Weaponized incompetence is a phenomenon when someone knowingly or unknowingly demonstrates an inability to perform certain tasks, thereby forcing others to take on more responsibilities. It generally occurs in two domains—at work, between colleagues, or at home, between partners.
This time, we’re going to focus on the latter. Whether it’s doing the dishes, folding the laundry, or taking out the trash, you can find plenty of women online who are sharing everyday situations that leave them picking up the slack. Brace yourself—these examples can be more infuriating than funny, especially if you’re all too familiar with being the household “default.”
Well I guess it technically is on the holder. Going on 13 years together, one of those things that’s not annoying enough to make a big deal about but always makes me go “really?” every time I walk into the bathroom and see it.
Sad-Construction1892 Report
Sent my husband to the store for paper towels and a few other items. Comes back with pie and only pie. I ain’t too mad about it, because yeah, I’m gonna eat some pie, but it sure would be nice to have some paper towels to wipe my mouth with afterwards.
macpesce Report
apathyontheeast Report
He is mad that I’m upset.
Intrepid_Function910 Report
j-lind Report
My boyfriend is a very picky eater. We have been living together for a few months, and it seems like I can never get his food right. It’s honestly discouraging. I have kids, and they happily eat my food. I cook for family gatherings and church events. I’ve never had a problem with people eating my food. It’s like every day there are new rules. He can’t eat chicken for dinner because he had chicken for lunch. He isn’t really in the mood for porkchops. It’s just “missing something”. He doesn’t eat onions, tomatoes, fish, any kind of asian food, he doesn’t eat most vegetables with the exception of broccoli. He only eats vanilla ice cream. He doesn’t like food heated in the microwave (so leftovers are out.) He doesn’t like corn. It’s just endless. I’m old school and trying to be a good partner. He can’t really cook at all. His favorite meal is Hamburger Helper. I think a lot of it is how he grew up, but dang, it’s frustrating. The first picture is tonight’s dinner. I added more pictures of stuff I have cooked that he won’t eat. Like he will DoorDash Jack in the Box. He’ll be apologetic, but it’s just sad.
moonrabbit368 Report
Own-Anteater5996 Report
PaxxiCel Report
Apparently there was no more space in the rack and everything else were “small items” (kids tshirts, socks and shorts) needless to say, nothing at the top got dry.
ahorasimeaborregue Report
He left all the plastic bags on the floor and on the counter and didn’t take care of any pantry items. All this in the midst of throwing a fit because I asked for his help when he wanted to sleep.
arandomperson519 Report
Is this normal? I usually use, like, one bowl and microwave it. Then he left them in the sink for two days.
ploopysoupy Report
dreaming-broad Report
Strongdar Report
For the record, my baby is weaning off formula onto whole milk so no breastmilk was harmed in this process. Started packing up the diaper bag this morning and went to go grab the bottles. Behind today’s bottles were too older bottles with about 1.5oz each. They were both of an unknown date so my husband labeled them as “Dump” to indicate they needed to be thrown away. The sink was 3 feet from where he was standing. He could have just dumped them. Instead, he went through the process of finding labels and marking them.
othermegan Report
ChickHarpoon Report
Mission_Macaroon Report
My husband has been driving my car for the past week. He ALWAYS drives until the fuel tank is incredibly low. And yes, we’ve had to call AAA because we’ve run out of gas on the interstate on family trips.
One_Lawfulness_7105 Report
milkinmytoast Report
My husband sent me a text with this photo pointing out the missing chocolate. I admited to having eaten it. My husband felt I had one too many and so I came home to find an empty box.
TamtamBe Report
I’ve learned I have to be super specific when I ask him to do things. I always forget! Love him and all of his imperfections.
jettybodie Report
It’s been gathering all this for 2 weeks.
bexindisbelief Report
_pastelbunny Report
ZanyAppleMaple Report
Not only did he do it upside down, but it’s incredibly messy.
Mushroom_CuItist Report
Why are people like this!!?? Every single bag still has chips in it. The Dorito bag has like 4 chips and crumbs… Who leaves 4 chips in a bag!??! I think he might be insane.
