My boyfriend keeps FORGETTING to do the dishes… so I started FORGETTING to charge his XBox Controller

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He says it’s an “accident” every time he leaves dirty plates in the sink for days. So now, purely by coincidence, I keep forgetting to plug in his XBox Controller before our nightly gaming sessions,. the look of PANIC on his face when it dies mid-game is PRICELESS HAHA LOL

Funny how fast dishes get done once FIFA is on the line. Petty? Probably. Effective? ABSOLUTELY!

10/10 would recommend passive-aggressive housework sabotage. LMAO

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    Backup of the post’s body: He says it’s an “accident” every time he leaves dirty plates in the sink for days. So now, purely by coincidence, I keep forgetting to plug in his XBox Controller before our nightly gaming sessions,. the look of PANIC on his face when it dies mid-game is PRICELESS HAHA LOL

    Funny how fast dishes get done once FIFA is on the line. Petty? Probably. Effective? ABSOLUTELY!

    10/10 would recommend passive-aggressive housework sabotage. LMAO

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  3. mazzepaz Avatar

    Love it! (Gives evil laugh)

  4. Distinct_Macaroon308 Avatar

    He’s in the FO stage of FAFO. We love to see it

  5. MuadDabTheSpiceFlow Avatar

    petty and immature af

  6. Diligent-Dare5584 Avatar

    The fact you need to charge his controller says it all.

  7. feverdoingwork Avatar

    Hopefully he starts putting the controller to charge himself lol

  8. AcaciaBeauty Avatar

    Why are you in charge of charging his controller? Are you his mother?

  9. Dantaeus Avatar

    lol do you have to charge his phone for him too?

  10. DesertPeachyKeen Avatar

    Weaponized incompetence and ignorant co-dependence. Not the flex you think it is

  11. luella27 Avatar

    A man who can’t manage to maintain a home OR even his own items is unfuckable to me but, you do you babe. See if you can get a tax write-off on the volunteer work at least.

  12. mommaoosh Avatar

    Please leave this guy. It will never get better.

  13. Lou_Pai1 Avatar

    They sound both like losers. Prolly meant for each other

  14. Substantial-Low-5998 Avatar

    And how old are you? This isn’t the win you think it is. You recommend passive aggressiveness in a relationship? How pathetic, grow up

  15. renee4310 Avatar

    Why do you have to charge his controller for him ?

    Btw: good job though on finding a way to get the dishes done.

  16. Wonderful_Device312 Avatar

    That’s not a boyfriend. That’s an over grown man child.

  17. nonsensicalinsanity Avatar

    I do the same to my son at times. It’s a minor inconvenience that won’t lead to sickness like not doing dishes, his share of house cleaning or his laundry. Bravo OP 👏

  18. Dragon_Tea_Leaf Avatar

    Some of y’all really have no standards…

  19. anewaccount69420 Avatar

    How about just dating an adult… this petty bullshit isn’t the flex you think it is.

  20. No-Animal4921 Avatar

    That’s some shit you do to a 14 year old or something

  21. Kimera225 Avatar

    Hun, stop focusing so much of your energy on this pathetic specimen of a male, make your exit plan and leave him.

    It is saddening that he has made you responsible for the upkeep of even his damn video-game control being charged. You deserve a partner that is a funcional adult, the one you’re currently have is not. Promote him to your ex and do not look back.

  22. Heauxdessa Avatar

    My (13f) man child (14m) won’t do basic adult tasks. I don’t have social skills and he doesn’t have a personality but….

  23. rhunter99 Avatar

    Charge his controller? WTF? You’re not a gf, you’re a babysitter. Congrats.

  24. Acceptable-Sense4601 Avatar

    he’s too stupid to charge his controller? or you unplug it?

  25. gayforaliens1701 Avatar

    If you need to manipulate your boyfriend to do basic chores and you’re already charging his devices for him, it’s time to go. This isn’t the funny anecdote you think it is.

