Battle Of Wills...

[2sp_]

I'm currently in a battle of wills with Mr P over the emptying of the dishwasher. It's supposed to be one of his jobs, but I can't even remember the last time he did it.

So, it was on yesterday and finished it's cycle last night. I switched it of and opened it to dry. The dishes are still in there... I'm determined to leave it until he empties it.

Dirty dishes are now piling up on the worktop above the dishwasher, the sink is full and we're running out of cutlery.

Does anyone else indulge in silly battles like this with their significant other?

[bednobs]

it;s simple really - we cut down on other "luxuries" so we can afford her

[2sp_]

I can reveal that the dishwasher is now empty and reloaded! He's even making a cup of tea.

Bless 'im.

[mrs_overall]

I'm glad the problem is resolved.
I am lucky in that Mr O is better than me at the housework. The only downside to him tidying up is that no one in the family can find anything he has tidied away.
I recently thought I had lost a gold bracelet I had taken off while washing up. I found it where he had put it - in a cupboard in the utility room where we keep the soap powder.
Obvious really lol

[2sp_]

Why didn't you look there first, Mrs O! Seems a perfectly reasonable place to keep a gold bracelet!

Sometimes I'm glad Mr P doesn't put anything away. His memory is so bad I'd never find it again.

[2sp_]

I don't like leaving it on when it's finished. And he can look at the dishes and see that they are clean anyway.

Don't use salt either.

:-)

[Mick-Talbot]

Absolutely childish...................the pair of you!




But I would beat you both in a battle of wills. (and being childish)

[wardlaw]

We have a dishwasher. whereabouts in the house would I look for it?

[2sp_]

lol @ Mick!

I think it does a person good to be a bit childish from time to time.

[mrs_overall]

Me & Mr O once had a battle of wills over tv programmes. I must watch about an hours tv a week.
I wanted to watch a programme...and he wanted to watch another. He then made the fatal mistake of saying he paid the tv licence so he had the right to watch whatever he wanted.
I pointed out that I pay the electric bills. I then cut the plug off the tv.
Very very childish but oh so satisfying

[2sp_]

I love it, Mrs O!

You are my hero!

[mrs_overall]

Funnily enough he has never made a murmur since whenever I pick up the remote control

[2sp_]

I don't need salt as we live in a soft water area.

I use tablets with the liquid rinse aid incorporated.

After using the dishwasher in this manner for 6 years, I can promise that the dishes are clean.

[sherrardk]

Methyl, you can get tablets that preclude the need for salt. What are you, the dishwasher police?

[2sp_]

Sher, I'm giving you the Best Answer for the use of the phrase "dishwasher police".

[2sp_]

Bless his socks, he's emptied the dishwasher with no "encouragement" at all today.

I wonder how long this will last...