Have you ever noticed that

When you leave your husband home alone, he just plays around?

Mine says he’s going to fix the drainage at the basement door today when I leave for the day but I know he’s just going to piddle around the garage and with his car and watch tv.

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

Lists are always a good idea, along with clear deadlines and expectations of accountability.

Last year I hired a male person to fix my front door. Because his labour is in such high demand, I drew up a list of other tasks for him to do so that he might find it worth his whi!e to stick around for a bit and do the one task that was really important and which I definitely couldn't do myself. But he used this relative freedom of choice to procrastinate and avoid fixing my door until one day I found I couldn't get back into my own bloody house 🤦‍♀️