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How can I get my hubby to help out around the house? He works, but so do I. He gets angry when I ask 4 help.?

If it involves more than a walk to the trash can I get prepared to be blasted with anger. When he does do something I have to go behind what he has done and it's worse than cleaning up after a child who does not know how to do anything. It's been two weeks since he said he would cut the grass. He is a slob and I AM NOT HIS MOTHER. How can I make him understand without the angry confrontation. I have tried talking, it doesn't work. I need a new strategy. Any ideas?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    cut him off.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yeah i know what you mean, man thinks that the WIFE must do all the house work for them but that's not fair!!!Especially if you have a job and kids to take care of oh and HIM!!

    What you can do and should do is have a serious talk with him about this,ask him to help by doing the simple things at least! like cutting the grass when he is supposed to.

    Tell him that this is really stressing you out and for him to please help and don't get mad about it because you just can't do it all own your own.

    Good luck = ]

  • Liz
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    He does not do anything around the house because he knows you will do it in the end.

    So, stop. Come home from work and sit down with a book. Don't do the laundry. Don't cook dinner. Don't clean

    When he has no clean clothes in his drawers and no dinner on the table, your husband will ask you why that is. That will be the moment when you sit down with him with pen and paper and make a list of chores - his and yours.

  • 1 decade ago

    Most men think house work is below them. He knows that if he does'nt do it you will. The more you do the more he will expect. I did everything for my ex-wife and children. If I would have gotten a thank you once in awhile I would have been happy. Are you upset because of what you do, or that it is a thankless life?

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  • 1 decade ago

    didn't you know he was this way before you married him? Why didn't you have a talk with him to discuss household chores and such before getting married?

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