Me [35 M] with my wife [36 F] of 13 years, cannot provide a decent ETA to save her life

Sometimes you just have to put up with socks. Every relationship has them, and its up to you as to how you deal with it.

So, my SO and I are about the same ages as you and your wife and we've been together almost as long (10 years). And one thing that my SO does that drives me absolutely up the fucking wall is he leaves socks everywhere. Sometimes its not just socks, but pants or a shirt but there are always socks. Whenever my SO feels that he is done for the day he takes off his socks wherever he happens to be. Living room, kitchen, bathroom, etc. he balls them up and throws them into a corner of the room.

Now I'm the one that does laundry in our house, so this means that its up to me to find the socks. All of them. Every goddamn week. I've tried everything to get him to stop it with the fucking socks. I've tried asking nicely "Honey, do you mind putting them in the hamper next time?" I've tried being bitchy "Put your socks in the goddamn hamper or else I'm not washing them." I've tried being passive aggressive (I did all the laundry except for the socks scattered around the house) and nothing works. There are fucking socks everywhere.

But you know what? I deal with it. Because at the end of it, sure its inconsiderate, its rude, its fucking annoying. But its just socks. I know now to anticipate about 20 minutes of sock-hunting when I do laundry. I know to be extra diligent when family are coming. I know that after 10 years he is NOT going to stop throwing his socks around. Fighting with him about it isn't going to solve anything. So I put up with the socks. And in this case, I advise you do the same.

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