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The Sock Debacle and the Laundry Debacle

furkidsforme's picture

So, we live on a big farm, and it's cold here. I was getting dressed and was digging through the clean laundry basket in our bedroom. I found a nice, fat, super soft sock. I held it up to DH and said "this sock is thick!" and promptly began searching out the mate of the pair. I was going to wear said warm sock on this chilly day.

DH quickly replied that "That sock is SS's!", and he picks it up off the bed. SS is 16.

Now, I was immediately incensed. Maybe it was wrong, but I SO OFTEN feel like anything Skid related will ALWAYS take precedence over me. If SS was missing a sock or belt or other article of clothing, neither DH nor myself would hesitate to get him what he needed from our own stuff. But if I need a sock? Oh hellz NO!!! Better not use SS's.

DH feels I overreacted and that "he had no idea" I wanted to wear the sock because it was a warm sock and it was effing cold out. Really? I often he feel he plays the feigned ignorance card. What did he think I was doing? Complimenting the sock? Simply admiring it's fine workmanship? I was getting dressed.... what ELSE would I be planning on doing except maybe WEARING it?

It's also like the SD23 laundry fiasco. SD23 is sorta a slob. OK, she's a borderline hoarder. She was looking for laundry that she did days ago but never turned over to the dryer. She went to the washer to get the clothes, I guess without a thought that 3 other people live here, too. So she pounds up the stairs to ask "Where are the clothes I left in the washer????" I tell her "I dunno, likely someone dried them for you and they are downstairs in a basket". She goes and looks, but says they aren't there. So she calls DH, but he doesn't pick up so she leaves a message. He calls her back, and she doesn't answer. So he calls me, and asks me to get off the computer (I was working!) and go TELL SD where her clean clothes are. Which is downstairs, about 3 feet from where she just claimed to have "looked". I say "Meh, I'll let her know when we're done talking". But NOOOOOO, now DH wants to get off the phone with me to call SD23 to tell her where the clothes that she is too lazy to even look for are located. I tell him if she needed them bad enough, she could have answered his returned call, or called him back, or gone and actually LOOKED for the clothes. It turned into a big argument and stress because I absolutely refused to go deliver this message.

She's fucking 23!!!!!! She can find her own laundry for cripes sake!

I'm so tired of hearing how me not completely catering to his kids every whim translates to "You hate them!!!!" every single fight! All 3 kids have a learned helplessness because of this shit.

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StepKat's picture

23? Why the hell is she still living with you and her dad? Ya'll need to kick her happy little ass OUT!

furkidsforme's picture

She has a medical disability and can't drive, so she works for me part time and goes to college full time. We are very rural so she needs help with transport. I'm very supportive of her living here and she is my favorite. She actually has drive and ambition, life has just not been overly fair to her medically.

StepKat's picture

Ok, that makes better sense that just a lazy 23 year living of you and DH. I would be supportive too in her case

Amber Miller's picture

I understand as I am disabled; it started 5 years ago and it's not fun not being able to work (at least for me). My self esteem has deteriorated as I feel that I don't contribute as much as DH to the household. Based on my experience, the best thing for a disabled person (if it is possible and health permitting) is to have a job, even if its a little one for a couple hours and to try to maintain as normal of a life as possible. It makes the person feel worthwhile. Good for you for trying to help your SD maintain a sense of worth. As far as I am concerned what you are doing for her by employing her is a wonderful thing and good for her for going to college.
The laundry thing is another issue. Even with my disability I can find my clothes! How frustrating. I wear my sons socks sometimes.

MarriedaBallessWonder's picture

I feel ya Sista!

I had a laundry incident too yesterday that INFURIATED me! I was ready to pack and leave over it and DH had to sleep on the couch. I'm so sick of being put last.

I was doing my laundry and had it sorted it out. The skids maybe do their laundry every 6-8 months so they have piles and piles of it. My DH had the gall to take MY laundry out of the washer put in on the FLOOR and put his kid's in! I WAS INCENSED! I started yelling at both of them how rude and thoughtless it was. What pisses me off even more is that we had a conversation about this THE DAY BEFORE! I told him he better not heap SS laundry on me while I'm doing mine and that he could wait until I was though. But the Mr. BALLESSWONDER did it anyway!

My dumbass DH was say - I was only trying to help - I don't give a fuck DH! You put MY SHIT LAST again and put your child's laundry OVER MINE even though mine was in progress and had been all f'ing DAY. YOur filthy ass kid only gives YOU his laundry once every HALF A YEAR and he can't wait another day.

I wish I would have never married a man with kids. I've been here for 11 years and I often feel like and I can't possibly do it another day.

Why oh why do they always have to hurt us? Why does every little thing have to be at our expense?

Oh and, the "kid" whose laundry he was doing is TWENTY F'ing years old! TWENTY!!

Jsmom's picture

I would have nailed him to the wall....DH is afraid of the laundry room after one incident 5 years ago where I about killed him...I end up doing it all now, but that is fine, they put it away immediately or there is a problem and it is done right...