PoukieBear Report
There was plenty of normal Tupperware…
yourdadcaIIsmekatya Report
reddit.com Report
kalethegoose Report
He made a ham sandwich with mayo and cheese. Only he doesn’t like his cheese ON the sandwich. He eats the chunk like a savage!
Avellynn Report
celticloup Report
KiwiNervous8740 Report
Inner-Guava-8274 Report
I love my husband, but it’s infuriating to open the dryer and find handfuls of gloves from his scrub pockets. He told me to ask the spouses of other healthcare workers, and they will all report finding gloves in the laundry.
Silky_Tomato_Soup Report
jettybodie Report
jennfromdablock Report
He said the initial hole was from one of our pets and then it kept getting bigger as he sat on his foot. He was very believable, but I’ll need to monitor his behavior around furniture to decide if I believe him.
Lontology Report
My son is at camp, and I wanted to surprise him with a bedroom makeover when he gets back. Hubby asked if I wanted him to put this together as I was leaving for work. I said I could do it later. He did it anyway, and he did it wrong. He’s sensitive about it because he feels bad he messed up, but I’m still irritated that it’s ugly like this, and if I try to fix it, there will be nail holes on the finished side.
CorrectRestaurant936 Report
I caught this when I walked in on him washing dishes and he only rinsed the pasta pot and put it right back in the cupboard. It wasn’t even dry yet.
yournikkigirl Report
I don’t think he had ill intentions, he did mention something about control on whether I wanted icing or not… but we’ve been married 7 years. He knows dang good, and well, I want icing on my cake. I bought the ingredients!
cassadilly2012 Report
ktazhsv Report
boeiejoh Report
My husband isn’t a big fan of sweets but blueberry is his favorite fruit and he found out recently he really likes meringue. I asked him what kind of dessert he wanted for his birthday since he doesn’t care much for cake. He said a blueberry merginue pie so that’s what I made. I spent 3 hours on this pie last night for him to take 2 bites and say he doesn’t like it. I don’t like blueberries so I ended up binning the pie. Roughly $25 of ingredients and 3 hours of my life I’ll never get back.
plasticnaptime Report
AngleRelative4683 Report
reddit.com Report
He grew up on a horsey ranch in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming. So, he saves and recycles/reuses everything. We now live in an environment pretty much the opposite of that. Hard to shake your past, I guess. To be clear, mildly is the key word here. A bit humorous as well. Different perspectives are how we grow!
Mundane_Seesaw_4425 Report
I’m creating a home gym, so I bought a used elliptical. As I’m scrubbing it clean, my boyfriend says he’d like to try removing the scuffs “like they do to the stadium chairs with the fire”. So he grabs his heat gun and starts melting the plastic casing. It’s still functional, but every time I see it I’m reminded of how bad of a decision that was.
sans_nom_ Report
Either_Donut_3366 Report
havenicluewhatsoever Report
My husband made me a coffee this morning and put it in a pretty glass, but it’s too hot to pick up. Earlier this week he made me hot chocolate and did the same thing. I just want a mug with a handle so I can pick up my drinks!!
hjierf125690 Report
He kept it, and he’s eating it anyway, but I’m pregnant, so I’m too afraid. I asked him to put it away and he covered it in plastic wrap but left it out because he thought it needed to cool longer. He didn’t say anything, so I never thought to double-check before we went to bed.
Content_Yak_33 Report
reddit.com Report
I love my husband, but I want to put him in a body bag when I see this. He constantly will put food in a gallon ziplock bag, rather than using one of the MANY bag clips we own or just keeping them in the original box and closing it properly. I don’t understand. It’s a waste of bags and completely unnecessary.
thearizonamoose Report
Husband hung our new tv and insists it’s the right height.
Hoboken07030 Report
MissHissss Report
Yes, he puts the salt in his hand first and then spreads it on the food. Yes, there is a perfectly functional salt dispenser right there. He insists this method gives him more precision.
Chemaroni Report
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