When I first moved in with my other half, he was terrible at doing dishes. Like, full on giant lumps of food left on plates, thick grease still on pans. I ended up re-washing things. Once he came into the kitchen when I was doing that, and got really angry, yelled at me 1/

So I made sure that I would redo the dishes when he wasn& #39;t home.

In our new flat (several years later...) we had a dishwasher. He didn& #39;t want us using it, so the problem remained. Friends of mine who visited remarked on the dirty glassware, and would wash things 2/

And I would apologize.

After we eventually started using the dishwasher (after my daughter was born) he would pile things up so the water didn& #39;t reach them properly, so I would check it before it went on and move things. Again, he was angry, rolled eyes etc. 3/

In the past I always made excuses for this (and all the other things). Maybe I was a nag like he said. Maybe he& #39;d be better when he quit drinking. I should just accept it.

Eventually I didn& #39;t. But can& #39;t afford to move out yet.

This is not a fun person to self isolate with. 4/

I know lots of people have it way worse. And I think of them a lot.

If you& #39;re locked down with someone you like, or, more importantly, someone who& #39;s nice to you, appreciate it. /.