Ongoing argument - DH doesn't understand sanitation and is bringing sh*t into our kitchen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OP, it's really gross and I'd put an end to it, but I'd keep the pot and just clean it really well. Why does your husband want to disinfect the cat litter brush? Is he next going to start boiling the toilet bowl brushes?! However from a relationship standpoint I agree with the other PP's who say you should stand down and try to have a calmer tone about it. Tell him even if you're being irrational, it's just something you can't get past so could he please stop boiling the cat litter brush in the kitchen and just buy a new one every so often.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yuck the cat brush is just gross.

Even if boiling kills any germs, it is still gross in theory.

I do not blame you.

Doesn't he know the "golden" rule?

Do not sh#% where you eat. Duh.

The golden rule is to treat others how you want to be treated. Duh.

The Golden Rule can be different for different people. Sometimes there are two Golden Rules for one person. We call that winning the jackpot.

[Anonymous]

I would be really grossed out, but would hate to throw an expensive pot away. I would clean it multiple times/run it through the dishwasher before I used it again.

I wouldn't let my husband cook in my kitchen if he touched things with raw meat juices. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

He is soooooo gross

[Anonymous]

Op here - the pot has been boiled twice, and is now is the dishwasher. Yes, I understand that the cats are tracking stuff/poop all over the place, including the counter. But I expect DH (and others) to abide my certain social norms - like societies where people wipe with the left hand and eat with the right hand. I don't change my baby's diaper on the kitchen counter, so DH should not boil sh*t brushes in the cooking pot! It's a slippery slope from that to pooping where we eat and bathe, and then next thing you know there are open sewers in the streets and everyone has the runs.

[Anonymous]

*abide by*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here - the pot has been boiled twice, and is now is the dishwasher. Yes, I understand that the cats are tracking stuff/poop all over the place, including the counter. But I expect DH (and others) to abide my certain social norms - like societies where people wipe with the left hand and eat with the right hand. I don't change my baby's diaper on the kitchen counter, so DH should not boil sh*t brushes in the cooking pot! It's a slippery slope from that to pooping where we eat and bathe, and then next thing you know there are open sewers in the streets and everyone has the runs.

It's really ok, OP. 20 years ago I dated a biologist. He boiled crazy sh*t in my pots (mostly road kill). Boyfriend is gone but have had decades of service from the pots. You won't get cooties, I promise. Be grateful your DH helps clean!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Biologist here. He is right. Boiling kills everything.

All the other things you mentioned, you are right.

So had your SO done this, would you then use said pot to make yourself a meal? Genuinely curious.

NP here but I would. After it had gone through the dishwasher. But this would never happen to me, because I don't have a pet that shits indoors.

[Anonymous]

You're lucky your husband even thought to clean the brush!!! Cat boxes are my problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here - the pot has been boiled twice, and is now is the dishwasher. Yes, I understand that the cats are tracking stuff/poop all over the place, including the counter. But I expect DH (and others) to abide my certain social norms - like societies where people wipe with the left hand and eat with the right hand. I don't change my baby's diaper on the kitchen counter, so DH should not boil sh*t brushes in the cooking pot! It's a slippery slope from that to pooping where we eat and bathe, and then next thing you know there are open sewers in the streets and everyone has the runs.

It's really ok, OP. 20 years ago I dated a biologist. He boiled crazy sh*t in my pots (mostly road kill). Boyfriend is gone but have had decades of service from the pots. You won't get cooties, I promise. Be grateful your DH helps clean!

If my DH felt compelled to boil crap brushes in my cooking pots, gratitude would be the last thing I'd be feeling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're lucky your husband even thought to clean the brush!!! Cat boxes are my problem.

Why would someone need to clean a brush used to clean a litter box?!?!? Is this a thing?!?!?

[Anonymous]

NO, I would throw out the pot immediately, not cook with it, not freecycle it...
Gross!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Biologist here. He is right. Boiling kills everything.

All the other things you mentioned, you are right.

So had your SO done this, would you then use said pot to make yourself a meal? Genuinely curious.

Yes. There is no logical reason not to. However I would ask that next time we just throw away the brush and buy a new one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is hilarious. Thanks for making me laugh out loud!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all realize the cat walks around the house after using the litter box, right?

+1

Your house is filthy and it isn't due to your husband.

+ 2. Your cat is rubbing poop amd filth all over your house. The kitchen pot is the least of your worries. And I'm an animal lover, but let's be real.