A comedy of errors.

[Julia1996]

Hi everyone. So since I've been sick the guys have had to do the housework. It's been like my own private comedy show. Lol. My dad can do most stuff. When we were little any housework that got done, my dad is the one who did it. Tristan can do a few things because growing up his mom made him do stuff. Then we have poor Tyler. He is useless for almost anything around the house. The fact he will do almost anything to avoid having to clean something makes it even worse. The one job Tristan and Tyler argue about is of course cleaning the bathrooms. When it's Tyler's turn he stalls as much as possible and complains to no end. My dad had to threaten him last time. He told Tyler if he came home from work and the bathrooms weren't clean he would make him clean them with a toothbrush military style. He asked my dad why he never cleaned the bathrooms and he told him because he had him to do it and the only reason people have kids is so they can make them do unpleasant chores when they get older. And people wonder were I got my smartassiness from. Lol. My dad can do laundry and Tristan kind of knows how but my dad told Tyler to stay away from the washer after he once saw him stuff it full of clothes and use his foot to stuff it in so he could get the door closed. But everyone's on their own with ironing. For Tyler having to iron his own stuff is like the end of the world. He tried mixing some of his stuff in with my dad's trying to be slick and hoping my dad wouldn't notice and iron them along with his. Yeah, that was a total fail. Then he tried to con Tristan into ironing his stuff while he was doing his own. Tristan looked at him like he had lost his mind and said " no way in hell I'm ironing your stuff mate! Don't be such a bludger". That's Aussie slang for a really lazy person. Finally in a last desperate attempt he actually called my grandma and told her I wanted to know if she could come over and help with some stuff around the house.  When she asked to speak to me he told her I was asleep and I needed to rest so he didn't want to wake me. What a liar! !  She knew I wouldn't ask her to do that and she knows tyler. She told Tyler she was busy but that she would come over. But she told him if she stopped what she was doing and came over here and found out I hadn't actually asked her and that he was just being lazy, she would find a switch and whip him with it, she didn't care how big he was. He told her nevermind then. I don't think she would really have done it but with my grandma you never know for sure exactly what she's going to do. I guess he decided not to risk it. Lol.

Once when Tristan was vacuuming I told him to make sure to use the attachments on the furniture too because it was full of animal hair. He asked what attachments and I told him they didn't ride around on the vacuum that they were in the closet. So a little while later I find he and Tyler trying to figure out how to put on the attachments. It was a riot! Tristan told Tyler he was always bragging about being an engineering student so he needed to engineer the attachments onto the damn thing. Then Tyler told him the vacuum was Australian so he should know how to use it. Tristan said it wasn't Australian and Tyler said he assumed it was because everything dumb came from Australia. Then Tristan told him Aussies knew how to use their appliances which was more than he could say for Tyler. I was listening to all this from the kitchen table and laughing. The easiest thing would have been to come find me and ask me how to do it. What is it about guys that they refuse to admit they don't know something and just ask someone who does?? It was pretty much the same thing when they tried to fold a fitted sheet. It ended up getting wadded up and stuffed on the shelf.

You would think using the dishwasher would be easy for anyone but Tyler managed to screw that up too. We had run out of the pods for it and I guess the thought that he might actually have to wash the dishes by hand was too horrible for him. So he put dawn in the dishwasher. Not just a little either. He filled the whole soap compartment with dawn! Lol!!!  You can guess what happened. While all three of them were mopping up the kitchen my dad asked how he could do something so dumb. Tyler said he figured dawn wasn't as strong as soap for the dishwasher so he used a lot. My dad wasn't a happy man. He told Tyler all that mess was because Tyler didn't want to wash the dishes by hand. Then he said " well how did that work out for you Einstein? ?"  It was totally hilarious! When my dad came into the living room, muchhhh later, he said he heard me laughing and that the whole thing was actually my fault. MY fault!?? He said yes my fault. He said it was my fault Tyler was so utterly useless around the house because I was a pushover and that if he acted pitiful and flashed me the puppy eyes I always gave in and did stuff for him and Tyler knew that. Wow, blame everything on me!

