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Post by Chuckles on Nov 21, 2006 13:47:30 GMT
OMG you poor pair  , sounds like a hopeless task then  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2006 19:34:43 GMT
Hey, we're not ALL that bad you know ! There's been an awful lot of "men bashing" going on on this site lately. My weeknight routine (monday to thursday anyway) is home from work 5pm (ish), tea cooked by Mrs FA then she goes and gets ready for work while I amuse the kids. She goes out around 6.15ish, then I bath the kids, get them ready for bed, give my son his bottle (spot of gin before bedtime always sends him off to sleep  ), put him to bed then get daughter of to bed, including 3 bedtime stories. When they're safely tucked up, I put away all the toys that have been strewn around the house, tidy the dirty clothes and wet towels from the bathroom into the linen basket, clear the table, load up the dishwasher, wipe down all the kitchen worktops and empty the kitchen bins. When the dishwasher is done, I empty it and put it all away so that Mrs FA doesn't have to do it when she comes home from work at 9pm. I also cook, hoover & dust (although not very often because Mrs FA usually does it when I'm at work), I know how to use the washing machine (including knowing the difference between a whites wash and a colours wash) and how to hang the clothes properly on the line (tops by bottoms and all that), which I do at the weekends when Mrs FA is at work, and I also do virtually all of the family's ironing. I do all of the garden, DIY, decorating, sort out all of our paperwork (once a week) and do anything to do with the cars. I realise that I'm going to be accused of blowing my own trumpet but I just wanted to prove that not ALL men are lazy good for nothing slobs !! FA x |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2006 19:35:57 GMT
Just had a thought whilst typing my previous post - maybe I ought to hire myself out. I've been looking for a new job and I could make a fortune............. ;D
FA x
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Post by lottielady on Nov 21, 2006 20:29:01 GMT
Either that Andy or you will have another queue wanting to marry you! LLx |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2006 20:35:16 GMT
Either that Andy or you will have another queue wanting to marry you! LLx What, again ? Ho hum, we all have our crosses to bear....... FA x |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Nov 21, 2006 20:58:18 GMT
Either that Andy or you will have another queue wanting to marry you! LLx What, again ? Ho hum, we all have our crosses to bear....... FA x  |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 21, 2006 22:19:31 GMT
Oh FA I know there are some good guys out there too  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 22, 2006 7:34:11 GMT
I think there may be some nice men out there FA but not many in this part of Norfolk! Mine used to be like you but as he's got older his Orc ancestry seems to be coming to the fore (only joking - he's a man of many fine characteristics but tidyness is not one of them...)! You and Mrs Tarquin seem to have sorted out your domestic duties admirably (which is nice). I'm not a man basher really, just slightly teed off that I never seem to have found one of the ones that enjoyed or appreciated housework!
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 22, 2006 8:21:32 GMT
Well said FA. I'm with you on this.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2006 9:05:41 GMT
I'm not a man basher really, just slightly teed off that I never seem to have found one of the ones that enjoyed or appreciated housework! Well I don't enjoy housework, but I still have to do it |
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Post by sleepysunday on Nov 22, 2006 9:12:18 GMT
When I was married we had an agreement. My wife was responsible for keeping half the rooms in the house clean and tidy, and I was responsible for the other half. She dilligently neglected her half, and I dilligently neglected mine.
Joking aside, our home was quite tidy in those days, but it's very difficult to bother when it's just yourself. I do try but large areas get out of hand by always being put on a low priority.
The house is too big for one person (two if you count Hilter in her granny-flat. With the flat taken into account there is 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 lounges, a dining room, a kitchen, a kitchen/breakfast room, a utility room, a large hall and a double garage.
In the mornings I get up at 6am, run a bath, feed the cats and give Hitler her wake-up call. Then a long soak. Then it's lead Hitler into her lounge and get her breakfast, a cup of tea and her medication. Then make her a sandwich for midday and it's time to go to work.
It takes me nearly an hour to get to work.
In the evening I get home about 6.30 (7pm if I have to go shopping). Then I have to cook Hitler's tea, and she would be very upset if she didn't have dessert. At 8pm she has a mug of hot ovaltine, and at 9pm I put the drops in her eyes and lead her to bed.
There isn't that much time left for cleaning such a big house even if I did have the enthusiasm.
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Post by sleepysunday on Nov 22, 2006 10:33:05 GMT
What I have to do isn't taxing, but it's evenly spread out. I rarely get to go out in the evening these days because I have to be at home. I don't mind, and it's not for ever.
