Boyfriend (M26) of 5 years overheard girl talk. I (F23) am worried how he will react when we have a chance to talk.

You do things with the expectation of being thanked for it.

"And i didn't get a thank you"

I get it but who cares? Did that stuff need to get done? Good. It's done. In the end, is it going to matter who did it? You could have used some help for sure, and I'm sure a thank you would have been nice.

But it isn't really the end of the world, and it doesn't mean he didn't notice. Maybe he just didn't think to say anything.

You sound like you nit pick and hover. I doubt that is your intention but it is what you are doing. And then talking smack about him? Why are you with him, so he'll clean? How do you think it makes him feel to consistently not be able to meet your standards?

Have you ever considered that his standard of clean and yours are just different?

Maybe communicating about the actual point, which is that you both deserve to live in a clean shared space, will help you both figure out a better plan.

I doubt either of you actually likes talking about chores, so why keep going in circles?

If you're going to do something necessary and not uncommon and expect to be noticed for it every time, that's kind of silly.

There are things that will always need to get done. Get over both of yourselves and just do the chores.

Its not about who did what. It's about balance and compromise. Sometimes, one person does more than the other for a while. It happens. Life is full of much more pressing things to focus your energy on.

Try talking about what you both want in a living space and coming to a compromise on a cleaning schedule.

Don't make your relationship somehow contingent on the status of the chores.

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