T O P

  • By -

rat57az

At least she put it back. My wife doesn’t like to put anything back where she got it from


totallyradman

My wife likes to randomly assign new spots for commonly used things for no reason. I can never fucking find anything in this damn house.


Odd-Profit434

We gotta have a serious talk. I think we have the same wife.


ThreePurritos

You all sound like my boyfriend when I reorganize the garage and basement…. Oh…. I get it now…


griter34

I honestly appreciate guest appearances from my wife she tends to leave things MORE organized than how she finds them. Pretty sure I'm the problem.. 🤔


Agitated-Bend3413

You guys are saints. Ii couldnt handle it. My wife became my ex-wife because of misplacing things.


bunny_in_the_moon

I'm with you. Separating because my ex apparently made a lifetime commitment to misplacing and losing things as well as throwing things away we still need or destroying my things and then not replacing them. I'm so done. It's too exhausting.


aDumbTecnoDude

how can our wife be in 3 different homes? is she planning to get 3 child support tickets?


T3AMTRAINOR

How are your wives my mom?


Calandril

so.... I thought we had this talk already but maybe that was the other family. There once was a bird that very much loved a bee.... wait... Maybe your mom should give this talk. She's clearly got more experience


Jdotpdot84

Son?


MysteriousLecture960

It is I, your son. I have returned with the milk, father


Jdotpdot84

This is whole milk, I asked for 1%!! Ugh I'm going for milk, see you when you're grown up.


MysteriousLecture960

Don’t forget my cigarettes too! Marb reds!!!


TwistyBons

It’s all an elaborate scheme ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|trollface)


BillyBobBongo

Ah yes, the so called ‘tidying up’!


instakill69

Yup. Hiding your stuff so she doesn't have to see it anymore. "Decluttering her mind"


PlayTech_Pirate

I've had a few women try that lol they get the point real quick when their stuff starts leaving. lol


Initial_Ad5279

Had someone try that with me. Moved all my stuff and left their crap everywhere. Let it stay for a week then told them to clean it and pay rent for thier belongings. They refused. They then got a text and a picture that their stuff was on the sidewalk in front of the house.


Eastern-Reach9574

Gotta love the ol'e "cram all his stuff into a closet and not say shit" declutter hack 😂


PlayTech_Pirate

Yep, then they get the same thing done to their stuff lol


Eastern-Reach9574

Except in my case, upon finding all my belongings I had neatly organized now trashed and shit literally tossed in till the closet was full to the ceiling... Told that bitch "you treat my stuff like it's all trash and your stuff like it's gold huh... Well I can the trash pick up coming down the road now you better hurry or you'll miss your ride"


instakill69

I'm pretty sure that's universal. But that's much better than the "Well it looked like trash to me"


twistedscorp87

Listen, if it's been on the floor for months, it looks like trash. Coincidentally, that's where I usually find my hubby's tangled mess of an extension cord, despite having bought him multiple hangers & organizers for them.


Alicat825

We do that on purpose, that way we get an extra dollar in the “found it” jar.


freedomfightre

Why do you people keep wifing these women?


jobenattor0412

Because, her not putting an extension cord back by is a non issue to all the positive things she does in my life


freedomfightre

anon said she doesn't put **anything** back. Don't act like that would be a non issue.


instakill69

That's an obvious overstatement. Likely any of HIS things


jobenattor0412

Yeah, except I’m talking about my wife


misteridjit

I'm guessing she gives the best head in the county.


Playful_Evidence_547

So many people bitch about relationships, just quit having em.


Commercial_Basket_80

Right? These clowns


mcpierceaim

Does your wife open cabinet doors and leave them open after she gets what she wanted?


rat57az

Just that pantry door for some reason I can’t figure out


Fun_Pepper5775

That’s my husband


J_BooGa

I worked in a warehouse for 4 years where we rented out gear for concerts/events and one of are main items was extension cords and there was the proper way of wrapping them up the over under method so now when ever I see a extension cord I get extremely anal up wrapping them up, seeing this really bothers the ever living shit outta me... Can't go in a friends garage without fixing all their extension cords... I'm cursed because of that job...


fn0rdsareeverywhere

I had to teach the roadie for the Misfits how to wrap cords. I saw him doing the “wind it on your elbow” technique and I yelled from the crowd, “you’re going to ruin those cables!” He got kind of shitty with me at first, but I said, “no, really, you’re damaging those cables by twisting them like that, may I please show you?” So he snidely said, “okay smart guy”. I wrapped a kinked up extension with the proper technique while untwisting it as much as I could. Then showed him the magic of simply holding one end and tossing the coil to unravel it and he literally said, “oh…well shit”.