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Post by sweetleaf on Nov 22, 2006 10:53:19 GMT
[quote author=jlottie board=vegetables thread=1163946771 post=1164191128 When my 4 children were teenagers it was a losing battle. In the end anything I found lying around just got put in their bedrooms and shut the door. I did feel awful on occasion if the window cleaner had come and I hadn't managed to close their curtains. They all did their own ironing and their own washing eventually, if they wanted to go to school in dirty creased clothes that was up to them. I got so fed up of putting clean ironed clothes away and finding them on bedroom floors or back in the wash without being worn. All a distant memory now thankgoodness  [/quote] jlottie I know exactly what you mean, 3 of 4 are still at home and their rooms are awful, I try not to go in there as its too depressing ...they blame each other for the mess. I restrict myself to cleaning the "public" areas of the house and let them live the way they want in their own space, and they iron for themselves but thats all. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 22, 2006 10:56:25 GMT
Perhaps you should do what Mrs Cactus would do when my children were at home. She just opened the bedroom window and threw everything out. ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Nov 22, 2006 11:02:10 GMT
Not a bad thought, but they would probably leave it all there!
I dont know why they are the way they are, I was always neat as a teenager and hated clutter...I suppose they are spoilt.
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 27, 2006 0:46:22 GMT
Well ......we didnt strike, did we ? I actually ended up working harder  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Dec 27, 2006 10:17:54 GMT
No, I didn't strike either but now I am so knackered that going to work for the next two days to pick up huge crates of wet muddy leeks for hours sounds quite appealing......still my OH is so bored that he's dismantling the old compost heap to get rid of the rats last refuge. He's just come in and said that they've been living in my two NEW plastic bins that've been waiting to be filled come Spring! I HATE RATS! How can I do anything as a proper gardener if I can't have compost bins? It makes me really depressed.......I think I feel like giving up and flattening the whole b****y garden back to a field now..sob.....I'm sorry to be so miserable but I've wanted to have a big garden to keep animals and grow veggies all my life and all I seem to do is fight the rodents and battle with nettles.......and it all looks terrible anyway!
Sorry everyone! Just having a desperate moment!
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 27, 2006 10:25:47 GMT
Rats arent going to win 4P, unless you let them, wheres your usual fighting spirit?
You must be very tired Christmas is very hard work for women, but you will feel more yourself when its finally competely over. Never give up never surrender!
Ill come round with my rat man if you like.......
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2006 10:54:15 GMT
.still my OH is so bored that he's dismantling the old compost heap to get rid of the rats last refuge. He's just come in and said that they've been living in my two NEW plastic bins that've been waiting to be filled come Spring! I HATE RATS! How can I do anything as a proper gardener if I can't have compost bins? It makes me really depressed.......I think I feel like giving up and flattening the whole b****y garden back to a field now..sob.....I'm sorry to be so miserable but I've wanted to have a big garden to keep animals and grow veggies all my life and all I seem to do is fight the rodents and battle with nettles.......and it all looks terrible anyway! Sorry everyone! Just having a desperate moment! If I was you I would empty and store the new compost bins and not bother doing any composting for a few months in the hope that the rats move away to pastures new once they realise their food supplies have dried up. |
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 27, 2006 11:13:40 GMT
Oh 4P don't despair the garden always looks a bit of a mess this time of year, I sometimes feel like giving up but just think about the times when things start growing (nice things) and you love it.
Thats a good suggestion off Rita's
Chin up chuck, go kick or slam a door you'll feel much better, if you kick the door make sure you have some hard footwear on or it hurts ( from experience)
BusyBee xx
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Post by 4pygmies on Dec 27, 2006 16:54:56 GMT
Evening all. thanks for cheering words for miserable old bag.......I'm trying to keep my pecker up but you haven't seen the state of my garden - molehills everywhere (I'm not exaggerating), fresh ones everyday, the lawns have reverted to their original field like state, rat runs all over the place, the goats are grumpy, the chooks are grumpy, and I AM very tired as my lungs are in a perilous state due to the foggy weather so I'm not sleeping very well. My fighting spirit is weebling about somewhere around my ankles - weighed down by the huge claggy lumps of mud/molehills I have to scale to get to the goats pen three times a day......maybe I'll have a massive bonfire and sacrifice a small rodent or 50 to appease the gardening gods or maybe I'll just look through the T&M catalogue and start my fantasy seed order early instead.......or p'raps I'll crack open my bottle of Baileys......eeh, I could strangle a rat........XX
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, sounds like a hopeless task then 
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