You know what that is? Well, I’m not going to tell you, otherwise it would move from the realm of undiscussed to discussed and I can’t be responsible for that!

No, I won’t do it.

OK, I will. Here it is: women hate unloading the dishwasher! That’s right! You heard it here first! It’s not just your wife, it’s all women. They don’t mind loading the thing (keep in mind it is all relative, ok?), but they hate the dreaded unload.

Men, if you can get them to deal with doing dishes, don’t mind unloading, but aren’t so fond of loading. For myself, I find (if I have my druthers) that I’d rather put those dry plates in the cupboard then rinse off the sticky ones and line ‘em up in rows.

So I did an experiment. I unloaded the dishwasher, but left the dirty ones on the counter, waiting. Sure enough, the next time I looked the dishwasher was showing me its little green “I’m clean!” light and the counter was cleared and waiting for the next onslaught.

I’ve talked to my friend B and was surprised to discover this little gender nugget. It was confirmed by my own experiment, and over at PW’s website where she had this to say:

Here are my least favorite home-related chores:

* Hauling Groceries from my Car. Also: Putting them away.
* Cleaning/Scrubbing Toilets: I’m sorry, okay? I have overactive gag reflexes.
* Emptying the Dishwasher. Filling it? No problem. Emptying it? BO-RING.
* Putting Away Laundry: I love to fold. I despise putting it away.
* Weedeating. I love to mow. I hate to weedeat. So I’m not going to do it any more.

A quick search on Google for “unloading loading dishwasher” shows that I’m right!