Every couple has their friction points, and chances are they revolve around money, housework, or a combination of the two. So good news if you and your sweetie have troubles in those areas, because you’re not alone. It’s only natural for one person to feel put upon if they notice they’re doing the majority of the work.
I do think the idea of husbands doing cleaning as a big, sexy surprise for their wives is a bit old fashioned. I mean, a marriage is supposed to be a partnership, in which everybody pulls their weight. Men cleaning shouldn’t be a big deal — but it seems like it still is in a lot of relationships out there.
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That’s why this guy’s photo shoot caught so many looks online.
Reddit user dirty-ol-sob decided to share his brilliant idea with the online world after a cleaning session, saying “My wife really likes it when I do house work so I sent her these pictures while she was at work hoping it would turn her on.”
And he definitely went in the other direction from dirty pics.
And he also showed off his smarts, choosing to use a detergent pod to do laundry rather than chewing it on YouTube for attention.
He chose his chores well, as some of them lend themselves to double entendres more easily than others.
Always fun as long as you’re not making promises you can’t keep!
I don’t know, does this do it for the ladies out there?
I guess it would — isn’t everybody put in a better mood when someone else does the vacuuming?
Although, dirty-ol-sob did provide a little inside info here: “Notice how the power chord [sic] on the vacuum is still wrapped up and not even plugged in. I was definitely more into the pictures than the cleaning.”
So, the question on everyone’s mind is, did it work for his wife?
Well, not quite as he had hoped. “The only thing I accomplished was making her and all her coworkers she showed the texts to laugh at how dumb I am…and getting a clean house,” he wrote .
That’s not to say it wouldn’t have worked for other readers.
“This totally works for me too, my fave text to receive,” wrote Danigirl_03. “Hun I know you’re working late today so dinner is ready when you get home. I would probably freak out if he touched my laundry though. The last time he did my laundry he had to spend about $500 replacing everything he shrunk.”
Ouch.
Other guys shared their attempts to do something similar for their sweethearts.
Like MadLintElf, who wrote that “last time I was stuck at home and she was working I cleaned everything, the floors, flipped the mattresses, the bathroom, even made dinner. Sat down to play a game 30 minutes before she came home. Door opens and the first words out of her mouth were ‘So you’ve been playing games all day again huh.’ I just laughed and said yea what’s the problem, she was pissed and went into the kitchen and realized dinner was almost ready. Went to the bathroom and came out and said you’re an asshole, why didn’t you tell me you cleaned up? I just smiled and said you don’t tell me when you clean up, but I do appreciate it.”
And for the rest of us, the comments section at least spawned a new word: Choreplay.
So maybe dirty-ol-sob didn’t get the play he was looking for, but it wasn’t a complete loss. If nothing else, his wife knows she’s married to a spontaneous man with a sense of humor!
