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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I get it. It isn't just the plate on the couch (which is weird) it is the constant things that add up. It is never that one thing in life.

Was he drinking, even just a beer? I have seen this dynamic with a friend. One beer and he pushes back at everything--can't be wrong. Next morning he concedes he is wrong. Talk about getting old.

I do think that saying things nicely to see if you can turn the tide. Hey, do you mind putting the plate in the sink? A shame that we have to treat adults like kids.[/quote]

Op here, thank you for reading it how I meant but clearly not how it is coming off. Yes, it's not just the plate on the couch, it is the constant things adding up. [/quote]

OP most people couldn’t live with someone “correcting” them like that. Your DH is probably way, way more on the tolerant side than you think. You really are the problem here. If you think it’s going to break your marriage, it will only fix if you’re willing to do some hard work on yourself. [/quote]

Our issues are NOT over me correcting him all the time. I shared one example, one thing that happened last night. It's much more than that. My point was that our disagreements are about little things. It's NOT about him doing things I dont like. That's not what our marriage is about. Our disagreements are about day to day things.

Everyone is coming out me... fine. You can say I am completely wrong in last night's situation, fine. What you dont see is the ridiculous amount of frustration behind that situation.

[b]It's about me doing 90% of the work at home despite trying to have many conversations about how I need help because we both work full time but I am the only one doing laundry, doing groceries, packing kids lunches, making sure kids have what they need for school/activities, cleaning the home, doing ALL the things ETC. DH feels like he does his part but the issue is that there is way more than needs to be done. So it falls on me. ALL OF IT! We have had conversations about it, I even wrote him a letter once so I could calmly lay it all out. DH agrees with me, he agrees that most of the load falls on me but nothing changes. [/b]

SO yes... after coming home from a full week of work, and taking care of all the household stuff after work, I saw a plate on the couch and got frustrated. [/quote]

OP I could have written your initial post.  The bolded is the underlying issue for me as well.  To me it signals a lack of respect.  The haters here say its a little thing to leave a dish on the sofa.  You acknowledge that yourself.  I would say it is so little he can't be bothered to do it himself and instead expects you to do it for him.  [b]Also, it isn't the one instance, it is the accumulation of all of the things that are "beneath him," but clearly he expects somebody else to take care of.  [/b]There is also the aspect of whatever mess he leaves out, you and your kids have to live with, or clean up for him.  My own DH recognizes the need to clean up when people come over, but will leave his breakfast dishes out in the morning, a dirty counter from making himself lunch, hair all over the shower and in the sink, bed unmade, pajamas on the floor, knock over a stack of papers on his desk which he leaves on the floor, and walk out the door.  When you leave a mess for others you live with, you are expecting them to live in your mess or clean up behind you.  That isn't adult behavior.  No roommate would tolerate that, so why should a partner be expected to put up with that?  Maybe everyone hating on OP lives in a McMansion with a lot more space.  The rest of us commoners live in each other's space and can't simply close the door in a few dishes left on a desk in a private office.[/quote]

But OP's husband didn't say he thought OP should have put the plate away because he doesn't touch dirty dishes. He just left it there while watching a movie. Which is perfectly acceptable. And if it's not acceptable to you, then you do something about it. [/quote]

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