  26. NoDanaOnlyZuuI Avatar

    This sounds like a healthy relationship

  27. Beneficial-Register4 Avatar

    Don’t take advice from me, but I once “forgot” that the Xbox wasn’t waterproof and disconnected it mid game and ran water over it in the sink. It was my Xbox that he was using and he kept forgetting to do chores. I’m older and wiser now.

  28. RNH213PDX Avatar

    Huh. This is literally the dynamic most adults have with a small children. It’s not much to envy in an adult relationship.

  29. thebabes2 Avatar

    Ah babe, one day you’ll look back on this, shake your head and ask why you stayed for so long. You’ll find an actual partner one day if you learn to stop settling for the bare minimum.

  30. mooncandys_magic Avatar

    Do you have to wipe his butt too?

  31. Hey-Just-Saying Avatar

    OP – It’s not too late to delete this!

  32. Big_Anxiety_7530 Avatar
  33. Cyrious123 Avatar

    OMG, you’re such a Bad-ass!🫣

  34. rexallsince1903 Avatar

    Sounds like your son instead of bf. He needs to grow up

  35. SuluSpeaks Avatar

    Next step, stop doing his laundry.

  36. oliviahope1992 Avatar

    Op you’re mothering your bf. I just got out of a relationship where I was doing the same and let me tell you: YOU DESERVE BETTER!!!

  37. VisserSixxx Avatar

    lmao im sorry but like does it not embarrass you that this is what your relationship has come to

  38. KMR3966 Avatar

    Girl if you have to do this passive aggressive shit to get him to contribute to the household labor then it’s not the flex you think it is. Find someone else that will tackle on chores without being told or forced to do it.

  39. noticester Avatar

    Ma’am-you have a son, not a boyfriend.

  40. Chester-ran-out Avatar

    Dump that man child!

  41. elizacandle Avatar

    Do you wipe his ass too?

  42. wanderlustcub Avatar

    Unmedicated ADHD is a bitch and can ruin relationships.

  43. No_Geologist_5412 Avatar

    ? If he can’t charge his own fucking controllers he needs to be left alone to learn to grow and fend for himself.

  44. mxddy Avatar

    Why do you even plug his controller in anyway lol

  45. WarDog1983 Avatar

    Yea my husband used to leave his wet towels on my side of the bed.

    I told him once

    I told him twice

    Then I moved his wet towels onto his pillows

    Funny enough he remembers to hang it up now.

  46. Livid-Addendum707 Avatar

    Is he a boyfriend or a toddler? A grown ass adult shouldn’t be needing their girlfriend to charge their controllers.

  47. SingaporeSlim1 Avatar

    You’re dating a man child who has a mother who coddled him growing up, and expects you to do the same.

  48. phillip_d_glass Avatar

    Healthy relationship habits. How far do you think this will go?

  49. magicalglrl Avatar

    May this love never find me

  50. Little-Chromosome Avatar

    Sounds like you’re dating a child? Why would you have to charge his controller for him?

  51. GoldenDrummer Avatar

    He needs you to charge his controller for him and you think he’s going to do the dishes? This man is a child, and I say that not even convinced a mother would charge their son’s controller for them.

  52. OkDragonfly4098 Avatar

    Tell us what else you do for him 🤡

  53. Extreme_Sector_6689 Avatar

    Wow.
    I don’t even do this for my son, who is a teen and can do this on his own. And empties the dishwasher for me.

  54. purple_grail Avatar

    Have fun dating a glorified toddler OP

  55. AshelyLil Avatar

    Why are you dating a child

  56. Only_Music_2640 Avatar

    I personally would prefer an actual grown man who managed to do things on his own and not some man shaped toddler who has to be tricked and manipulated into doing the most basic things but to each her own I guess.

  57. Hellothisiskatt Avatar

    Put the Xbox controller in the dishwasher, and run it.

