@realtalkpractice: ✨ He’s communicating that it’s more important for her to recognize his intentions to contribute than it is for him to recognize the unequal distribution of labor. ✨ This pattern is maddening for a woman who takes on the mental load because not only is she doing most of the work, but now she’s being asked to take care of his feelings about it. ✨ An appropriate response in this situation might look like apologizing that he didn’t get to his chores, thanking her for doing it, and/or asking her if they can work out a fair distribution of labor. 🛋️ Need more support? I am currently accepting individual clients and support group members! Reach out for a free intro call. Disclaimer: This content is made for educational/entertainment purposes only. Social media is not therapy. #therapy #MentalHealth #mentalload #relationshiptips #womensupportingwomen
My ex husband would tell me just to make him a list 🙄 How about you just be an adult do what needs to be done?
2026-11-10 16:30:04
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LAR :
i constantly hear “you just couldn’t wait for me to do that”. nope I can’t cause later is never
2026-11-10 16:19:21
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Frannie Pantz :
My husband pulled that shit on me so I reversed on him “I was thinking about cooking dinner” for several days. He learned real fast 🤣
2026-11-10 19:12:48
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user763595677357 :
My boyfriend used to do this. “Oh I was going to……” it included buying me things, cleaning, cooking, just about everything. I finally told him, “You know what I have been meaning to do?” He asked “what”. I had him follow me to the front door, put him on the porch, closed and locked the door. [Big LOL]
2026-11-10 23:30:59
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migratorybirdtreatyactof1918 :
I stop and say “great you can finish it now” then I walk away, also I got divorced to avoid this type of nonsense
2026-11-10 17:14:31
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Whodis06 :
In 20 years of marriage our biggest fight recently was when my husband walked into the bathroom, saw my cleaning up the mess he left in the toilet and said I could have done that & I said yeah, you could have but you decided it wasn’t worth your time so you left it.
2026-11-10 15:56:07
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whimsycalls :
He got frustrated with me cause I was sick and cleaning the overflowing sink of dishes because they’d been sitting there for 2 days
2026-11-10 17:06:44
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Mpls :
They honestly think that intending to do something is as good as actually doing it
2026-11-10 18:36:51
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ViolentGrace90 :
"You dont get Good Boy Points for potential or for doing imaginary things."
2026-11-10 16:38:47
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𝖘𝖏🦕 :
my pet peeve has become whenever someone says either “i was gonna” or “i was about to” 🫠 after being asked days before to do something.
2026-11-10 20:24:56
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JundEmOut :
this is chores wtf is mental load
2026-11-10 23:14:57
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Yalayla :
omg... that first one made me pause, sigh, throw my head back, because my husband does this ALL the time and he's sitting 90 degrees to me right now.......
2026-11-10 23:27:58
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B👁️tch :
I now realize just how little I say these things to anyone. I’m already on it without being asked 🤦🏻♀️
2026-11-10 23:29:39
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KAILEN :
If my man ever said this, I’d set it down and say “oh perfect, thanks love” 🥰
2026-11-10 16:11:46
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Bojack Horseman :
okay but like, yeah I'll unload the dishwasher, 20 minutes later I go to do it and she had already done it. not like it needed to be loaded.
2026-11-10 23:29:16
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No caller ID :
My roommate does this 😭 I wash my own dishes immediately after I use them, he lets the sink pile up. When I finally get so sick of it I clean them myself he says “I was gonna do those later today” and then never thanks me 😐
2026-11-10 18:17:35
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Berlande :
Start dropping the task and handing it directly to them in that moment. “Oh you were? Here ya go!”
2026-11-10 17:54:24
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sarahbee42 :
I hate “I was gonna.” If I was ever going to date again, that phrase would be an instant dealbreaker.
2026-11-10 16:25:12
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Holler & Hearth :
I tell my husband "you always say that yet when I hold my tongue and wait and wait and wait, it never gets done. but, magically, as soon as I do it, you were just about to??" It's a lie.
2026-11-10 16:43:25
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Oh Hell No :
“But you didn’t”
2026-11-10 18:57:05
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☆꧁Shari꧂☆ :
I cannot stand an "I was gonna" man. Either do it or don't. You don't get credit for what you thought about doing
2026-11-10 22:10:01
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Kitkat44 :
“Why does it have to be on your timeline?”
2026-11-10 18:53:55
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100525624 :
Wife and boy mom here
Pro tip: if you can get them to do the chore one time, go on and on about how it was so much better than you could've done. They THRIVE on praise.
Sure, your pride takes a little hit and you'll have to rematch all your socks and search for your colander on occasion but it's worth it.
I haven't loaded a dishwasher in years because I just can't stack everything in there right like they can. 🤷🏼♀️And for some reason the vacuum works better when they use it. I guess because they have all that manpower to push it with. 😉😉
2026-11-10 17:04:26
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Maddyb9927 :
Mine always says “that was the plan” when I tell him to do something. Now I’ve just started saying no it wasn’t because if I didn’t say something you were not planning on doing it, be so forreal 😒
2026-11-10 16:23:31
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Sophie :
It sends me up the wall when someone says “I was gonna do that” like I jumped the gun. No you fucking weren’t. If you were it would already be done.
2026-11-10 16:24:39
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