my dad's washing dishes o_O

[mayalaen]

So for some background on this asshole, you should know that my parents have been together for almost 50 years, and during that time the man has never EVER washed a dish, never cooked (he grills meat sometimes), never cleaned (we put him in charge of his own bathroom and bedroom since my mom and I work and he’s retired, so about once a year he cleans them so badly my mom and I end up re-cleaning the bathroom when guests come over), never done laundry (even after I was born and my mom was recovering), and would rather it be like back in the 50s when a man was king of his castle.

He really should’ve married someone else and not had a daughter like me, because he does NOT get treated like king of the castle.

Okay, so now that you have some background, a few weeks back my dad mentioned how much my mom and I work, and how bad my mom’s been looking, and that he wanted to try washing dishes. We kinda chuckled because he’s said MANY times that he wants to help around the house and never does. Not even vacuuming (which he’s done in other people’s houses his entire life because he’s a carpet layer).

He was persistent about it, so my mom was like okay I’ll teach you.

Would you believe he’s out there right now washing dishes and he’s been doing it for three weeks now?! And not like waiting until it’s so ridiculously full of dishes and so disgusting that we have to nag him. He’s doing it either once a day or once every other day!

My mom and I have been joking about the family curse. Everybody on both sides of my family seemed to perk up and become really awesome human beings very soon before they died, so we’re like, “well, dad’s gonna die.” :D