  58. Sadboi395 Avatar

    Xbox controllers take double a’s I’m so confused 😭

  59. FerrousFellow Avatar

    If this isn’t ragebait, please let all of us break up with him for you

  60. CasuaIMoron Avatar

    Do you have to hold his dick while he pisses, lest he just lets it rips and paints the walls?

  61. ChairmanMeow22 Avatar

    I hate both of you.

  62. Major_Wager75 Avatar

    I already know the type of person your BF is 🤣

  63. miissbecca Avatar

    What you think is a win is actually a very depressing loss babes.

  64. EvadesBans4 Avatar

    Thanks OP, you reminded me I need to charge my controller.

  65. hometown_nero Avatar

    Dearie. With great affection, this is not the victory you think it is. Why on god’s gross planet are you even responsible for charging his Xbox controller.

  66. Regular-Whereas-8053 Avatar

    My husband of 19 years is more than capable of loading and unloading the dishwasher, using a vacuum cleaner, using a duster, granted he’s not that great with laundry but that’s fine, he pulls his weight elsewhere. He’s 60 this year, and blissfully unaffected by all the social media “men don’t do housework” claptrap. Even if you’re not married, living together is a partnership, and if you’re pulling in different directions it’s never going to work.

  67. Chedditor_ Avatar

    Break up. Don’t play games like this.

  68. Nenoshka Avatar

    This is the way.

  69. BlackPlague1235 Avatar

    Why are you with this dude at all? Do you want to be his mother for the rest of your life?

  70. SmokingFoxx Avatar

    Thats not the win you think it is

  71. MrSinisterStar Avatar

    Why are you dating a 12 year old? Who the fuck expects their partner to charge their controller?

  72. Fantastic_View2027 Avatar

    He can just charge it while playing?

  73. IntentionNumerous904 Avatar

    Hot take: if you have to parent your partner like they are an actual toddler you need to break up with them and date an actual adult.

  74. Alert-Potato Avatar

    My husband used to leave for work in the morning and put his headset on his desk without plugging it in three or four days a week. So I’d do it. Eventually I was like, wtf am I doing this for? He’s a grown-ass man. If he wants a dead headset, who the fuck am I to stop him from having one? I’m his wife, not his mother.

    Once I stopped treating him like a child, he stopped acting like a child. His headset now gets plugged in 99% of the times he walks away from his desk.

  75. Rabid_Polyphia_Fan Avatar

    He’s weak and your petty and controlling. Neither of you deserves a relationship

  76. ImALittleTeapotCat Avatar

    Please send the child back to his family.

  77. MrTitius Avatar

    Why the heck are you responsible for charging this man’s controller. I think you may have bigger issue than just the dishes in your future.

  78. MapleBaconBeer Avatar

    Congrats, you’re dating a child.

  79. quizno1615 Avatar

    Charge his Xbox controller?? Are we serious rn

  80. Low-Acanthisitta2150 Avatar

    You guys are silly.

  81. stormcharger Avatar

    This is such a lie lol xbox tells you your controller is low battery multiple times before it dies and stops vibrating

  82. SuprKidd Avatar

    Holy fucking reddit, these comments are crazy to me. Not everything has to result in dropping the relationship immediately over such small things. If the relationship is real, then discussions can be had and changes can be made.

    A couple dirty dishes shouldn’t be the reason you end a committed relationship (unless it’s been an ongoing and repeated argument with no concessions from either side)

    And the thing about the controllers, big whoop? This post didn’t really read like op was venting about it a la ” he makes me plug his stuff in every night!” Of course he’s capable of doing it, and if it bothered OP they could easily just ask him to do it himself.

  83. YaIlneedscience Avatar

    Reading this while knowing my man takes care of his own shit and even remembers to charge my vibrator is just… you can keep him

  84. JUYED-AWK-YACC Avatar

    Break up, you already hate each other

  85. RealDonutBurger Avatar

    Why is every relationship post I see on Reddit just two people clearly hating each other? There is no benefit here.

  86. flappintitties Avatar

    He sounds unattractive in his behaviour, you do you girl but like have some self respect and stop charging his shit for him.

