My man who cleans. WAY too much.

I know how wives complain that their husband don't help around the house.

I'm lucky that my husband does. He cleans, he washes and he's very neat and orderly.

In fact he cleans so much, I often have to rush him out of the loo when he's taking a bath and oh so happen to pick up a brush and start scrubbing the toilet floor/walls/sink/glass.

There have been many a time where I'll hastily get dressed to rush out to meet my dad and what do I hear? Scrubbing noises coming from the toilet. The hubby doing some last minute toilet scrubbing down even though we are late to meet my dad.

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Mind you, these are not rare occasions.

Then there is the incessant clothes washing.

Before he moved in with me, he would throw 5 pieces of clothing into the washing machine and make it run for a full hour of complete washdown. FIVE pieces. The washing machine sucks up electricity like nobody's business, churns out tons of water like a burst pipe and he uses it for a whole hour to clean FIVE pieces.

Obviously when he moved in with me, I told him that a) the washing machine can do a quick wash which only takes 30 minutes and b) there should be a WHOLE LOAD of clothes before he dares push the button to start the damned machine.

So now, he's adapting to my "whole-load-of-clothes-before-starting-the-machine"routine. I know he sometimes sneaks in a midnight clothes wash run of a few clothing while I am asleep.I'll wake up in the morning and TA-DA are a few measly clothes hanging on the line to dry.

And then there is the horrible secret habit of THROWING THINGS OUT. It's not the habit of throwing rubbish out that is a problem, it's the habit of throwing things such as:-

1) unfinished bottles of shampoo/facial wash/conditioner/moisturiser(which I am still using),
2) receipts which are kept in case one needs to return a product,
3) gadget boxes which has warranties/guarantees kept in them,
4) things which do not belong to him and someone inadvertently left behind,
5) shoes which you have worn to death but have keep it because it has sentimental value,
6) unpaid bills, and
7) everything else.

He throws away everything. In fact it's a running joke now when anyone leaves anything in our house, they will text me " please ask your husband NOT TO throw away my charger/toothbrush/socks/magazine. I'll come get it tomorrow."

In fact a week after the wedding, I discovered he threw away the cake top figurines. It cost me a bomb as I had the cap on the groom custom made to look like a pilot's cap. When asked he said "hah? I don't know what happened to it. I think I threw it away."

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So for all the women out there who complain about their husbands not helping them with the household chores, look at the bright side, you may have one like mine. I'm not sure if having a lazy ass husband or one who cleans and throws too much is worse.

For now, I have very clean toilets, a rubbish free kitchen and very clean and fresh smelling clothes.

I guess I can't complain. Yet.