Hands up who has to reload the dishwasher after their husband has done it? Well, we're not alone, yummies. According to a poll reported in the Telegraph, the majority of women deem it necessary to 'do over' the chores their domestically challenged spouses proudly tackle around the house.
And all that re-doing of chores adds up to a staggering three hours a week! Three hours too many, if you ask me. If women want equality, then we shouldn't be re-doing tasks that have been assigned to our husbands in the name of domestic bliss, regardless of how slovenly said tasks are performed.
Admittedly I am fussy about how things are done, and like many women, this perfectionism only serves to quadruple my anxiety levels and my workload around the house. While I'm grateful that my husband pitches in more around the house than his father and his father's father—and though I've relaxed a lot over the years—I still sometimes find myself finishing or fixing a job he supposedly took care of, e.g. wiping countertops (nearly half of the women polled are with me on this one), making the bed (32 per cent), dishwasher, etc.
My affliction isn't uncommon. But that doesn't make it less of a problem. My husband doesn't know how to hang the hand towels in the bathroom. And, as if to confound me, he just doesn't care enough to learn the 'proper way.' Like half of the women in the study, I try not to sweat the small stuff. At least he won't be the one with the ulcer.
What chores does your partner do that you inevitably wind up redoing? Do you begrudge the extra work?
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