A domestic !

I try to be! I am a bit OCD so I do spend a lot of time cleaning and tidying every day. Sometimes I think too much time, and that some of it isn't necessary and nobody even notices except me. But I really can't bear seeing dust or marks or anything untidy, so I do it because I feel better when I know everything is clean and tidy all the time. DH does some stuff about the house, but I tend to think it's not a good enough job if I didn't do it myself. Horrible, eh? Just can't help it.

I'm just amazed how many on here still assume that domestic work is THEIR job and not something that's taken for granted as being shared equally. The vocabulary about male partners gives it away: "helping" "taking on some of the chores" and so on. Maybe a bit of feminism will kick in for the next generation - I sure hope so. Some of this thread makes depressing reading for THIS feminist!

I am the proverbial domestic goddess and actually enjoy cleaning. And all that laundry entails!

I think it’s called laziness.
Nothing to be proud of and certainly no joke.

Years ago a friend said her husband had asked her to do some ironing as he was running out of boxer shorts... ?
My daughter was horrified and said that statement was just so wrong, on so many levels ???

I once got the vacuum cleaner out but couldn't work out how to turn it on. I do the tidying and dusting and my DH does the vacuuming, oh how he laughed as I searched for the on switch.

mcem I do all those things because

1) my husband works full-time in a manual job, so he's knackered when he gets home.

2) When he's not working, he'll do the washing-up but nothing else - he appears not to see that things need doing.

3) If I asked him to do any of the chores, he wouldn't do them very well.

What a load of lady slobs on here.!! Keeping house is the most boring thing in the world but house cleaning is surely necessary in order to relax at home. Having untidy rooms and dust everywhere is not my idea of heaven. And as for letting the men take over to do it- unless you are disabled in some way that’s a no no for me. They have their own jobs around the house like the garden mowing weeding and generally fixing things and putting up shelves etc. You don’t have to be a domestic goddess to run a clean and happy home!

My sons sussed me when they were very young. When they saw me with the vacuum cleaner, the would say, 'Who's coming, Mum?' Nothing has changed in the intervening 45 years.

I have no idea what’s happened to me! When I was working and had small children the housework got done briefly daily and with a bit more elbow grease, spit and polish on Sunday mornings when I’d be home alone. Now we’ve downsized drastically and I can sweep, dust and mop all through in about 20 minutes and have no upstairs to do, the place is mostly filthy and gets a bit of a clean up once a week if it’s lucky! Extra dust from our multi fuel stove just gets left on whichever surface it lands on and the floor gets left until I have to wipe my feet to get the bits of grit and coal dust off before getting into bed. I’ve just given it a good going over and it looks lovely, but it won’t stay like it for long. Oh, by the way, after reading about the benefits of them on here the other day, I have treated myself to a bright pink feather duster, the feathers of which have, the label told me, been treated with something that attracts the dust. So now I don’t even have to move anything when I flick it around. ?

I was brought up with loads of servants! Hate cleaning, but hate dirt more, so I do do dusting etc., but only the minimum! DH does the vacuuming since he retired - the ony bit of cleaning I don't mind doing! :-(
of course, like most of you lot, I do the cooking, washing, shopping, ironing, gardening... I have been a kept woman all my married life, so need to justify being kept!

I just sweep the room with a glance ?

My bathroom and kitchen ( inc fridge) are spotless. Towels etc changed daily. To me they're the important places.
I rarely dust. Why would you?

My problem isn’t the dustpan, I know where ours is, but for the life of me I can’t find the iron, I know we must have one cos we have an ironing board but I don’t remember the last time I actually saw the iron

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No wonder you go to bed late, Pađdyanne. Theres a saying If you want something done, ask a busy person, so there's some truth to what you say.
I hope your daughter is recovering well.

A friend presented me with a small framed text, which I have treasured: 'An immaculate home is a sign of a wasted life'.
I don't like dirt , especially in kitchens and bathrooms, so aways ensure that beds, towels, baths, sinks, worktops etc are clean and germ free as possible, but as for hoovering, dusting, washing paintwork, flicking cobwebs - well, there are dozens of better things to do.

If my husband does any chores whilst I'm out ie, bringing washing in. Hoovering, he assay says. I've bought your washing in for you, or I've hoovered the floor for you. I always tell him it's your washing to. And you walk on the carpet as well. Very very annoying.

I am definitely not a domestic godess, I really don't like housework and only do what I need to. Luckily my DH used to do most of it, but he isn't now able to due to ill health. I work full time and care for my husband the rest of the time, so it was getting on top of my. Social Services came to my rescue and arranged some funding for me. I could use if whatever way I choose, as long as I told them what for. I decided to get a cleaner, and its the best thing I have every done, just wished I had done it years ago, but I though I could never afford one. When I tell people I have a cleaner, they think I am Posh lol but its a necessity not a luxury to me.

Annepl thats just half of it,I do my daughters washing and irong someweeks there's 7 black bags fiull .I help with the kids,pick one up twice a week from school 12 miles away and am on hand for emergencies.My daughter had surgery on Thursday so I sorted her youngesst birthday dinner for for 11 of us .I am of the opinion the less you do the less you're cpable of doing so I just barge on...

If a tissue gets caught up with the washing in the machine put the damp washing in the tumble dryer and like magic the bits congregate in the filter which you can empty straight away. It happened to me only yesterday and bingo it worked.

I don't know how the hoover works!

Yes annaB,you are definately a domestic goddess!

Enough is enough! I too get the dreaded 'tissue trouble' (teenage son= pockets) so the new cushelle tissues(if this works) will be a Godsend! They're supposed to NOT break up in wash,so im looking forward to a white-bit free wash in future as ill never buy any other tissues! Why couldn't they have invented them sooner?

I hoover every year whether it's needed or not. Just as well I have regular visitors methinks.