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PadresFan · 03-13-2012, 04:42 PM

My wife and I recently had this discussion. I had mentioned that I needed to do yard work soon otherwise I wouldn't have time until next week. So she says, "Really, it can wait." So I reply, "Taking care of the yard is 'my thing' just like how you have to clean the bathrooms." Although I'm not a landscaper by any means, I do take great pride in maintaining my yard. As funny as this sounds, it gives me peace knowing I accomplished it and it looks good. I can't go long without mowing, etc or else it drives me nuts. My wife, on the other hand, has the same issues with the bathrooms. We both have "our things."

Besides the yard though, I can't go to sleep knowing there are dirty dishes in the sink... I don't think I have OCD since those are the only two things that I have to take care of around the house.

So I ask.... What is your "thing" at home that you must do?

daflyboys · 03-13-2012, 07:27 PM

Apparently, I'm the only one who knows the scientific intricacies of working a plunger.

Rich1977 · 03-13-2012, 07:42 PM

Consider myself a yard master, jedi if you will. I pace the floors all winter long to work outside. Wife loves it and I hate dishes. Trash, yard work and vacuuming are my "duties".

Marino · 03-13-2012, 07:43 PM

Computer guy, even though I hardly know anything about them other than the stuff I use.

DukeC · 03-13-2012, 07:49 PM

The "child" regulated to:

1. Take out the trash
2. Wash the dishes.
3. Wash the dishes once my mom puts them right back in the sink 30 minutes later.

4. Wash the dishes yet again.
5. Wash the dishes for yet a 4th time and expect me not to complain about it.
6. Clean the bathrooms.
7. Mop the floor.
8. Sweep everything, including the carpet.

So...I'm basically the maid :/

SPTO · 03-13-2012, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marino


	Computer guy, even though I hardly know anything about them other than the stuff I use.

The same which is a little scary because I don't know much myself.

At the GF's place i'm the designated dish washer and take out the trash every week.

CMH · 03-13-2012, 08:00 PM

Dishes. I like cleaning dishes. I don't believe in dishwashers. I don't think they do a good enough job. I have even offered to clean friends' dishes (not their actual dishes, but if we had dinner set up, I'd clean even though I'm the guest).

For whatever reason, I enjoy it. I don't know if I'd call it my thing, though, as I live with my sister and we pretty much operate under the "you clean your mess" rules.

If I was better at it, I'd also have no problem fixing everyone's bed. It drives me crazy to see a messy bed. Nuts.

~LiverpoolRed~ · 03-13-2012, 08:10 PM

Working the BBQ.

03-13-2012, 04:42 PM	#1
PadresFan Underrated OVR: 7 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,150	What's your "thing" at home My wife and I recently had this discussion. I had mentioned that I needed to do yard work soon otherwise I wouldn't have time until next week. So she says, "Really, it can wait." So I reply, "Taking care of the yard is 'my thing' just like how you have to clean the bathrooms." Although I'm not a landscaper by any means, I do take great pride in maintaining my yard. As funny as this sounds, it gives me peace knowing I accomplished it and it looks good. I can't go long without mowing, etc or else it drives me nuts. My wife, on the other hand, has the same issues with the bathrooms. We both have "our things." Besides the yard though, I can't go to sleep knowing there are dirty dishes in the sink... I don't think I have OCD since those are the only two things that I have to take care of around the house. So I ask.... What is your "thing" at home that you must do?

03-13-2012, 07:27 PM	#2
daflyboys Banned OVR: 27 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lehi Valley, PA	Re: What's your "thing" at home Apparently, I'm the only one who knows the scientific intricacies of working a plunger. cardsfan2222, kingkilla56, l3ulvl and 10 others like this.

03-13-2012, 07:42 PM	#3
Rich1977 Banned OVR: 3 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: monticello indiana	Re: What's your "thing" at home Consider myself a yard master, jedi if you will. I pace the floors all winter long to work outside. Wife loves it and I hate dishes. Trash, yard work and vacuuming are my "duties".

03-13-2012, 07:43 PM	#4
Marino Moderator OVR: 55 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wake County, NC Posts: 18,147 Blog Entries: 10	Computer guy, even though I hardly know anything about them other than the stuff I use. Reaman, Champion8877 and superjames1992 like this.

03-13-2012, 07:49 PM	#5
DukeC Banned OVR: 27 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: What's your "thing" at home The "child" regulated to: 1. Take out the trash 2. Wash the dishes. 3. Wash the dishes once my mom puts them right back in the sink 30 minutes later. 4. Wash the dishes yet again. 5. Wash the dishes for yet a 4th time and expect me not to complain about it. 6. Clean the bathrooms. 7. Mop the floor. 8. Sweep everything, including the carpet. So...I'm basically the maid :/

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03-13-2012, 08:00 PM	#7
CMH Making you famous OVR: 46 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 26,235 Blog Entries: 1	Re: What's your "thing" at home Dishes. I like cleaning dishes. I don't believe in dishwashers. I don't think they do a good enough job. I have even offered to clean friends' dishes (not their actual dishes, but if we had dinner set up, I'd clean even though I'm the guest). For whatever reason, I enjoy it. I don't know if I'd call it my thing, though, as I live with my sister and we pretty much operate under the "you clean your mess" rules. If I was better at it, I'd also have no problem fixing everyone's bed. It drives me crazy to see a messy bed. Nuts. __________________ "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

03-13-2012, 08:10 PM	#8
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