@mattbrowne I avoid such language, too. Your wife, upon her return, said: “When I return home from a 3-day business trip and find the kitchen being full of dirty dishes…”
I’ve always been afraid of the kitchen being, and to avoid meeting it, I put the dishes in the dishwasher, and then put them away as quickly as possible. One time, when returning from a Vipasana conference, upon smoking some choice weed, I met the kitchen being – it wasn’t pleasant and left me scarred for life.
But I digress, relationships are vital to society, and although an ogre by choice, I agree with your question. So did Frank Zappa, but that didn’t help him much.