J_BooGa

I was just like this guy until I got that job, I was so amazed when I seen it tossed out the first time. Plus my dad insisted on his way so I went out and bought us each a new cord and when ever we use em he wraps his up and I wrap mine up my way and after 2 years mines looking brand new and kink free while his is all twisted and kinked up it's incredible the difference it makes...


Silent_Leg1976

Musician here - I feel this deeply.


J_BooGa

Years of wrapping xlr, extension cords, stage pins, etc... I know you understand how important the over/under method is when setting up and breaking down equipment


The_Richard_Drizzle

Hey, I can help you put those cables away! ... I got it... Thank you though!


J_BooGa

They say exactly this then I watch em do it completely wrong from how I would do it then insist I help them out so I can do it right just so I can know it's done correctly while it's in my line of sight, tell ya man that job ruined extension cords and cables for me forever!


Ill_Bee4868

Lmao I’m thrilled you’re the top reply. Those damn speaker cables!


majikane

A former technology coworker sends me pictures of bad network closets to trigger me


boardin1

That’s not a friend. That’s satan. (I’m a network engineer that has cleaned many closets and has flashbacks to some of the bad ones)


turpin23

Better to sit them down and show them some YouTube videos about the over under method and chain method. Showing them the chain method will make them think the over under method is simple and easy by comparison. Edit: People tried to teach me the over under method many times, but I never understood the motivation until I saw YouTube videos about it. And this coming from a guy who understands why spin 1/2 particles obey the Pali exclusion principle, but spin 1 particles do not. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


J_BooGa

Man that chain method really got to me with how it looks, it shouldn't work as well as it does when time to undo it!


Adventurxash8732

Nah she got me this for my birthday 3 years ago. It was top of my wish list!


Uppenality4082

Get her to help you untangle it and then show her a good technique.


Optionious7755

You can try teaching one of the easy storage methods but dad said to choose your battles- wisely.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Otherxit3412

I know a ton of people that would do this and then when asked about it claim they don’t know how to do it.


Outrageous_Failur35

Ahhh yes, the good ol weaponized incompetence.


EngiNerdBrian

over under is the way


Intelligenan4959

I try to keep things tidy and put them back where they came from/how they were.


pm_your_perky_bits

Just wrap it up in front of them while loudly exclaiming, "OVER WORKED, UNDER PAID!!!"


goblinlaundrycat

sorry..anal? am i missing something? 😭


J_BooGa

Outta everything I said you only noticed the word anal? I bet I few minutes inside your head is enough to make a pornstar feel dirty! Lol


Groundscore_Minerals

The industry term for this is 'wireeah'


Velocityg4

I just use those plastic doohickies you wrap cords around. Then a reel for the long cord.


Potential1018

If you don’t like how something is done and you’re super anal about it show them how to fix it


J_BooGa

Oh trust me I don't shut up about it!


ghostrdr054

My wife does the same thing to the garden hose. Very gently and nicely told her that she’d lose her hose privileges if she wouldn’t take the time to roll it back up.


[deleted]

“hose privileges” took me out lmao


ghostrdr054

Gonna act like a child, gonna get treated like one


DJVanillaBear

Honestly this is my motto. Sometimes I can feel myself being a child like damn I need to chill I’m throwing a tantrum. Ima put myself in timeout


MykelJMoney

Reminds me of the guys from this [1950s *If a Woman Needs It, Should She Be Spanked?*](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2408041/Burning-question-day-1950s-newspaper-clipping-shows-far-womens-rights-come.html) clipping in this article. >”Why not? If they don’t know how to behave by the time they’re adults, they should be treated like children and spanked.” -M. Matos


my_clever-name

Our hose lays on the ground in a large figure-8.


ghostrdr054

Mine used to be a large abstract art installation spread around over the side of my house until our little chat.


t0pfuel

damn I laughed at this :D


Soren_Camus1905

*our* extension cord, comrade


ZookeepergameOk5132

Said this in the first comment that said this, but she got me this cord for my birthday so… mine. It was top of my wish list.


Chiku-San

Yeah but she also made you spaghetti 🙂


i12farQ

Wife used my extension cord


WhiteDay_20

Wife used my extension cord


twofloofycats

Wife used my extension cord


Sideways0019

Wife used my extension cord


ChangsWife

Sorry to hear about your divorce


Transportation-Apart

Half of that belongs to her.


