Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 10:27     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:In the time it took you to write this you could have just folded the towels.


+1
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 10:26     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:That seems deliberate.


Honestly, Yes. It must have been deliberate because no adult puts clean laundry on the floor. Even in college, people who don't know whose laundry is just sitting in the machine, taking up space, it would be removed and either put in a basket or put on top of a machine.

WTF husband. Why are you being passive aggressive? OP - is your husband always like this?
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 10:11     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:Go online and order more laundry baskets.


Uhm, no. If he needs extra he should order it. No mature adult just dumps clean towels on the floor in a hissy fit. I would love my mind.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 10:09     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Don’t get angry over the little things, but do discuss them calmly.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 10:08     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:Go online and order more laundry baskets.


Sounds like something the husband should do.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 10:01     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Go online and order more laundry baskets.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 08:43     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
I’m trying to understand the logistics here. Was there not a basket available? I will say I bought extra laundry baskets a few years ago because we kept getting backed up on folding and the stupid laundry baskets were our constraining factor on being able to do more laundry. So now we have four of them so there’s a place for clean laundry when it’s done.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 08:35     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
I hate this thread. Why are so many people telling OP she’s not entitled to be annoyed at her husband, who has promised to love and care for her, either exposing themselves as a disgusting person or willfully making more work for his post partum wife. It’s one of those two things. If he’s happy to wipe his clean body with towels he’s thrown on the laundry room floor he’s gross. If he expects OP to redo all the laundry because she didn’t fold the towels instantly while also caring for a newborn and a toddler he can go suck a lemon. I would want to know which of those it is because grossness can be fixed, sometimes, but distain cannot. Sorry OP. I will just add that being married to someone you can’t talk to about these things is not going to work. You don’t need to scream at him but you need to be able to say why did you do this, and then explain why it’s a problem for you and if you can’t do that you should really look into marriage counseling.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 08:24     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:In the time it took you to write this you could have just folded the towels.

And the time it took DH to dump the towel on the floor he could go F himself.

Why are you blaming the writer? Obviously the DH is a jackdonkey. You don't put clean clothes, sheets, towels on the basement floor. If you can't fold them put them in a basket, bring them up and dump them on the sofa.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 08:18     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:I need a gut check on whether it’s reasonable for me to be extremely annoyed by something DH did this morning or whether I’m overreacting. I did a load of towels on Friday afternoon so that we would have clean towels for my in-laws, who are visiting this weekend. Once the load was dry, I pulled out towels for the in-laws but had not gotten around to folding the rest of the towels yet.

DH decided to do his own laundry this morning. I just went into the laundry room and found a big pile of clean towels on the floor. It appears that DH removed the towels from the dryer so that he could change over his laundry, but instead of folding the towels, putting them in a laundry basket, or even just putting them on top of the dryer, he put them ON THE FLOOR - right in the middle of the walk way - and left them there.

I’m more than annoyed about this. I’m actually angry. I’m also a few months postpartum with our second child, so I realize that sleep deprivation may be affecting my reaction.

DH can’t take criticism so I know that when I bring this up, DH will go on the offensive and blame me for not having unloaded the dryer sooner. As a result, I’m waiting until tonight to bring this up. In the meantime, what do you all think? Is my reaction reasonable?


Yeah, I think your extreme reaction and annoyance is wrong.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 08:17     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:I would be annoyed but the floor isn’t dirty so I’d give the towels a quick shake and put them in a basket. Then I would mention to DH that he left the clean towels on the floor but they are now in a basket and to please hang them in the bathroom for his folks.


The floor is not where clean towels belong though.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 02:04     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
I would be annoyed but the floor isn’t dirty so I’d give the towels a quick shake and put them in a basket. Then I would mention to DH that he left the clean towels on the floor but they are now in a basket and to please hang them in the bathroom for his folks.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2026 01:33     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Slightly annoyed but would get over it quickly
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 23:29     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Leave them and see how it takes for him to fold them.


Leave them and when your inlaws arrive, explain that your DH put their towels "right here on the floor, so help yourselves".


This is the only answer. If they act shocked and imply that it’s somehow your fault, say yeah I wish his parents had taught him how to not be a useless ahole but they didn’t so what can you do.


This is a recipe for disaster.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 23:16     Subject: Is it reasonable to be extremely annoyed by this?
What kind of animal takes clean clothing out of the dryer and puts it on the floor? That is extremely obnoxious. And unless he was super busy today and had no time, he should’ve just folded them. What a jerk.