I routinely yell at DH for not putting his dishes in the dishwasher. He eventually does put the dishes in there, but the kids see him leave out dirty dishes and assume it’s ok for them too. The worst is when I want to start dinner and the sink and counter are filled with dirty dishes, so I then have to do it because, I can’t work with the mess round.

Complaints from parents about schools not opening.

Why do you people have kids?

How do you you not understand the difference between snow and ice?

Paper plates all the way. Never thought I'd be that person but it is so convenient.

I actually think it's worse when everyone goes to school and work. Then they come how with tupperware and water bottles, which aren't as dishwasher friendly as one plate.

Anonymous wrote:For me it's the crappy ice-snow. Hard to clear, no fun to play in. Sledding actually hurt!

No no no. It's IGLOO time. This will be the sole winter event in your life, perhaps, where you can build an igloo with the large ice chunks (and fill in with snow), without resorting to those plastic igloo bricks that never work.

You can leave the snowmen and sledding to less glacial winter events - we'll have more of those.

For me it's the crappy ice-snow. Hard to clear, no fun to play in. Sledding actually hurt!

Paper plates and bowls. We use all different sizes with regular utensils and glassware. Eveeyone rinses out their glasses and mugs and put them where they sit at the table to use again that day and washed once at night.

Text pictures and tell them the sink needs to be cleared

Our street finally being down to black pavement and the people across the street snowblowing a lot of snow into the street.

Heart attacks.

Car accidents.

Those are the worst things about snowstorms.

Get a hold of yourself, OP, and deal with your petty concerns.

We don't have this problem, but then we often work from home, so dishes is something we do after every meal. Tell your family that this is something they need to address every time they use a new plate.

Another thread about how much easier it is to take care of your family when you only have to do it a couple of hours per day

your husband is a slob

I used to bother them and make them come back to the kitchen and put the dishes in the dishwasher. I interrupted them and didn’t care. It works.

Putting dirty dishes in the sink instead of the dish washer is SO rude.

Is the DISHES! We are a family of 4 and every time I go into the kitchen there is a new mound of dirty dishes! My kids are tweens and capable of doing dishes and yet...they don't. But the biggest culprit is my husband. I'm tempted to ignore the mess to see if he ever notices and tackles the dishes. When everyone is at school and work, it's obviously much more manageable. I'm over this freaking storm and dreading the forecasts that another snowstorm is coming.