Laundry battle...
So I tell dh again- tell ss to do his laundry tonight- this will be day number 3 he's been specifically told to do it. Also note that prior to the last few weeks I was willing to do his laundry- told him all he had to do was ask. Of course he does not want to ask me anything. I tell dh specifically that he needs to do the towels and blankets prior to the clothes- otherwise he will just wash the clothes and leave the other shit sit forever. I talk to dd10 2 hours after they get home from school. Asked her if she could check to see if ss had laundry going- told her be sure and let him know he has to towels and blankets first. She says ok. I get home and he has had a load in the wm which is already in the dryer. The wading machine is sitting empty- he didn't even bother to start a second load. Why? Because all his clothes were in the dryer- he doesn't need towels or blankets as he can continually grab fresh ones I launder and then add them to the mold/ urine pile. I came in and told him he needs to do the towels and blankets first. His reply- but there are tons of those in my room. Duh! So he makes some snorting noise and continues to recline on my sofa. I give him a few minutes to get up and get busy. Finally I remove his half wet clothes from the dryer and hide them in the garage. Evidently a few minutes later he realized his shit was missing and has now started in the towels and blankets.
Lazy little shit!! I'd cut
Lazy little shit!! I'd cut off his supply of clean bed linens and towels. He leaves them lying in his room or the laundry room? I would have put his stuff in a trash bag too! In fact that's what I did with SS's laundry out of the drier one day. I made it plain that I need the laundry room when dad and I come in and that they, the kids have all day to use it. I needed to do our laundry and SS's stuff was in the drier...I dumped the stuff in DH's office! He was not happy, nor was SS but that's on them.
Proud of you! Actions speak louder than words and sometimes I really believe that kids these days think we are kidding when we say we'll 'do something'.
sd pulled that crap when she
sd pulled that crap when she lived here, too. wait and wait and wait, and as soon as someone else needs the washer, suddenly HER laundry is a big emergency. she also liked to wait to throw her shit in the washer til bedtime, then so sweetly ask fdh to finish it for her. he never caught on to her lazy tricks. that was only 2 years ago. she is now on her own with a baby on the way. i cant' wait to watch this disaster unfold!
Just leave it to him, when he
Just leave it to him, when he runs out of clothes he will re think the situation, you are not his maid, you have tried to encourage him, he needs to learn some responsibility, if you constantly have to nag him, he won't learn, it is an important life skill learning to take care of yourself, if you think you have asked him enough about this, then just stop doing it.
I did my husband's laundry
I did my husband's laundry until it became apparent he had no interest in ever doing it, nor grocery shopping, nor cooking, nor vacuuming, nor paying the bills etc. Eventually I gave up on doing his laundry except for the odd thing, because it was simply too much work and now he wears dirty clothes or occasionally has to wash his clothes.
My teenage nephew was bad
My teenage nephew was bad about doing his laundry. His mom dumped him and his dirty clothes at the laundromat with a roll of quarters and didn't pick him up until it was all done.
My SD does her own laundry. She doesn't trust me not to use the detergent that makes her itchy. She runs the washing machine twice before washing her clothes. So much for being the little environmentalist.
DH does the laundry here.
DH does the laundry here.