The one I live with and what I put up with

[petek]

He's back to his old tricks (no not those ones!!) I just got my (yes I call it mine!) trusty GE FF set up last week in our new house and what do I find two days ago but so much stuff jammed in there was little room for any water let alone any turnover. To top it off he has it set on the permapress cycle with the other dial set for normal. Next I hear the dryer running and running and running for what seemed like ages and I go in the laundry room and it smells semi-gym like. I open the dryer and it's absolutely crammed full of clothes, towels, blankets, so much so that everythings just rolling around in one huge wet ball. Anyways I wasn't nice about it. You'd think that would work but again last night, the dryer running and running and running and that awful soggy wet clothes smell, the dryer jam packed again and the clothes in it smelling all musty like. I thought his clothes were smelling stinky the other day so that must be why. All I get for an answer is "well I put a Bounce in there". As if it has anywhere to go he's got the thing so packed. I mean PACKED!!!
Anyways I did notice when I took half his stuff out that about half of the little vent holes on the back wall of the drum were covered solid in thick lint. Geesh I can't believe I didn't notice this before so I got a skewer from the kitchen junk drawer and started poking holes thru it all. Now I'll have to take the machine apart when I get a chance and try and clean it all up. I even told him we're lucky the damned thing hasn't caught on fire.

 

[sharples]

My partner

I have a '97 pair of maytags. My partner thinks it is appropriate to fill the washer all the way with dirty clothes and set the water level at low and put it on the cold cold water temp. and thinks the clothes will be clean.

Well, after a couple loads of that i was like, no, you are not allowed to do the laundry. It smells after it's dried and is dirty. Why do some people think they know how to do washing??

P.S. I am not the greatest washer either, i put darks and lights together regardless. Yay for color safe bleach.

 

[toggleswitch]

Breathe!
Tread gently.
Have a valium.
Ban him from the laundry room!

 

[petek]

But on another note... I'm excited because I actually got to buy a bottle of bleach the other day and use some in the washer. Our old place was on a septic field so we never used any bleach containing products. And I splurged too. I bought a bottle of Downy with Febreeze, and two bottles of Downy Simple Pleasures in different scents.

 

[sudsdudeshane]

some men just shouldn't do the wash

My other half, who is a great lawyer, is BANNED from the laundry room. The first time I saw him do wash was when we were dating. I was mortified! whites and colors mixed and jammed all the way up to the top. he also used the cheapest detergent and liquid(which I hate)..
Well now, 3 yrs later we live together and he always comments on how white and bright his clothes are.(Tide w/Bleach powder and Borax)
Right now, as I speak, the contractor is here building our new laundry room. It will house our new Kitchen Aid FL washer and dryer. He won't even dare to touch my new baby!! LOL

 

[sudsdudeshane]

PeteK

I feel your pain ...email me if you ever need to "vent"LOL...some men!!!!!!!

 

[hoover1060]

Easy Pete

I feel your pain though...

My former roomie used to load the my Amana to the top and use the medium water setting... maybe thats why it was chewing up belts!

When I got the Maytag I politely sat him down and told him how proud I was of that machine, and how I wanted it taken care of. I told how I wanted the machine loaded, and to always use the FULL setting.
Of course I followed that up with: "If you break my Maytag I will hand you your B*LLS"

man am I glad he's gone!

 

[nmaineman36]

What we live with...

We have a roomie that seems to think that the world revolves around him. When he does laundry and it isnt like he does it once a week like I do...more like once a month. Sheets never get washed. He smokes and is a slob. Not saying that all smokers are slobs...but this one is. Plus he is a slut...but I wont go there. He doesnt buy his own detergent/softener or pretreater...uses what I have and when I go to use it he leaves me just a capful or a scoop to say he didnt use it all.
When he does laundry he will only wash 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. Underwear who knows when. He doesnt know how to iron..I offered to teach him but he says thats womens work. He will throw in his shirts and then go out tricking..come back a couple of hours later and throw the shirts in the dryer and put it on Wrinkle Prevent to let the dryer run up to 3 hours..go back out and trick some more. Heaven forbid that he should need the washer and dryer if its my laundry day. He did that to me several times and I told him he doesnt stick around to finish doing it and I am not doing it for him.
Usually when I do laundry its 6 loads straight and one after the other. I can start doing laundry in the morning and finish by 7 pm that night. I am hating the Neptune washer as days go by since it takes forever to get a load done. He has no concept of the fact that water and gas cost money and so does detergent...and since I use Persil at $45 a box it does fry my ass that he doesnt offer to pitch in. Scott has suggested that I move all the detergent to a locked cabinet..which I am going to do. I told Scott that this yutz has got to go.

 

[sudsdudeshane]

nmaineman36

man, what a situation you are in Mike..Quite frankly if I were you, I would sit this "slob" down and tell him this is the way things need to be if he wants to continue living there. You shouldn't have to be dealing with that baloney in your own home..kick the bum out!

