OT - FYI, I am not the housekeeper

poet_kelly
on 7/26/12 9:43 am - OH
In case anyone is confused about  my role or position in life, it is NOT that of a housekeeper.  Now, when I'm in a relationship with someone, I make take on certain responsibilities, like doing their laundry and putting it away neatly every week or washing all the dishes in the sink.  When I have a roommate, I do not view those things as my responsibility.  I might put some of my roommate's clothes in the washer when I am washing my own to make a full load, because I am nice and helpful like that.  But it is not my job and at the very least, a thank you is in order.  Otherwise, everyone can just do their own laundry and wash their own dishes and I will have lots more free time.

That is all.

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GraceGirl
on 7/26/12 9:49 am
Amen
 
"If you're interested in achieving success, you'll do what's convenient. When you are committed to success, you'll do whatever it takes."

jewel-twin
on 7/26/12 11:35 am - Canada
ROFLMFOA....He's learning his lesson about having his cake and eating it...isn't he?

Well if you can't have cake, neither can he!

Put a new red shirt in with his whites that will change his expectations.
(deactivated member)
on 7/26/12 12:06 pm
I hear you, Kelly! I dont understand your partner. He wants to just be friends but he expects you to still do chores around the house as if you are still partners? What is that? If he wants to truly just be friends so that you two are just roommates, you are under no duty to do anything other than  your own stuff (laundry, dishes etc). Soon he will realize how foolish he is for not wanting to continue a relationship with you and be pampered by you doing some of the domestic work. He really must be foolish. Im sorry you seem frustrated by this! I would be too.
JUSTJUNQUIES
on 7/26/12 12:55 pm - Citrus Heights, CA
RNY on 04/04/12
You go girl. A roommate is a roommate ...not a mate / partner
Make sure your stuff is picked up and put away , he can take care of his own ****

Donna Q. --5'8" -60 years old
Band 2005
hw320 sw276 lw with band 195 gw 160-180? 
Bypass 4/4/2012
pre sw 258 lw RNY 162 cw 203

Zeigled
on 7/26/12 12:55 pm - Parkton, MD
LOL - your ex needs to get on the ball.  How about advertising for a new roommate?
HW 357 SW 341   
          
debbie0321
on 7/26/12 1:10 pm - Cincinnati, OH
RNY on 08/06/12
I think I've been away and missed some stuff! lol But I'm with you about doing the housework. If you're going to be just friends, then maybe he can start doing dishes somethimes too.
Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 7/26/12 2:44 pm - OH
Did I miss something...?!? 

FWIW, I agree 100%.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

LiciaLou
on 7/26/12 2:52 pm - Central, FL
RNY on 08/29/12
Here here ! 

He will soon see just how much he relied on you to take care of certain things.
I'm w/previous posters; take care of your stuff & only add some of his laundry if you need to make a full load. Bleh to men! 

Good for you taking a stand.

Alicia ~ HW 307 ~ SW 287 ~ GW 135 ~ CW 160

happy_baker
on 7/26/12 2:54 pm, edited 7/26/12 2:56 am
RNY on 02/15/12
Sing it, sister.

Also, I appreciate the irony in him grousing about having to be a caretaker, all while relying on you to wash his undies and dinner dishes. Yeah... how black IS that pot, kettle?
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