for a confrontation! Instead Op, what's ordinary is to mention what you would have preferred in the moment or just prior to another likely occurrence

[Anonymous]

I'm angry mostly because your husband was totally the douche in college that did this to people too.

[Anonymous]

Why would you waste time being angry over something like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not in a million years pick those towels up. Yes, I would order new towels if I ran out of clean ones and those towels were still sitting on the floor where he tossed them.

report back to us how long it takes for him to pick up the towels, fold and put them away. i bet he does it five minutes before his parents show.

+1

[Anonymous]

Wonder who that husband of yours thinks should pick those towels up off the floor.

Ugh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm angry mostly because your husband was totally the douche in college that did this to people too.

That was my thought too!!!

[Anonymous]

Folding is not the point. Putting clean towels you use to wipe your face and body with on the floor is the point.
DH is either a jerk or a slob.
Do not ever give him new towels. Let him handle those. Maybe his will stink eventually and he will wash them.
Tell his parents there will be a delay in getting the clean towels because they have to be rewashed after DH put them on the floor.