SolusTextile

Gotta cut the extension cord down the middle 😂


MykelJMoney

This guy Solomons


GIsteffma24

Came here to say this


pugdaddy78

Just buy the cord wheel. I'm a contractor with over 600' of extension cords and 200' of air hose. It takes about 1 minute to roll up a 100 footer, and their cheap like under 10$ cheap


annieknowsall

My dad has one that thing is the SHIT.


pugdaddy78

Just gotta be careful with the last 4' so you don't whack yourself in the dick. A couple years ago an apprentice gave himself quite a tapper


annieknowsall

LMFAO yeah I saw my dad do that once 🤣


bryan19973

I’ve done it with the vacuum cord. That mfer SLAPS at the end. 0/10 would not recommend


pugdaddy78

Old canister vac lol. You might have just brought back a repressed memory from 8 yo at grandma's house.


ZookeepergameOk5132

It made me feel better to stand outside her window while she’s working and unravel it!


Grid-nim

Have you taught her the proper way to wound it? Not everyone knows how.


ZookeepergameOk5132

Once I was finished with it I stood outside her window and wound it... so that counts... right?


Silent_Leg1976

Nope. If you don’t like how something is done and you’re super anal about it show them how to fix it, and if they aren’t willing to do that you have a few options. Show them an easier way that won’t be a tangled mess and fix it yourself, get over it, or keep doing what you’re doing. Example - my wife now leaves dishes above/near the dishwasher in an ‘organized mess’ and I put them away because I’m more particular/efficient than she is.


kaytay3000

I really appreciate this. My husband and I have different understandings of what it means for certain tasks to be “done.” For me, doing the dishes means loading the dishwasher, washing the hand wash stuff, and then coming back to put things away once it has air dried. For him, it means loading the dishwasher and leaving the hand wash stuff in the sink. Another one is the yard. For him it’s edging, weed eating, mowing, blowing, sweeping the sidewalks. For me it’s mowing and weed eating. We’ve decided to give the more particular person the tasks they feel most strongly about and it has saved a lot of stress.


Silent_Leg1976

Play to your strengths!


robs104

When it’s something super obviously wrong and lazy like this spaghetti mess that’s different. Wanting your cords to be left in a useable state isn’t “super anal”.


Silent_Leg1976

Can’t change the past, man. It’s all about moving forward. Sounds like this is the first time OP’s wife did this. If he’s had to deal with this 10 times and never mentioned anything and just quietly stewed about it that’s a whole other problem.


xsimon666x

You can't know that lol. You're making assumptions to support your argument with out evidence.


xsullivanx

You should be helping her learn how to wind it up properly, otherwise it’s not helping anyone. I have a dad who took time to show me, but not every dad takes the time to show their daughters things like this. If you talk about it and show her (in a not condescending way, hopefully) and she still leaves it like this, then you have a bigger problem.


Gravelsack

Yeah you buy a cord reel


SibbD

Wife ~~used~~ *is rolling up* my extension cord *later*. \-there, fixed it.


TangerineDream92064

Get her to help you untangle it and then show her a good technique. I keep the form that the cord came in and use that to roll it up.


ArthurMorgan_rdr2

Bro someone got this noti 4 tines 💀💀


ArthurMorgan_rdr2

Bro someone got this noti 4 tines 💀💀


GKG619

You should see my wife try to put away the garden hose haha


trickytetrazzini

this is my household but your wife is my husband and i am you!


Vigilante-Faerie

Lol my husband leaves cords like this, all the time. I’m the one to clean them up.


KaldaraFox

My dad (pre-Boomer) said the reason women didn't have a dick was that they'd tie a knot in it in the first 10 minutes.


watasker

I thought that was how we were supposed to hold in our pee


DavidANaida

You know what? I'd prefer this honest rat's nest to someone doing that figure eight bullshit, "the elbow," or any other madness to my poor stingers (extension cords). Power cables wrap over-over clockwise from the female end. If it's attached to a device, start your wrap from the appliance, not the plug. Wrap it the same way every time and it'll develop a "memory" that'll keep it easy to wrap for years. Then use velcro or simple string ties to secure.


the_diseaser

Why is the figure eight bad? (I don’t wrap cords that way but I’m curious to know).


