Are all men messy?

[naomi24]

My husband loves cooking - and he's good at it - but I dread the aftermath. He made a two pan dish the other night - and the kitchen looked like a bomb had hit it!

[Mosaic]

No - some men go to the other extreme - BIL lines everything up, folds things etc. I think I like messy - as long as it's not extreme.

[Canary42]

No, all women are tidy-obsessive. What does it matter ?

[RATTER15]

I am actually very messy and untidy, however if I am cooking a proper meal I clean as I go and leave little mess.

If im just making a snack or something im probably not so tidy. Yes I do leave a mess sometimes.

[anneasquith]

going by my son making dinner yesterday in my kitchen, very very essy :(

[Noraq]

No, some even empty the dishwasher and restack the dirty dishes..while shaking their head in mild aggrevation. lol

[ummmm]

Mine has a little mess around him. The rest of the room is tidy!

If I've made him something to eat he will take his plate out, rinse it, and put it the dishwasher. Well done!!

The only thing I bug him about is spraying the bath. He has a dirty job which equals a dirty bath. He pulls the plug out and then has a shower so it's not like the bath is full. Grrrr

[EvianBaby]

My ex was tidier than me. He used to have a go at me lots about leaving anything lying around.

My Dad on the other hand drives me completely crazy. It's like he just doesn't see mess and dirt.

[rowanwitch]

Redman is a tidy monster I am the Chaos demon

[naomi24]

Actually, the title of this thread isn't right. I should have said 'Why are some men so messy?' My first husband wasn't, but my second, although an absolutely lovely man, is hopeless! If he opens a letter, he leaves the envelope where it is, even if the bin is a foot away!

[wiltsman]

Make him clear it up himself. He left the kitchen in a mess knowing that you'll clean up after him - well don't! He's not Gordon Ramsay with minions to clear up after him.

I live on my own, so if I don't clear up after I've been in the kitchen - nobody else will!

[Kiki-frog]

Mr Frog has a split personality when it comes to tidiness. In the kitchen, he's very keen on wiping down surfaces and putting things away. But after he's had a bath, there is water everywhere in the bathroom, towels and dirty clothes on the floor, and a yucky tide mark round the bath.

[naomi24]

Oh, he has no objection to clearing up if I ask him to - he just doesn't seem to see mess until it's pointed out to him.

[ummmm]

I think that's just it Naomi. They don't see it. I could get away with doing nothing all day. He wouldn't notice. All he cares about is being fed!

[Smowball]

My hubbie works incredibly hard, but when home does absolutely nothing housework-wise. Once when he was at home for a week and I worked, i deliberately left the hoovering to see how long before it drove him mad, as we had a dark carpet whch showed every single bit of fluff. After 3 days it was driving me totally nuts, had he noticed? Nope.

[JonnyBoy12]

No, I always clear up after my efforts at cooking. I thought that all men did this.

[andy-hughes]

They reckon that the different approaches to domesticity date back to our cavev ancestors. The woman would be at home and keep the cave tidy and the children safe, which means women can multi-task. The man would be out hunting which is singularly obsessive, meaning men concentrate and remember only one thing at a time.

Similarly, men have good long range vision, can see antelope half a mile away, but lousy close vision. Women are the opposite, and can see things easily among several objects, so when he says he can't see his car keys, and you can see they are there on the table, blame evolution!

[dickythecook]

You are right ummmmm, some men don't see it. I can see the mess but it doesn't affect me as it does mrs cook. A speck of dust is like an arrow in her heart. It MUST BE DEALT WITH there and then. I do not make a lot of mess anyway, but to hear her tell the tale it is like living on a rubbish tip. If I make a mess I tidy up, but, at my own pace. When I am at work I am a perfectionist as you have to be in the kitchen enviroment. At home I tend to be more relaxed.

[daffy654]

My oh never stacks dirty pots and pans neatly, neither does our son. They leave it all over the available surface near the sink, whereas I tend to stack it in one or two piles ready for washing.

[NOX]

No I'm super tidy it's my ex that's a colossal scruff in everything she does. give her the simplest thing to do and it looks as though the russian army has been through lol

[dickythecook]

@smowball. One time mrs cook told me to put the hoover over the carpets while she went to work. I did exactly as she told me and when she returned I got an earful that I hadn't done what she said. I pointed out that had she asked me to hoover I would have done so. The 3 day silence was worth it it.
She still bekieves in pre-emptive hoovering tho'!