How to get your husband to clean the house

November 20, 2009

1. Put your house on the market.

2. Lovingly let him sleep in until 10:00am on a Sunday.

3. Awake him and tell him you need just a half hour of sleep before you go house-hunting. You are so tired.

4. Call him from the bedroom, impersonating a real estate agent who has highly motivated buyers who need to see the house in 20 minutes.

5. Slip into a deep, blissful slumber.

messiest house

{Damn Caller-ID. I was so close.}

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Angela November 21, 2009 at 12:14 pm

*67!!

Other than that, brilliant plan! It wouldn’t work for my husband, we rent. My trick is to tell him I’ve having our friends over for dinner.
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Elisa November 21, 2009 at 1:43 pm

ahhh ha ha ha! nice try ;-)
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Mwa November 21, 2009 at 2:49 pm

Very clever ruse! Did you get in character and everything?
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Mary @ Holy Mackerel November 21, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Definitely going to have to try that one, esp. since we do not have Caller ID. Thanks!! :o)
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Marinka November 21, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Nice. You need to perfect that plan!
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Justine November 21, 2009 at 5:41 pm

OMG! ROFLMAO!!!!! Would you believe I thought it worked? I was thinking there’d be another picture with it all clean!

Justine :o )
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scott November 21, 2009 at 6:17 pm

So you guys are moving? What up?

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Tonya November 21, 2009 at 8:28 pm

So close indeed… that sounded like it could have actually worked! Good thinking!
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Cara November 21, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Foiled by technology again. *67 before you dial and it shows up as unknown. FYI.

Does this mean you’re looking again??
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ellen November 22, 2009 at 6:48 am

happy sunday!wondering if you can find time to visit me..

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Krystyn November 22, 2009 at 5:45 pm

That is awesome. I wish I could think of something so good! You were oh, so close, too.

Next time, you could have a friend do it?!!
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dysfunctional mom November 23, 2009 at 7:08 am

It was a brilliant idea. There’s some code you can dial to block your number….next time!

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Belle November 23, 2009 at 10:59 am

Genius idea!! You need to dial *67 – then he can’t see the caller ID. :)
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Cherie November 23, 2009 at 11:14 pm

I have completely given up with this. My husband has no idea where any cleaning supply is even located in the house. I’m not even sure that he would know which end of the brush to stick in the toilet. It’s a good thing he’s so cute!

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Life with Kaishon November 24, 2009 at 4:28 pm

You are so clever. It borders on ridiculous : )
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