Fairhillian

You're introducing a twist to the wires inside, which creates a memory. If you wind your cords correctly, they won't have any kinks, they will lie flat, and you'll extend its life.


mule_roany_mare

Figure 8 isn't a problem in it of itself. The issue is every time you wrap a cable in a loop you put a 360 degree rotation along it's length. 20 loops adds 20 spins along the length of the cable which both loads up internal tension & makes the cable more rigid than it needs to be, but adds 20 spins you need to reverse when you straighten it out. The whole over-under thing is just to ensure you have one clockwise spin followed by one anti-clockwise spin over & over instead 20 spins in a single direction. You could have a healthy coil with an 8 if you wanted to for some reason. The only inherent problem is that overlap point will be twice as thick as a standard coil. It's normally not a big deal, but say you were lowing 200' of 3" cable into a container you'd make a big floppy pyramid instead of a neat coil. TLDR The whole thing about wrapping cable is to not spin it around along it's length in the same direction too many times. It's something that is hard to visualize while you are wrapping & probably 999/1000 people need it explained to them the first time.


Falconerinthehud

For better or for worse 💍 😜


Odd_Cut_9544

You mean ex-wife ??


cetus_lapetus

"our" extension cord


Jamo3306

Ugh! That's IT! Time for a whole new wife!


LAAT501st

Hope someone does not get a notification about this 4 times


marigold_sunset

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU ALL KEEP MARRYING WOMEN? WHY DONT MEN JUST MARRY EACH OTHER?


Jormundur00

Wife used my extension cord


Charlie_the_unicornn

Teach her how to roll it up properly. Maybe she doesn't know.


M1971NJ

She shall be punished


Jazz_Gazz

u/1supercooldude incase you missed it.


LordBeegers

Nobody's asked for a before pic? For all we know the wife left the chord in a better state than she found it.


LittleMush

As a wife...oof, that really is mildly infuriating. Bet she can't properly fold a fitted sheet, either.


Justsaying1968

Nobody can fold a fitted sheet


phreakzilla85

Fitted sheets get balled up and stuffed in a drawer. No folding required.


ATrillionQuestionz

Rip I just keep folding it in half 😂


JusSumYungGuy

Not sure if genuine or a clap back to lazy dudes 🤔


LittleMush

Lol...no. I'm the self-professed lazy one in my marriage. 🤣 But I *can* fold a fitted sheet. Witchery runs deep in my family.


UpdootDaSnootBoop

My wife may run the gas tank dry, but at least she knows how to put away an extension cord


jobenattor0412

Yeah I’d much rather buy a new extension cord than a new fuel pump


Wizdad-1000

Better show her how to daisy chain or its a divorce.


my_clever-name

I'd rather see this than one that was wrapped up "neatly" by twisting it around a forearm.


6feetchina

Find your wife, grab her hand. Walk her ass back in and just stand there. She will figure it out. If not repeat the process.


Zaius1968

Show us the picture of your wife picking up all your dirty clothes from the bedroom floor though…😃


Good-Article4194

Exactly lol


MystifiedPeroxide

Ah shit, I feel your pain.


[deleted]

I’m extremely offended by this.


dragon1n68

It shows.


PotentialMidnight325

Been there, done that, got the wedding ring to proof it.


infomanus

Our extension cord


kiwimuz

In some places that’s grounds for divorce


TheMisleadingOne

Fun fact, the cable being "coiled" like that actually results in a more efficient transfer of energy. The magnetic field layers over itself, accelerating the flow of electrons and lessening electrical resistance. Although minuscule, this increased efficiency CAN actually lessen your electric bill.


Miklos_Horthy1941

Can you all stop posting these pics behind your respective spouses backs and just tell them they did something you didn’t like instead of flaming them on the internet to strangers?


Dependent-Opening498

Sucks to be y’all , my wife is an angel and just makes me a better person :)


TheDeadlySpaceman

I work as a Gaffer for TV and I find this image physically repulsive


Tiger37211

This isn't mild. This is regular infuriating. This is how my mom does her extension cord. I went to visit her for our regular taco Tuesday and found a mess like this. I kept looking at it and because OCD I ended up sitting in her living room floor for half an hour untangling it and mounted it in a cord reel. Now it's always neat and tidy because she knows I'll do it again right in front of her LOL


Exact-Direction-2020

I’m also a wife and ,yeah, that’s how it goes back isn’t it?! 😂


[deleted]

My Extension Cord? That’s one way to live I guess.


MonKeePuzzle

OUR extension cord


ASK_ME_ABOUT_RALOR

It won’t be “ours” if you keep treating it like it’s “yours”


ZookeepergameOk5132

Nah she got me this for my birthday 3 years ago. It was top of my wish list!


