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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Honestly, OP, you sound like his Mother.  Your way of teaching your DH to clean the bathroom is how I teach my sons. [/b] My DH knows how to clean a bathroom better than I do by learning from his Mother.  If your DH is not cleaning the bathroom to your standards, then you should be the one with that chore, or you should learn to accept the way he does it.  I mean, you can tell him you don't think it's clean enough, and if he wants you to teach him, then go for it, but don't think it helps any relationship to treat your partner like a child.[/quote]

I don't get mad at my DH when he forgets stuff from the grocery store because he can't find the stuff he wanted just as often as what I wanted.  I don't have to teach him how to clean (he's better at most cleaning than I am), but when we were dating and I told him he was loading the dishwasher wrong it led to something like a 4 week standoff because he can't handle criticism at all.  He had to break the dishwasher and have a technician come out and tell him exactly what I said he was doing wrong before he changed his ways.  I don't think you can teach or train a grown man to be better at basic tasks, you have to choose to marry one that's not a screw-up to begin with (which, dishwasher incident notwithstanding, is what I did).  This is why I have more sympathy for women who realize their DH's suck at childcare than cleaning - that one is at least partially unknowable before the fact.[/quote]

Man, I feel bad for you. He can’t find the things he wanted. You know what I’d say to a teenager? Well, did you ASK someone for help?? Plus now they have apps for that.[/quote]

I don't think you should feel bad for me.  Coming home with 18/20 things on the grocery list is simply not a big deal to me, and if I'm not bothered you shouldn't waste your pity.  [/quote]

It’s just so pathetic. I’m not being snarky, I’m being absolutely serious.[/quote]

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