Did Hubby Really Need To Do This?
By Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
December 15, 2010 9:38am CST
We all have disgusting habits don't we? Some more disgusting than others.
Now, John's finger and toe-nails grow quite long so he has to keep cutting them with nail clippers. In fact, I have some nail clippers myself that I will use on my toenails before setting off for Mum's on Friday, so I have no issue whatsoever with that.
However, what I DO have an issue with are toe (or finger) nails being left for me to pick up. I have just discovered some on John's workstation for his eMac upstairs when I was cleaning up. It's a desk that I bought him, actually and it has two levels, the top one has the printer on it. Upon cleaning that level I found these bloody awful nail clippings, and, judging by how hard they were they've been there for quite some time.
Why has he done this? If he tells me that he "forgot to move them" I'll go apeshit because I don't think it's true. The bathroom is a few steps away..why didn't he flush them all down the toilet? Why should I have to move them?
Do you think it's fair that I had to do this? What would you do?
Why has he done this? If he tells me that he "forgot to move them" I'll go apeshit because I don't think it's true. The bathroom is a few steps away..why didn't he flush them all down the toilet? Why should I have to move them?
Do you think it's fair that I had to do this? What would you do?3 people like this
13 responses
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
15 Dec 10
I don't have a husband or significant other, but I have had to vacuum/sweep up others' toenails/fingernails and it does gross me out. I'm not sure why; there are other things that would seem to be worse. But nail clippings are near the top of my list. I'm afraid I would/do complain, if I find the culprit.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Dec 10
I told him it reminded me of "Accused" the other night. There was a scene in it where a guy was scraping bone and allsorts from the incinerator after bodies had been cremated. Some of the bits in that reminded me of his nails. Bloody gross I know but I'm hopeful he won't do it again. I'll pack my bags if he does!!
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@hofferp (4734)
• United States
15 Dec 10
Now, now, before packing your bags, and I assume leaving, check with me first. Between the two of us, maybe we can come up with another solution. One that will get his attention, but not hurt too bad... Maybe, we force him to paint his toenails and fingernails bright red, so that you can identify his and hers. You'll pick up yours and he has to pick up his...the red ones. There's got to be a way...
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@cajunmomma (624)
• United States
15 Dec 10
I have the same problem with my husband. I think it is disgusting. Don't go as you say "apeshit", just leave them there. He leaves them there, because he thinks you won't notice and as long as it is out of sight. I will leave them where my husband has left them, then I will nag on him to clean up his mess. I have gotten to the point where I am tired of my husband not doing his own laundry, so I have started slowly sneaking his dirty clothes in the trunk of his car. I even warned my husband about this and he just said yeah right.
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@cajunmomma (624)
• United States
16 Dec 10
Well I have told him several times that if he doesn't get off of his butt and help with his own laundry, then he better start looking in the trunk of his car for his dirty clothes. No he won't go buy more. He doesn't make enough money to go on a shopping spree for even a little bit of clothes. I get tired of doing his laundry and if isn't going to help then like I said, his stuff sure won't be all over the place where it should not be. I get tired of cleaning up after a 38 year old man.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Dec 10
Yes, I've just moved a few clothes that were strewn. Put them in cupboards or for washing. Took me all of 30 seconds to do this. The thing is, I can't leave them and I couldn't leave the nail clippings..like he did. I will let him know how gross I thought that was and maybe, he won't do it again. I've never come across this before in all the years I have known him. To me, it costs nothing to clean up after oneself. This house would become a tip if I left stuff lying about as well.
I'm disappointed because he's a Virgo and they're supposed to be fastidious about their appearance, cleanliness, and such-like. Hubby is the opposite of that, unfortunately. I blame his parents..they're not exactly pristine either!
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@BarBaraPrz (45430)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Dec 10
Just think of them as little tokens of his affection...
@BarBaraPrz (45430)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Dec 10
Your sweet little way of saying I love you...
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Dec 10
I should've put them in his mash.
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@dawnald (85130)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Dec 10
Put them inside his pillow case and do an experiment to see if he's a pea princess...
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Dec 10
I've no idea what you're on about but justice prevails because he's tried to make his Mac work faster (using a disc from work) and he's come unstuck. He will have to mess about with it now for hours to get it right.