~Good Luck

 

[washertalk]

Take a breather.

Is he cute? Does he have a big ____... well that is beside the point. We all have limits.

perhaps separate machines for each individual if possible? I am sure I will be protective in this area when I finally start looking and meet mr. right.

 

[exploder321]

I wasn't party to this when it happend, however i had have to teach him (my best buddie) how to do laundry...

My best buddie lives with 5 girls and a guy, plus him self..
Nobody had ever taught him how to do laundry... However, one day he took his clothes downstairs and couldn't fin used any of the green liquid that smelled good, or any of the white powderd substance that didn't smell to bad but was hard to...So he found something called Clorox.. He then found a mesuring cup and added what the directions said... About 10 minuets later he told one of his roomates and low and behold, they whent running in there to find his clothes ruined.... Between his mom and i and his (now ex) fiancee he got new clothes and many laundry lessons..

By the way, if you wanna see a nasty house try living with that many people who all smoke, drink and party.. He wants to move someplace else, but can not afford it

 

[rp2813]

Teenagers are just as bad

My partner's teenage daughter used to overload our 70's Maytag pair. With their small tub & drum that wasn't so hard to do; the washer took it all in stride but she'd wash bras with jeans and throw it all in the dryer and I'd regularly be pulling metal support parts from ruined bras that got stuck in the drum gap and would create a scraping sound when the dryer drum turned. They were curved and often had to be wrestled out of there. Finally the dryer started to make an ear piercing screeching sound when the drum turned and ultimately the drum just froze. I put the blame entirely on her. We'd probably still have that W/D pair otherwise. She moved out shortly after we got our Amana pair. No doubt in my mind that those inferior machines would be toast by now if she was still living here.

Maineman, you need to kick that roommate out!

 

[veg-o-matic]

Pete Kelly's Blues

I'm sure Gene has his good points, laundry apparently, not among them. Just be glad you got the mess settled before any real harm was done.

Make a deal with him--you'll do the laundry, and he'll do some task you absolutely hate. Whatever you choose.

Either that, or if he commits this crime again, he has to be your slave for a week. Just think of the possibilities!

veg

 

[hoover1060]

NMaineman36

Man that situation is bad... I agree hide the detergents! padlock that Neptune!

Washertalk: LAMO!!! you are too funny!

 

[maytagbear]

Sometimes...

being single doesn't seem too bad, after all.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[logixx]

Oh, I know what y'all talking about...

I just wanted to unload our dishwasher:

Plates nested, cutlery lying on the cup shelves and OF COURSE the spray arm blocked... Needless to say, nothing came out clean and everything was covered in backed-on grit, due to the drying cycle.

Who loaded the dishwasher? My MOTHER. I'm just glad our new DW will have a mother... I mean child-lock feature. ;-)

Alex

 

[chachp]

I have thrown many hissy fits...

..so mine doesn't even touch the laundry unless I am out of town. He lets me do it because I am a little fussy.

I created a guide he uses when I travel so I don't have to worry about how much soap, etc. he uses. It is hanging proudly on the wall and all chuckle when they come through. I attached it if anyone wants to try to tame I mean coach their SO. If you want the Word file let me know and I'll send it to you. He's pretty good about the quantities because it is usually just his own stuff when I am gone.

The thing I hate is when the dryer buzzes he either just leaves everything in there or throws it over a chair to wrinkle. Our marriage is much better if he doesn't touch it. He has to walk through the laundry when he comes in from the garage but that is generally the only time he is in there.

The dishwasher, well that's totally another story for another thread! LOL!

http://www.chachp.com/images/laundry guide.pdf

 

[exploder321]

I am just thankful i am the one doing everyones laundry here...

 

[toggleswitch]

Foam & Suds Party!

My other half, who is a great lawyer, is BANNED from the laundry room.

Book smart does not equal life/people/street/social smart.

The high falutin' attoneys at my former place of employ would ROUTINELY add liquid (hand) diswhwashing detergent to the DW-ers in the office and did so repeatedly after being told not to.

 

[frigilux]

Pete---Make your point to hubby this way: Take him out to his car, get in, rev the engine to about 6,000 rpm for at least a full minute. Then put it in gear and drive with the emergency brake on. After that, pull way over to the right and let the tires scrape against the curb for a couple of blocks. Finally, shift down to the lowest gear and drive at least 35-40 miles per hour for awhile.

Pull over; Then say, "Honey, will you please stop overloading the washer and dryer?"

DAMN! I should be a relationship counselor.