  87. a808ymous Avatar

    You charge his controller??? LOL

  88. Aquarius20111 Avatar

    Do you wipe his ass for him too?

  89. ManzanitaSuperHero Avatar

    Tripping on a rug is an accident. Spilling a glass of water is an accident. Routinely ignoring your portion of chores is not.

    He’s a child. Run.

  90. Shewhomust77 Avatar

    It’s amazing how many things were not dishwasher safe until hubby had to do the dishes.

  91. NastyNate908 Avatar

    ur man is a loser

  92. darthcaedusiiii Avatar

    They are perfect for each other.

  93. ToothPickPirate Avatar

    It says a lot to have to do that to get a grown adult to contribute in the home that they live in. I could understand if he couldn’t iron your satin bridesmaid dress. But wash dishes, no excuse.

  94. Junior-Skirt909 Avatar

    I love doing the dishes. It’s relaxing to me

  95. nasnedigonyat Avatar

    Weaponized incompetence.

  96. FoxElectrical1401 Avatar

    Why not talk about it

  97. Liathan Avatar

    This post isn’t the win you think it is…This man doesn’t even charge his own controller after gaming!? Yikes!

  98. Curious_Orange8592 Avatar

    Please be aware that autism spectrum disorder frequently results in failures in exectutive function; it was mostly undiagnosed in the 80s-00s due to lack of awareness, now it’s undiagnosed due to lack of resources

  99. voodoobox70 Avatar

    OP thinks shes winning in this scenario lmao.

  100. ArtisticRiskNew1212 Avatar

    How does this dumbass not charge his own controller 😅

  101. Snoo_67544 Avatar

    Your relationship isn’t going to last very long

  102. FlowAffectionate2717 Avatar

    Each day that goes by I am more and more convinced that women LOVE dating man children, and if they don’t love it, they sure seem to do it all the time anyways

  103. shmooboorpoo Avatar

    Can us women, as a collective group, agree to stop dating children?

  104. stinkstabber69420 Avatar

    Damn have fun with that guy

  105. Worth_Somewhere_7011 Avatar

    Congrats – you have a son 

  106. JanetInSpain Avatar

    Girl you’ve set the bar so low an ant could step over it. Please raise your standards.

    Not only is he using weaponized incompetence to avoid the dishes, you’re even having to charge his controller for him.

    Please please reconsider a relationship with a manbaby. Do you want to be mommy all your life?

  107. talktome54 Avatar

    I had this issue with my ex, so I started putting his dishes in their own pile, as well as his clothes in a separate hamper for just him.

  108. Dizzy-Committee-7869 Avatar

    What is it with all these gamer loser guys that sit on their ass at home day and night while their girlfriends watch or i guess some get to play. And what’s with thee girls that settle for these losers?

  109. LazyPigPrincess Avatar

    Weirdest take on a “mother and son incest roleplay”. Yuck

  110. all-the-words Avatar

    Why are you the one charging his controller?

  111. Honest_Hand_1630 Avatar

    You sound like a horrible person to be around with. 

  112. artic_fox-wolf1984 Avatar

    Ma’am, why are you with such a wilfully handicapped person? You can do better. 🤨 seriously. This is sad and kinda pathetic.

  113. Rottenswab Avatar

    So why did you guys exchange duties in the first place?

  114. DiverseUniverse24 Avatar

    Really wish I could send this whoooole thread to my sister…. but it wouldn’t help.

  115. Stutterphotoguy Avatar

    And he can be bothered to charge his own Controller because….

  116. GetMySandwich Avatar

    Dishes are roughly 5,000x more important than unpaid video gaming could ever be. And I’m not saying that as a bash on gaming. I say the same thing about anything. The moment you move out of your parent’s house, chores of basic hygiene become more important than games, TV, reading or anything else. Keeping ahead on hand-washes makes it that they take anywhere from as little as a single minute to accomplish a single thing, to no more than 20 minutes for a full basin. It’s the priority.