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Originally Posted by votoshka  Yup. I totally agree. Whenever my husband can't do something, I tend to treat him like a child (which he hates  ) but seriously if you can't do some basic household chore by the time you're a grown man there's something seriously wrong. |
Absolutely! We wouldn't have to talk to them like they were kids if they didn't act like they were.
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I don't even deliberately treat him like a child...I'm just...used to dealing with kids and their "I don't know how to fold clothes/turn on the washing machine/stack the dishwasher" that when he comes out with something like that, he gets the same sort of response from me (that usually revolves around using a bit of common sense, because it ain't brain surgery!!).
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I'd have trouble not slapping anyone who tried that with me.
I'd at the very least give them the "ÿou're pathetic"stare.
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Now to be fair, I probably don't put enough onus on any of my kids to help out around the house (cause I don't like nagging) but the boys both like to cook (and will voluntarily make biscuits and stuff like that for fun), and can use a vacuum, and do other basic stuff.
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Well, that's something at least.
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But yeah, the older they get, the more I expect them to be able to do... because it's not difficult. No one really taught me how to clean, I just figured it out.
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It's not difficult at all....they just don't like doing it, and if someone else always does it for them, why would they ever take the initiative?