 

[petek]

Actually Eugene, that's not a bad idea and even better it will be his new Dodge Ram I can do it with, err should I say "our" new Dodge Ram. The big ugly black thing with the cheezy Ram cutout tailights and chromy gas cap he can barely fit in the driveway let alone the garage. I asked him what a Hemi is (knowing full well what it is/means re the chamber/rods shape etc) he didn't have a clue but he's got his hemi cause it sez so on the side..the power of advertising ... oh where did I go wrong LOL

 

[frigilux]

I haven't been in a relationship for quite awhile now, but my last was with a divorced guy who had custody of his infant daughter. He grew up very traditionally--had no idea how to do laundry or cook or anything like that, much less take care of a baby. His Dad totally disowned him when he came out, but his Mom was a sweetheart----and she loved me, which I thought was great. But, he eventually decided to move to Ohio and I wasn't willing to go. The end.

 

[re563]

Well like many of your have stated. My Partner isn't much better. When We started dating he too would fill his machine soooo full--I could never go over how well his clothes actually looked. Before we bought the house we live in now I got my HE3 set and like Hoover1060 I sat him down and said " you know I just paid $2200 for this washer and dryer and peditals. I'd like to keep something in this house nice so--don't ever, ever, EVER, touch my washer and dryer. And he hasn't, with the exception of the occasional dog blanket that he thinks need to be washed--(even after I just washed it two days ago), and he seems to do ok with that, but like any fussy appliance person, If I come home from shopping, or get up in the morning and hear the machine running, I also say (with a slight tone in my voice) "What the hell are you washing in my machine??--and that pretty much does it.

 

[jaxsunst]

Wifes are no better

My wife decided to help me and do laundry last week. To say that she is domestically challenged is an understatement.

She did all the laundry without changing a setting, so everything was done in Warm/Cold, and on Low water setting. She got an A for effort and a D- on execution.

The following week the coupler on the DD Kenmore broke. Thank God for Home Shield.

 

[washertalk]

Oh, it is nothing that a good swift hand swatting can't fix.
"Putting fabric softner in the main wash to save time? AHH, No, we don't do that in this household! What's wrong with you."

I must say though, your stories scare me. booooohh. (huddling with shoulders rounded)

My newly 'OUT' status has me thinking of meeting Mr.Right but
after hearing your STORIES,
Can Mr.Right only be an illusion?
Is he too much to hope for? (schreiking like a 40's female movie star)

That will have to be a main qualifier in any personals ad: "...must know how to do laundry correctly, preferably in your own machines. And finally you should have a big ....." something along that line will have them LINED up. oh yeah.
It's all gewwd.~~

 

[maytagbear]

Who knows, Washertalk?

You just might find "Mr. Better than OK"*** right here at this website.

***I no longer look for "Mr. Right." I'm thinking about "Mr. Better than OK."

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[nmaineman36]

Well for myself I have a good guy. Been together for 3+ years now and I wouldnt change him for anything or change him at all. I knew what I was getting into. The funny thing is that everyone we know calls him Bree. He acts like Bree Van DeKamp-Hodge from Desparate Housewives...if you have seen it I am married to it.
The roomie that we have isnt too bright...he claims he is but he isnt. He moved out a couple of years back to move to Florida since when he visted there he was very popular. So he moved in October had about 50 guys or so later there and of course before ya knew it everyone in Tampa Bay was all abuzz about him. They got his number fast and he hiked his ass back up to Massachusetts in December.He now says that all people in Florida are ugly..lol. He wore out the welcome mat. He wanted to move back in but didnt know how to ask. He was asking everyone else but not us. So we had a Mommy Dearest Party on mother's Day and he came over. He was lingering as the party wound down and asked me if he could move in. Now we redid his room and washed the walls of the nicotine that seemed to ooze out of the Kilz that we put on. Told him that if he did move in that he wouldnt smoke in the room....which he does and we caught him plus he makes videos of himself smoking and posts the videos on YouTube. The guys that see him smoking all swoon...I gag and if they only knew.
He has a short attention span with guys...we dont get to know anyone he dates since he kicks em to the curb 2 weeks later on.He said to me once that I had OCD since I rearrange the dishwasher before I start it...I told him at least I can stay focused on something and not have ADHD like he does. Scott calls it LAZY...lol. I could write a book on this guy. And I told him he should have a warning label on his ass.

 

[chachp]

NOBODY is perfect..

It has taken us a long time to get where we are. I'm no treat to live with either but we have figured out how to make it work. I am alwayrs right and he is always wrong. It's that simple. Not really, if it's the right one it will work. It's never easy but it's much easier when it's the right one.

 

[exploder321]

I help take care of my two older grandparents.. Mind you there not invalids...They still drive and such, but boy are they a mess

But usualy, i always wind up being right and they usualy forget the whole thing....
Grandpa won't eat anything unless i cook it (he throws food away if he thinks its nasty)
Grandma refuses to eat off dishses out of the dishwasher unless they've been washed by hand or where scrubbed clean before hand
Neither one does laundry any more, After grandma turned everything pink and grandpa washed everything in softner

It never ends here... No wonder i never sleep..

Oh well... I'll survive for now.. Doubt i could put up with some of the above mentioned things, esp. smoking in the house (ickkkkkkkkkkkk)

 

[washertalk]

Ok new Thread for me. see "Newly Out"