Yes, folks, there is a God!!
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@sankaviaks (219)
• India
15 Dec 10
leave it ya. may be he night be busy with some work and forget. after all its your hubby. so take it easy ya. but tell him not to do like this if he is cool guy and take your advice without mistake.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Dec 10
Believe me, he's not busy, not at home anyway. I shall mention it to him and tell him not to do it again lol.
@sankaviaks (219)
• India
15 Dec 10
ok janey1966. he is not busy. but he may be lazy. or he may not think as most important for him to put away or carelessness. but what to do. see busy people will keep it clean mostly. only free person give such disturbance and always show like he busy by rounding away. even if we say they do what u they doing. only he has understand and he has to change by himself. no one can change anyone unless if one is able understand what others saying. keep cool. as i told you before. leave it ya
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@malihat (216)
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15 Dec 10
If my boyfriend had done this I would have asked him to come and pick the nail clippings up and dispose them off. Or I would have just done it myself and then mentioned it to him later. Depends on whether I was in a forgiving mood when I saw the nail clippings.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Dec 10
It seems as I'm in a forgiving mood as I've not gone on and on about it. I've told him it's gross though and that he'd better not do it again. He saw by my facial expression when he walked in that I wasn't my usual jolly self. He says he "forgot" about them which is his standard response to stuff I don't agree with.
The thing his, he's taken the trouble to place the nail clippings on the shelf in a heap, so I can't understand why he didn't collect them up (like I did, nearly honking in the process) and walk to a bin or the loo with them?
Beggar's belief doesn't it?
The thing his, he's taken the trouble to place the nail clippings on the shelf in a heap, so I can't understand why he didn't collect them up (like I did, nearly honking in the process) and walk to a bin or the loo with them?
Beggar's belief doesn't it?1 person likes this
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
16 Dec 10
My husband also works form home. But we do not touch the things of each other. He will throw a fit if I touch anything on his table or displace it .Despite lknowing this I keep flicking his pens but there it stops.He has given up on it and I too do it infrequently these days. Coming to your issue, is cleaning up his desk part of your routine and did he ask you to do it? If he has asked you to do it or expects you to do it, then I think it is unfair to keep chipped off nails there..If not, turn a blind eye to it.If he does not expect it of you, then he will not mind it.When he sees it the next time he would naturally do it.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
16 Dec 10
I tend to do the cleaning. It's not expected of me, it's just that I'm in the house all day, he's at work, so for him to clean wouldn't be fair on him (and that's my opinion not his) but it was gross coming across nail clippings, I gotta say. If he does it again I'll leave them for him to move.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
26 Dec 10
ugh..that's one of my peeves too..or worse yet,if they cut them next to you,and it pings off you.rude,and disgusting.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
31 Dec 10
I know, it's not very nice is it? He's forever clipping his fingernails opposite me when the telly is on and the noise goes through me!
I can't say much though because he's bought me a new computer. My other one has finally given up the ghost!
@shaggin (71655)
• United States
16 Dec 10
Ughhh lol that makes me want to gag. My ex used to do that to all the time. the place I would find them the most often was around the edge of the bathtub. It was so sick. There is must something so disgusting about toenail clippings laying around. I cut mine on the bathroom floor and then I sweep them up and throw them in the garbage. Usually I wash the floor after to just because I find it so gross for others to walk where my toe nail clippings were laying. I have bad habits though to. I'm not perfect I have a tendency to forget to flush the toilet lol. I think my habit is probably a lot worse then my ex leaving his toe nails laying around lol.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
2 Jan 11
Well, none of us are perfect..I'm certainly not lol.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
2 Jan 11
It wouldn't be so bad if I'd got one of those hand-held vacuums. I wouldn't have to touch them then.
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
16 Dec 10
Now! that's making a big deal about the Man thing. Remember the discussion we had a while back? We men reserve the right to be as boorish as possible. You need that moral high ground to dominate us don't you?
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
15 Dec 10
Now I want to be a bit silly with this one and say pile them up and leave then on his desk and see how long it takes him to clean them out. Maybe he will wonder why they are there, as it might give him a clue to clean them up here forth.
