Housework, OCD and Love: Law and order

Law and order

By Anonymous - 28/08/2015 05:41 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I washed all the dishes and cups from the family dinner last night and put them away. When my wife saw, she had a mini OCD breakdown and yelled at me because the cups weren't lined up with each other with the handles aligned and the flower pictures facing out left. FML

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You deserved it 3 284

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By Anonymous - 25/03/2022 10:00

Today, I woke up early to do the dishes and clean up, after having people over yesterday. Now my wife is mad at me because I didn't stay in bed with her longer. FML

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Keep it clean

By germy germs - 01/07/2021 19:01 - United States

Today, my wife bitched at me for not washing my hands before handling the dishes. The dirty dishes. That were sitting in a sink of hot soapy water. According to her, the dirt from my hands was gonna make the dirty dishes even dirtier. Huh? FML

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By Kay Kay - 23/05/2020 05:00

Today, while my parents were grocery shopping, I cleaned the kitchen, swept floors, did laundry, and cleaned bathrooms, only to finish right before they got home. After dinner, my dad bitched and complained that I didn't take out the trash and he had no room to throw away his paper plate. FML

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You deserved it 149

By Anonymous - 16/10/2014 19:30 - United States - Traverse City

Today, my wife yelled at me for being a bastard and not caring about her needs. I felt like an asshole and apologized for everything. It took me a few hours to realize I'd basically just apologized for unknowingly hanging the toilet paper the "wrong way" for her OCD. FML

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OCD or asshole?

By Ellie - 23/07/2024 23:00 - United States

Today, I got home to my grandma yelling at the top of her lungs that I didn't do everything I was supposed to when I was home. I literally washed dishes, cleaned counters, vacuumed, gathered trash, AND cleaned the bathroom. I didn't fold my blankets. That's it. That's what she was yelling about. FML

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You deserved it 100

Can't win

By Viscerion - 31/01/2023 00:30

Today, I made breakfast for the family. Perfect. Did all the Laundry. Great. Drove the one and a half hour round trip to take my stepdaughter to work. Blah. Finished off by doing some housework and cooking dinner. The dinner wasn't perfect, and my wife told me that for all the good I do, I ruin everything. FML

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You deserved it 117

Do it yourself, then

By Anonymous - 27/06/2021 20:00

Today, my roommate said that whoever was doing the dishes was doing it wrong. I've been doing the dishes for weeks. So much for being a clean roommate. FML

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You deserved it 145

By youredisgusting - 03/10/2014 07:00 - United States - Merced

Today, my roommate yelled at me yet again for using the dishwasher because it's "unsanitary." This is all while a mountain of her dishes were going mouldy in the sink. FML

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You deserved it 2 729

By Anonymous - 05/07/2016 19:46

Today, I got yelled at for not taking an order correctly at work. I've been washing dishes all day and haven't taken a single order. FML

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You deserved it 871

Fussy eater

By germaphobe - 19/08/2021 20:59 - United States

Today, my kids and I went to have dinner with a coworker. After everyone ate, the kids went to play while I helped clear the dishes. To my horror, instead of individually wrapping the kids leftovers, she scraped all the uneaten food back into the main pots. I wanted to puke on the spot. FML

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You deserved it 154

KayDee29 31

Friday 28 August 2015 20:31

Well, I'd say let her do the dishes from now on. That's one less chore you have to worry about.

MagnusDeus 24

Friday 28 August 2015 20:32

I'm not sure you can complain. You had to have known about her OCD when you married her.

Comments

MassiDelta 28

Friday 28 August 2015 22:20

I'd probably do something similar

vintageart1994 16

Friday 28 August 2015 22:25

I wouldn't be able to stand living or being married to someone like that.

tehdarkness 21

Saturday 29 August 2015 5:25

Total dealbreaker. But if you choose to accept it in a partner you need to truly accept it.

fohfuu 9

Saturday 29 August 2015 8:30

Because illnesses aren't 100% of a person. Mental illnesses can make you do and say terrible things, but if you love and understand someone you can eventually see where your loved one stops and the illness begins. It's the difference between somebody who lashes out angrily during a panic attack and apologises later, and someone who continually abuses you.

bacincheeseburge 9

Friday 28 August 2015 22:38

Maybe we should swap wives. I would love it if all my dishes were lined up.

lovefrog 14

Friday 28 August 2015 22:43

"mini"

worldclassrager 39

Friday 28 August 2015 22:50

That's something easy to fix it's not like a specific one goes first or something like that

TeacherTeacher 11

Friday 28 August 2015 23:04

Exposure therapy is a perfectly valid treatment for OCD. My ex was diagnosed with OCD and that's what we did.

chr1sF 12

Friday 28 August 2015 23:07

Throw them all back in the sink lined up perfectly how she wanted

TomeDr 24

Friday 28 August 2015 23:16

My ex NEVER did dishes. Nor did he ever help with the housework. I promise you that if you were MY husband, I would never complain about you doing the dishes!

chaseafterwind82 29

Friday 28 August 2015 23:41

If that's a mini breakdown, what happens during a major one?!

Sheh_fml 25

Saturday 29 August 2015 0:50

If she truly has OCD, you can't really fault her. Mental problems are a bitch, and you can't really control them. Try getting her some professional help. If you were just using OCD as a metaphor for neat-freaky behaviour, yeah, it sucks.