Weird
Had to go to a customer's house today that was on the same street in the same village as Pumpkinhead's house (OSS28). I had never actually been by his house before... I just knew that he and his now wife purchased it about 3 years ago.
It's a long village/ suburbanesque street. Driveway was unplowed; walkway was not shoveled. There was a big pod like container halfway up the driveway and two emptied trash toters at the front of the house that had not been taken back. I glanced down the street and everyone else had taken their toters back (for readers in the UK, wheelie bins).
I had to laugh because this is a HUGE pet peeve of Chef. He cannot stand when garbage toters are not brought back after being emptied. We have a couple of tenants that are guilty of this and Chef hits the roof. I can only imagine if he saw this!
Was wondering about the Pod container. It wouldn't be surprising to me if they are in foreclosure as none of Chef's ferals had any adulting lessons. There were no expectations, consequences or responsibilities.
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Sounds like all 3 of DW's younger sibs. The foreclosure thing.
Make that her whole family. All have been in foreclosure on their homes (MIL/FIL, BIL1, BIL2 & SIL). They way over buy, then cry about how mean the bank is when they miss their payments.
As for garbage bins, I take them out at night, and bring them in after both the garbage truck and the recycling truck make the rounds. Though I do usually bring them in late in the afternoon on garbage day. My DW and Chef share the pet peeve of the bins being out. If I have not brought them in by the time she gets home from work, she grouses about it.
Things generally don't bother me. Though I do take my neighbor's bins up their driveway if they are still out when I go out to move mine.
One reason i think Disney
One reason i think Disney parenting is neglectful in addition to being indulgent in all the wrong areas is things like you describe. "They are just kids!" Right up until the time that they are knocking on middle age, and they are adults with no life skills. If they can't be made to do minimal chores or even pick up after themselves as kids and teens, they will probably grow up to be the people with the dingy house that hasn't ever been pressure washed, the overgrown yard with junk everywhere, etc. Dirty dishes, roaches...and people will judge them for it.
ETA i had my oldest son young and i even see a difference between him and my younger child, born 5 years later. My older son is kind of a slob and i realize i just didn't teach him as well as i did my younger due to my life circumstances and lack of maturity.