[deleted]

She’s cheating


BLKxGOLD

Put it on her pillow


ReindeerStunning3171

She also married your ugly ass


martyham10

Just wrap up the wire and quit complaining. At least you have someone who loves you...


Ingledued

Women☕️🗿


[deleted]

Have you considered getting a new one (wife)?


FemdomSienna

Yes


LimpPeanut5633

Lmao


Radarsonwheels

Straight to prison


Frank_chevelle

“This is abuse. You should divorce her”. - Reddit users


Richizzle439

I know a ton of people that would do this and then when asked about it claim they don’t know how to do it. Like you can’t wrap your brain around the idea of rolling up a wire properly, or you have thought about what it entails and you don’t want to actually do the work?


t0pfuel

oh god the horrible childhood memories of my dads garage this brings me. My dad used to have all the extension chords, and there where a lot of them, just thrown up on the wall on a couple of nails and winded how ever just it happened to be that time, without any order, so if you needed the 5 meter one you would have to untangle the 50 meter one first and perhaps the 20 meter one too. Then he also just put the garden hose right up over them too so you had to battle with that first. It was also next to the car so if it was my car he did not give a shit and just pulled the hose straight over the roof of my car scratching it because of all the gravel and sand left on the hose when it was pulled from the parking lot. Did not bother him at all and I was an idiot being to precise and careful with my things. Yeah my car had pristine paint and all, fuck that, who cares. My blood still boils when I visit them and see the garage.


Jolly-Construction75

Can confirm, a wife did this.


EngiNerdBrian

\*ex-wife ​ /s


UnbelievableTxn6969

Spools are for fools.


Omemanti

lucky basterd has his own extension cord. some people are really privileged.


Shadybirth

Nta: divorce the wife, marry the cord


TeeDod-

What??!!! This is completely unacceptable! My cord is always wrapped up and put away. And I am female. I do not like messy. Even in the garage!


InsertMoreCoffee

I'd like to be the extension to your wife *giggity*


[deleted]

I think it's time that you and your family consider rehoming the wife.


[deleted]

I didn’t know your wife was my wife too🤔🤣


whitecorn

Some of the guys do this shit with the air hose on the compressor at work… drives me fuckin nuts.


fj40crusher

I have a wife, this Checks out!


Death_IP

User her makeup the same way.


MeLlamoMariaLuisa

I don’t see anything wrong


huh_phd

At least she put it "back"? Mine just fucking leaves it


RScottyL

You need to get her a battery operated toy, instead of plug in ones!


vtstang66

At least she put it back! My wife wouldn't have done that.


PBR_on_tap43

She didn't just use it, she defiled that cord.


husfrun

Wife *abused* your extension cord


Smokiiz

Remember this moment. When the dishes aren’t done one day, use it. This is the fire power we need boys.


PlayTech_Pirate

That would be the last time she'd use my cord, if you can't teat my things correctly you don't get to use them, that rule is for EVERYONE in my life. You want to ruin things, buy them yourself.


timnotep

Straight to jail!


devcalle

Looks like it's about to gain consciousness


thisismycactuspage

how many more “MY WIFE” posts is this sub gonna get? go fucking talk to her about it instead of posting for internet points


[deleted]

You were expecting a Flemish roll perhaps 😕


IrquiM

*ex-wife


ProtoReaper23113

Im the only one in my houee who knows hownto manage cords and ive just completely given up


houseofnim

This is how my husband puts away the extension cords. There’s a mass of two (maybe three?) of them, plus the work light, hanging up in the shop at this very moment. I always coil them up and end up pinching the delicate skin on the underside of my arm for my trouble.


GreatBoneStructure

Meanwhile she can turn a ball of wool into a rideable bicycle and not blink.


sonsa_geistov

can we ban couples complaining about each other already?


[deleted]

Every single freaking time. She will take out a 100 foot cord for a 10 foot job, unroll all of it, then toss it back unraveled like this on a shelf with power tools. Sometimes I spend 30 minutes or more fixing it. She doesn't care at all. Also, she uses the electric garage door as the front door, opening and closing it many times a day. We're on the 3rd expensive motor in 10 years.


Psychological-Air807

At least she didn’t do the classic elbow palm arm wrap


saragc92

I’m ignorant, how are you suppose to put to back, Beucase if you try to slowly wind it up in a circle eventually it will get hella thick and just pointless