A mother recently captured attention on Twitter after she decided to take a stand against her family’s lack of household contributions. She wondered how long it would take for her loved ones to step up and help out if she stopped cleaning. According to her experience, the answer was three days—until they ran out of clean cups.
This saga began when a frustrated mom, known as @MomOfChaos, posted a picture of her cluttered kitchen, complete with towering piles of dirty dishes. Tired of handling both cooking and cleaning, she chose to refrain from doing the dishes in hopes that her family would finally notice the mess. The countdown commenced on March 15, and her family didn’t catch on until checks notes March 18!
“Two days ago, I decided to stop cleaning the dishes,” she tweeted on March 17, 2021. “I prepare all the meals and I’m exhausted from being the only one cleaning up. Since then, this pile has grown, and soon enough, they’ll run out of cups and spoons. Who will crack first? Not me.”
On Day 3, she reported, “They’ve used the last of the large bowls and spoons. No one has mentioned the mountain of dirty dishes, but I can tell they’re starting to think. No, family, I’m not loading the dishwasher today.” She also noted a pan that had been sitting on the stove for two days with a single sausage still in it. “I can’t even look at it…”
In addition to the dishes, she stopped doing laundry and tackling the ever-growing piles of clutter, curious to see if anyone would notice. She even quit the mental gymnastics involved with ensuring the toilet paper supply was stocked, asking herself if it would ever get restocked if it weren’t for her trips to the store. Spoiler alert: it wouldn’t.
Finally, on March 18, after three days of dish neglect, her partner loaded the dishwasher! But he didn’t actually run it. Gradually, other areas of the home began to improve. “BUT LOOK! Toilet paper has appeared! The downstairs bathroom is stocked again!” she exclaimed. “And every other bathroom too! There’s an absurd amount of toilet paper everywhere. SO MUCH TOILET PAPER.”
By the end of the day, the dishwasher was finally turned on. When asked why it hadn’t been done sooner, her partner said, “I ran out of time.” Classic.
In a fitting conclusion to her Twitter experiment, @MomOfChaos summed it up best: “Love is patient, but love is also absolutely exhausted because she’s working 14-hour days. We’re all tired, but I’m the most tired. I AM ALL THE TIRED.”
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In summary, a mom’s viral Twitter thread highlights her three-day experiment of refusing to do dishes until her family stepped up to help. Ultimately, her family began to take notice, proving the importance of shared responsibilities in keeping a household running smoothly.