I have to admit that I've really enjoyed their struggles with housework. Is that mean of me? Probably but I can't do anything or go anywhere. I get bored and have to take entertainment where I can find it. Plus Tyler thinks he's smarter than me so I enjoy watching him do dumb stuff. He was cleaning up after dinner one night and he was wiping everything with paper towels. My dad told him to stop wasting paper towels and use a dishcloth. Tyler said Tristan had washed all of them and they were still in the dryer. Tristan and I both just started laughing. My dad just sighed and he said "Tyler, what do you do with a dishcloth? " Tyler said you use them to wash stuff. My dad said " that's right. And after they get nice and dry what are you going to with them?"  Tyler said " oh yeah". I just died laughing! Tyler got mad and said " shut up Julia. I didn't think of that ok. I have a lot on my mind right now".  My dad said " well you couldn't have had that much on your mind because obviously it has a very limited capacity". LOL! It sucks being sick but at least I have free entertainment.

[CallMeKatie]

I read as far as the guy trying to put attachments on the hoover and just laughed haha
Its not exactly difficult. Aren't guys meant to be good with these kinda things?

[Julia1996]

I read as far as the guy trying to put attachments on the hoover and just laughed haha
Its not exactly difficult. Aren't guys meant to be good with these kinda things?

They are yes. Lol. But our vacuum cleaner is a little more difficult than most vacuums to connect the hose. But I'm sure any woman could figure it out. Lol.

[RobynTx]

I admit I'm not that great at most chores.  I can clean the kitchen and vacuum but my kids are learning those chores.  Besides they take care of the animals and sort so I don't bug them much. 

My dad was useless in the kitchen besides cooking.  He had a couple of hats he wanted clean so he came up with brilliant idea to wash them in the dishwasher.  He used dish soap in it instead of dishwasher detergent. Instead he came back into the kitchen to find the floor covered with soap suds. I don't think the hats got cleaned.

[Jessica]

Did you feign illness a bit longer to enjoy a bit more?

My wife of 37 years told her mother that she wasn't going to learn how to cook, that she was going to marry someone who will cook for her.  She found her personal chef in me.  When I'm ill we get Swanson's chicken and underdone white rice.

[Lady Sarah]

At our house, it sucks when I get sick. My mother complains she is too old and has too much aches and pains. Phillip is lazy, and puts YouTube on his tablet, with ear plugs, so nobody can talk to him. So, when I get better, I have to play Cinderella around here.
As long as I stay healthy, the chores are manageable. It only takes 3 hours a day to keep everything in order.

[TonyaW]

I'd like to know why they aren't already doing at least some of this stuff anyway.

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[Jessica]

I'd like to know why they aren't already doing at least some of this stuff anyway.

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Because Julia does it for them. 

[Julia1996]

I'd like to know why they aren't already doing at least some of this stuff anyway.

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My dad would do anything I asked him to do but in his case I don't ask him to do anything. He does pay all the bills and he does a lot of other stuff for me. In the case of Tristan and Tyler they don't do any of it basically because they think housework is beneath them. You would think in 2018 the old gender stereotypes would be a thing of the past but no. Not with those 2. Tristan will sometimes help me clean up the kitchen after dinner but that's about it. Once I asked him to vacuum after he got home from work. He said he thought I had been off from work that day and I told him I had. He said " you need to manage your time better love. Write out a schedule of what you need to do during the day".  Ok. That night when he wanted sex I told him he needed to manage his time better and learn to schedule sex for the times I felt like it.

And Tyler. He's really bad. He's a good older brother and he's a sweet guy about most things but he can also be a supreme chauvinist jackass. Tyler never had to do anything inside the house growing up. He cut the lawn and did outside stuff but never housework. I had to do that. So I guess he thinks he shouldn't have to do it now. I once asked him why he thought he shouldn't ever have to do housework. He said because he was a guy and his time was more valuable and shouldn't be wasted on housework. He said it was just common knowledge that a man's time was more valuable than a woman's and it was a woman's job to cook and do housework. He got that idiotic idea from my grandpa no doubt because I could if sworn my grandpa was saying it! I told Tyler if he got lonely in the 1950s to try and find his way to the 21st century.

I could put my address here. If a group of ladies showed up at my house who happened to be members of Susan's and those ladies happened to have some hot tar and feathers with them, I would never tell.

