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Dear Janice: 'My partner can’t follow simple tasks and I am frustrated as hell'

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25.09.2026

'My partner can’t follow simple tasks and I am frustrated as hell'

How many times can you show someone how to do the same thing?

Seriously, I am frustrated as hell because I have instructed my partner step by step how to fill the dishwasher, and hang wet clothes on a drier, but he still doesn’t get it.

He isn’t thick, and has a good job, so what’s his problem?

I don’t think he has a problem.

Once or twice is enough to establish that this is more than a comprehension issue because if he can manage to do a good job elsewhere, he can manage to stack a few plates or hang up his damp boxers!

Remember, a partner is not an employee in training whose job depends on getting it right, he most likely........

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