We are expecting our first child very shortly. In pre-baby times we had this relationship where I would take care of electronic related chores,like programming the video and putting on the washing machine. My wife took care of the soft details like planning dinners and writing the grocery shopping list.

Since we knew very little about babies, we enrolled in an NCT course,which I must say has been fantastic. During this course, the lovely NCT lady pointed out to all the hopeful expectant dads that during the last
stages of pregnancy our women may start to forget things, get confused and just basically loose the plot for a while. The up shot is that we men should take over more of the domestic duties which will put us also in good preparation for after the birth.

Taking the bull by the horns, I decided to take over preparing the grocery shopping list. One of the items we ran out of was Calgon tablets for washing machines which are suppose to stop lime scale and so I wrote
'Calgon' on the shopping list and put the empty box in the recycling bin. During this time my wife started to nest and began to use the washing machine for all the new baby gear ready for the impending arrival.

Shopping day comes round and before we set off for Tesco's, my wife inspects the shopping list. She says um 'we do not need Calgon tablets'. I say 'we do'. She says 'we do not'. I then go and show her the empty
space where the Calgon tablets normally sit next to the washing machine powder box. A few feet away from the washing machine powder, there is another box full of 'Finish' dishwasher tablets. My wife then goes to inspect the newly washed clothes as you've guessed it, she has been using the dishwasher tablets in the washing machine.