[Jessica]

My dad would do anything I asked him to do but in his case I don't ask him to do anything. He does pay all the bills and he does a lot of other stuff for me. In the case of Tristan and Tyler they don't do any of it basically because they think housework is beneath them. You would think in 2018 the old gender stereotypes would be a thing of the past but no. Not with those 2. Tristan will sometimes help me clean up the kitchen after dinner but that's about it. Once I asked him to vacuum after he got home from work. He said he thought I had been off from work that day and I told him I had. He said " you need to manage your time better love. Write out a schedule of what you need to do during the day".  Ok. That night when he wanted sex I told him he needed to manage his time better and learn to schedule sex for the times I felt like it.

And Tyler. He's really bad. He's a good older brother and he's a sweet guy about most things but he can also be a supreme chauvinist jackass. Tyler never had to do anything inside the house growing up. He cut the lawn and did outside stuff but never housework. I had to do that. So I guess he thinks he shouldn't have to do it now. I once asked him why he thought he shouldn't ever have to do housework. He said because he was a guy and his time was more valuable and shouldn't be wasted on housework. He said it was just common knowledge that a man's time was more valuable than a woman's and it was a woman's job to cook and do housework. He got that idiotic idea from my grandpa no doubt because I could if sworn my grandpa was saying it! I told Tyler if he got lonely in the 1950s to try and find his way to the 21st century.

I could put my address here. If a group of ladies showed up at my house who happened to be members of Susan's and those ladies happened to have some hot tar and feathers with them, I would never tell.

I'm only two days drive away, set a date, I'll bring the feathers

[Kylo]

Someone once said to me "when you do something for someone that they could do for themselves, especially if it's a struggle, you've taken one of life's precious victories from them."

In other words, sit back, watch and laugh.

[Maddie86]

I love reading your family stories 

[Lady Sarah]

My dad would do anything I asked him to do but in his case I don't ask him to do anything. He does pay all the bills and he does a lot of other stuff for me. In the case of Tristan and Tyler they don't do any of it basically because they think housework is beneath them. You would think in 2018 the old gender stereotypes would be a thing of the past but no. Not with those 2. Tristan will sometimes help me clean up the kitchen after dinner but that's about it. Once I asked him to vacuum after he got home from work. He said he thought I had been off from work that day and I told him I had. He said " you need to manage your time better love. Write out a schedule of what you need to do during the day".  Ok. That night when he wanted sex I told him he needed to manage his time better and learn to schedule sex for the times I felt like it.

And Tyler. He's really bad. He's a good older brother and he's a sweet guy about most things but he can also be a supreme chauvinist jackass. Tyler never had to do anything inside the house growing up. He cut the lawn and did outside stuff but never housework. I had to do that. So I guess he thinks he shouldn't have to do it now. I once asked him why he thought he shouldn't ever have to do housework. He said because he was a guy and his time was more valuable and shouldn't be wasted on housework. He said it was just common knowledge that a man's time was more valuable than a woman's and it was a woman's job to cook and do housework. He got that idiotic idea from my grandpa no doubt because I could if sworn my grandpa was saying it! I told Tyler if he got lonely in the 1950s to try and find his way to the 21st century.

I could put my address here. If a group of ladies showed up at my house who happened to be members of Susan's and those ladies happened to have some hot tar and feathers with them, I would never tell.

So, there's the down side of having Tristan move in. Tyler is a bad influence. What will you do, if Tristan becomes just like Tyler?

[TonyaW]

Some of it is that guys don't care.
Ran across this a while back.

Though I lean toward the girls room and the guys car and my daughter's have the guys room and girls car. 





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[Julia1996]

Some of it is that guys don't care.
Ran across this a while back.

Though I lean toward the girls room and the guys car and my daughter's have the guys room and girls car. 





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That's funny and I guess it's kind of true. His car is the one thing Tyler is almost OCD about cleaning. My car...well it's the one thing I don't keep perfectly clean. It bugs Tyler too so he always vacuums and cleans my car when he does his. I could easily see Tyler's room looking like that if he was left to his own devices but my dad would totally never allow that. He's always made us keep our rooms neat. He also has a major stick up his butt about making beds. It must be from his military days. He's also really anal about how his clothes are hung in the closet and put in his drawers. He makes his bed as soon as he gets out of it and we always had to make ours every day. As much as a slob as Tyler is my dad did manage to train him to make his bed every day from an early age and he still does it amazingly enough.