In a 2019 survey by Yelp, 2,000 Americans were asked how chores affect their relationships. Some 80 percent of respondents said they have disagreements with their other half about housework, with one-fifth of those saying that they have frequent arguments over chores.

It isn’t just getting things done that is causing friction either: 53 percent said that they argued over when to do housework, 50 percent said they had argued over how it was done, and 48 percent said they argued over who should do it.

Meanwhile, 61 percent said that they often have to clean again even after their partner has completed a task.

On Wednesday, Mumsnet user PutTheLimeInTheCokeYouNut took to the online forum to share her frustration with her husband over their laundry arrangements.

She described what she called their “ongoing battle” and wrote: “My rule is that if clothes aren’t in the laundry basket, they don’t get washed. I also hate massive piles of dirty laundry accumulating on the bedroom floor.”

The poster explained how she has told her husband countless times over the years to please stop leaving dirty pants, sweat-soaked shirts, and socks on the bedroom floor:

“It’s disgusting and unnecessary,” she said: “When you take your work clothes off when you get home, just bring them down with you and pop them in the laundry basket, and I’ll be more than happy to wash them with my next laundry load the following day and keep on top of everything as and when.

“Does he listen? Of course he f***ing doesn’t,” she raged.

As part of their survey, Yelp ranked the chores that Americans said they hated the most. While washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen ranked the number one most-hated job, doing laundry was second on the list.

In fact, some said they hate these chores so much that they would be willing to sacrifice some big things to avoid them forever. One-third of respondents said they’d give up alcohol and a fifth said they’d give up sex forever if it meant they never had to do another household chore.

At her wit’s end with her husband’s refusal to stick to the laundry rules, the wife explained to Mumsnet that she had told him she would not touch his clothes anymore: “It isn’t my job to pick up after him like he’s an incapable 2-year-old,” she said.

But since refusing to clean up after her husband, she has noticed a huge pile of clothes build up before yesterday when eight days’ worth of laundry appeared on the floor in front of the washing machine.

“Letting so much of his s*** build up means that I’ll spend two days getting on top of his washing,” said the wife: “Would I be unreasonable to just straight up stop washing his stuff? The battle has been going on for almost eight years and I’ve just about had enough.”

Before long, other Mumsnet users flooded to the comments to share their reactions to the wife’s dilemma.

“Stop doing his laundry. Today,” said one commenter. While another reply said: “Wouldn’t do a thing for him. What an a**. His behavior is extremely poor. Why can’t he just plonk it in the basket as per normal people?”

One Mumsnet user wrote: “I’d throw the lot in the bin. How dare he be so bloody disrespectful and lazy.”

“You need to be careful here, pet hates can often escalate into bigger issues,” warned one commenter: “You need to pick and choose your battles otherwise it can result in tit-for-tat situations.”

Meanwhile, another reply did sympathize with the husband and said: “I’ll be honest, if there wasn’t a laundry basket anywhere upstairs in my house, my clothes would probably end up on the bedroom floor too.”