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Post by leannec on May 8, 2021 22:50:21 GMT
I am The World's Worst Housekeeper! I hate housework ... my family is coming over tomorrow for Mother's Day so I dusted and vacuumed today ... woo hoo! How do you feel about housework?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 22:53:56 GMT
I voted other as it depends on the task.
Toilets and tub? Detest both.
Laundry, dusting, vacuuming, wiping down counters? Love it. I feel accomplished and enjoy the clean area.
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Post by Really Red on May 8, 2021 23:03:20 GMT
I'm okay with it because it has to get done, but I do feel happy when it's done . Until the next day when it has to be done all over again!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on May 8, 2021 23:05:37 GMT
I voted Other. I hate housework and hired a weekly housekeeper.
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Post by simplyparticular on May 8, 2021 23:10:15 GMT
I grew up in a family of 7 kids, plus 3 adults. As the oldest, I spent age 7-18 with a hefty set of cleaning chores (my chores got split between 3 separate siblings when I moved out).
And then I lived with okay people in college, but I had standards of cleanliness that were higher, so I always did the bathroom, and dusting/vaccumming.
Now, I hate it all.
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 8, 2021 23:10:34 GMT
You didn’t offer death over housework. I hate doing it. Hate it! I would rather public speak.
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Post by belgravia on May 8, 2021 23:23:48 GMT
I hate it, mainly because I feel like I’m doing it ALL THE TIME. No one in my house chips in, either.
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Post by peano on May 8, 2021 23:27:12 GMT
A few household chores I don't really mind--anything having to do with keeping the kitchen clean and tidy (except the floors--I universally detest floors). I don't mind doing laundry, or even putting it away. I like making the bed.
I particularly hate vacuuming. I'm always stepping on/getting tangled up in the cord, or pulling it out of the wall, or it juuuust doesn't reach, and it smells funky. If I have to clean floors, I'm all old-style with a corn broom. Bathrooms aren't my favorite either.
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Post by pinklady on May 8, 2021 23:31:28 GMT
I don’t hate it but I also don’t stress about it either. Whenever it gets done it gets done.
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Post by gar on May 8, 2021 23:33:24 GMT
It’s just so boring!!
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 8, 2021 23:37:10 GMT
I have bipolar feelings about housework. Shocker, right?
Sometimes I enjoy it. It burns off some of my nervous energy on *those* days. Sometimes I listen to KC and the Sunshine Band and really disco while I clean.
Sometimes I hate it. Sometimes I avoid it for entirely too long making my job even bigger when I actually do it. I can mop every day or I can go four weeks. Depends on my mood.
Sometimes I find it deeply satisfying. Like a whole zen experience. I light some incense. I clear my mind. I focus on the task at hand.
Sometimes I'm in panic mode. I'm having guests and it has to get done.
I'm all over the fucking place with my thoughts on cleaning
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Post by whipea on May 8, 2021 23:40:29 GMT
Other - I dislike it very much and am robotic about housework. I work a lot and have a lot of house so I must keep up with things, stay on somewhat of a schedule otherwise I will get buried. D/H helps with the floors, but I pretty much do the rest.
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Post by lisae on May 8, 2021 23:40:52 GMT
I actually like doing laundry and I never really think of it as housework.
What I think of is cleaning the house and that I detest. This week I did more cleaning than usual as BFF was coming over for the first time in a year since we are both fully vaccinated and she was seeing my redecorating for the first time. I love how everything looks when it is neat, tidy and relatively clean. I just don't love it more than say, almost anything else I could be doing with my time.
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Post by krcrafts on May 8, 2021 23:46:34 GMT
I so wish I enjoyed it, but I absolutely hate it. I would love to figure out a justifiable reason to hire someone to clean, but since I don’t work, I guess I really can’t.
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 8, 2021 23:52:42 GMT
You didn’t offer death over housework. I hate doing it. Hate it! I would rather public speak. I needed a laughing liker like on Facebook. That should be a bumper sticker. Death over housework!
