If your spouse ruined something by accident in the process of trying to be helpful, how would you react?

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Forgot I posted this!

For context, my coworker's husband was cleaning the house, and while she normally cleans the area she does her hobby in, she's been picking up a lot of extra shifts at work and he was trying to help her out because it's gotten dusty (according to her). He accidentally knocked over a machine she uses and it broke. She lost it on him and in the process of venting about it at work, it sparked the discussion about how we would have reacted/have reacted.

I accidentally ruined something of DH's that shouldn't have gone in the dishwasher and he accidentally ruined an item of clothing in the dryer. Not a big deal and now we both pay extra attention or ask the other person if we aren't sure.

These would bother me if the items indicated that the shouldn't have gone in the dishwasher/dryer. Adults should be able to read.

Knocking something over is truly an accident. If you're drunk, then that's frustrating. If you tripped on your shoelaces after your spouse pointed out to you that your shoes were untied, then that's annoying. But otherwise it's a mistake and mistakes happen.