Are you kidding me? He is so tender he washes dishes with the very mildest of lukewarm water. I forbid him to do them. When he gets done with the dishes, there is such a pretty, reflective grease shine off every item!! Sparkely!!

It looks like my kitchen, when I come home after a weekend craft show. :( I usually can't face it on a Sunday evening...so I get to start on it on Monday mornings...

Well, there you go!!

My DH isn't perfect, but I think I'll keep him. He will do anything, but I have to ask most of the time. He does put his dishes in the DW, he picks up after him self. After reading this I'm thankful for what he does do.

I don't see anything wrong, I think it was nice that he cooked dinner.
Now put on your apron and get busy cleaning the kitchen.

The problem is that men don't see "things" around the house like women do. What is a mess to us doesn't even show up on their radar.

That is soooo true!

That sounds like Pat. He was hopping around the sink the other day and kept uttering "hot-hot-hot" as he's banging the glasses around. Call me curious, but I HAD to know and carefully poked my finger at the suds. I expected a scalding retreat because I do use VERY HOT water. Oh it was barely past body temp. Some men are wusses. lol

I seldom use dishes we have to wash. I have a cabinet full of disposable dishes, cups, glasses, bowels, and a lot of plastic flatware. I refuse to cook and then have a mess of dishes to clean up. I clean the pots and pans as soon as I use them and put them away. It equals out. I save gallons of hot water not washing dishes, save power not using the dishwasher, and the main thing is the freedom I have from not having to clean up after a meal. The good china and silver is there, way up on the shelf for the formal meals we may have one day. Yeah right. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have discovered that the men I have chosen to love in my life RUIN my kitchen. I now tell the DH my mother would flop over if she saw me allowing you to do anything in there.. he actually believes it. Ok she was a very 50's leave it to beaver type of mom BUT I think the three hours it takes to clean up after them is not worth the gift of the making. Now I get take out if I say I am just to dead to cook he offers.. Pizza .. he loves pizza. I say yes. Better than cleaning THAT. I clean as I go, put spices back after I use them, wash as I am cooking so by the time dinner is on there is nothing left but the main cooking pot/pan to clean and our own plates. I feel for you, oh do I feel for you. The thought a very good one was a gift. Some gifts are better left as thoughts.