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Post by padresfan619 on May 8, 2021 23:56:05 GMT
I wish there was a way to trade household chores around with people in your area so you don’t have to do the stuff you don’t like and can trade to do stuff other people don’t like doing. I don’t mind laundry, cleaning bathrooms, or vacuuming. I hate cleaning the kitchen, anything to do with dishes, and changing the sheets. I’d gladly go do someone’s laundry if they came and cleaned my kitchen.
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Post by SabrinaP on May 9, 2021 0:12:32 GMT
I hate housework, but I love a clean house and I’m broke, so I do housework!
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Post by greendragonlady on May 9, 2021 0:13:34 GMT
I hate housework. Most of it hurts. Vacuuming, cleaning toilets, doing dishes, scooping litterboxes, it all hurts my back. Laundry is ok as long as I'm super careful going up/down the stairs with the basket.
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Post by paget on May 9, 2021 0:31:21 GMT
Voted other: I love some parts of it and not others. Like I have favorite parts I really enjoy doing and some things I try to avoid and put off...and off 😂
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Post by katiekaty on May 9, 2021 0:44:21 GMT
I totally hate it, right done to the teeniest particle of dirt and everything it involves. I especially hate it that it all falls on me-to do it, delegate it and follow up on it. I want to stomp my feet, throw a fit and lock the doors and not let anyone in. But, the kitchen is different. When I am cooking, I can clean as I go and do extra and it’s fun.
My sewing and craft rooms a fairly organized and neat. I have fun in there.
But the rest of the house is my nemesis!
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Post by ntsf on May 9, 2021 0:48:30 GMT
"you don't go to the grave wishing you had done more housework"--old lady at church told me this when my kids were very small.. at our marriage counseling.. housework was a source of conflict. I can do it. I hate it. I even don't think cleaning bathrooms is any big deal (try cleaning public toilets at a state park with 10,000 visitors a day).. but I hate it, it makes my allergies worse and so I have a cleaning lady who comes 2 times a month. worth every penny. my mom also hated it.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on May 9, 2021 0:48:55 GMT
I voted 'okay' with it, but there are parts of it I really like. I love doing laundry - especially folding clothes. I enjoy cleaning my kitchen. I like washing windows. I enjoy dusting. And I really like mopping now that I have the new rotating mop head for my Dyson stick. Those occasional jobs like climbing up to clean the ceiling fans and wiping down the wood blinds are satisfying because there's generally a distinct before and after look to them.
I'm okay with bathrooms and floors. They just fall in the necessary-so-get-it-done category for me.
Oh, and someone mentioned making the bed. I like that, too! It's satisfying to see it all neatened up and pretty. I hate getting into an unmade bed. Somehow it doesn't feel 'clean' to me.
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Post by anaterra on May 9, 2021 0:54:07 GMT
Hate it!! So i have a clearer.. she comes every 2 weeks... she does bathrooms Kitchen living room and floors... she is worth her weight in gold...
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Post by littlemama on May 9, 2021 1:02:28 GMT
Dh does the cleaning! I like a clean house, I just dont like to DO it!
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on May 9, 2021 1:04:08 GMT
I detest it. I think if I lived alone then it wouldn't be so bad. Less mess, so less mess for me to clean.
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Post by Gravity on May 9, 2021 1:06:45 GMT
I love a clean house. I’m a make up the bed as soon as my feet hit the floor kind of person. I relieve stress by cleaning. The only chore I dislike is dusting.
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on May 9, 2021 1:39:43 GMT
I detest it and I hate how it eats into my weekend. The best investment we have made is in a housekeeper who comes every other week. We will tidy a bit if we have people coming over between cleanings, but no more toilet scrubbing for me.
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Post by huskermom98 on May 9, 2021 3:19:44 GMT
I hate it and only do the bare minimum unless we know we are having visitors. DH is good about doing a lot of it on a regular basis, but not me. I'm fine with laundry because we need clean clothes. I'm fine with doing dishes after I cook and cleaning up the mess I made while cooking. If the bathroom reaches a certain level of messy/dirty then I'm ok cleaning it, but everything else...nope.
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 9, 2021 3:22:20 GMT
I don't mind it as much as I used to since DH took over cleaning the bathrooms, vacuuming and mopping the floors!
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 9, 2021 3:32:59 GMT
There is manic cleaning but that is crazy shit and goes on for days. That is mania.
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