Housework

I have a framed print in my kitchen "It is said that housework never killed anybody but I'm not taking any chances" end of story.

dizzygran

I don't like housework and can think of hundreds of excuses to put off doing it, but enjoy a clean and tidy home. bathrooms are the worst for me.

My bathroom and ensuite are immaculate.
All toiletries dried and put away in the cupboard after use.
Taps polished, basins and bath/shower tray dried every day.
Clean hand towels and flannels hung up neatly.
(During the day we use the downstairs toilet).

Apparently as a child I went home one day from playing at our neighbour's house and asked my Mum why we didn't have shiny taps in the bathroom like they had!
Mum nearly had a fit along the lines of "If you think I've got time to polish taps..." 🤣

But I've realised it's what makes me feel comfortable in my own home, which surely is what it's all about 😊

Like Freddie Mercury, 'I want to break free' from the mundane of hoovering and cleaning house, so I only do it a few hours each week whilst listening to music. I cook most days because I enjoy cooking.

Someone at my former office told me this story. A friend of hers had a male housemate. One day, she came home unexpectedly and found him hoovering wearing only her bra and knickers!

I hate housework. I find it soul destroying in its repitiveness. Do it today and you need to do the same tomorrow. I will cook or bake anyday but there is more to life than hoovering and dusting

The hamster wheel called housework!

I don't mind tidying up but actual hard core cleaning I loathe and need to psych myself up to get started.

I prefer to walk around the house with my glasses off and then I don't notice all the dirt and grime.

This is my motto. I hate housework.

Lexisgranny I don’t say that I love housework, but I hate an untidy home.

I do resent the implication that those who think that this makes me, and many others like me, boring!

Indeed. I hate dirt and dog hair all round the house. I'm decidedly not boring because I value cleanliness and a tidy home.

Tink75

When GDD asks why I have fur on my sideboard I know its time to make a start.

😂
When I’m having the occasional major blitz, I have to make sure I have my reading glasses on, so I can see the dust and cobwebs.
I do always feel bad about discombobulating any spiders, though - we need them to devour the bastard little carpet moths - which we still have despite so many different treatments.

I recall, many years ago having a conversation related to me, which was about me. The First Lady remarked to the second that I was extremely houseproud. The second agreed saying that you would never find a speck of dirt on my skirting boards, but that I didn’t turn a hair when she turned up with muddy children and even muddier dog.

I think that it is often assumed that neat freaks spend all their time tidying and cleaning, well I don’t. TBH is much easier to put everything away when it is finished with, rather than be faced with a pile of stuff. Once a house is clean it doesn’t take very long to whisk through with a duster and vacuum. I got into the habit of doing this before going to work, and yes, I did have young children, actually they have grown up to be tidy adults. Children make a mess playing, as they should, but when they were very young it didn’t take long to tidy their toys away when they finished with them and as they got older they knew that they had to tidy them away themselves. My husband is also a very tidy person, so it worked and still does work for us,

I don’t say that I love housework, but I hate an untidy home. I certainly don’t criticise anyone who doesn’t choose to live the way we do, each to his/her own. What suits one family doesn’t suit another. I wanted to spend time on hobbies, not unnecessary cleaning and tidying. I do resent the implication that those who think that this makes me, and many others like me, boring!

Have never liked housework but now for the first time ever I have a cleaner. It’s wonderful. Was supposed to be temporary just for me to recover from
Surgery but don’t want to lose her so she is staying. Hurrah! Happy days,

Yes I love housework I find it rewarding when I have nice clean fresh smelling house. Tidy house, tidy mind.

MerylStreep

biglouis

Dull women keep immaculate homes.

Bullshit 😡

Yeah, total bullshit.Something that those with dirty untidy homes like to tell themselves I bet.

Georgesgran

I don’t have a set regime unlike my DM and DGM who ‘went through the house’ every Wednesday - Monday being washing and ironing day.
What happens here, is that if I find myself in a room, have an hour to spare, I end up giving it a good clean. I like to tidy up before I go to bed, because I hate to come downstairs to a mess. That’s something I got my DDs doing, because they’ve to be up and out first thing.

Bit the same here.What with working, looking after the little ones (DD’s kids) and hobbies, don’t have much time for housework but somehow it gets done.Often late at night!

I enjoy housework but don't enjoy cooking. My lovely Mum was the same (but she was a good cook and baker). I don't even mind cleaning the lavatories at work! I struggle not to pick things up at my son's too. My house isn't perfect by a long chalk but there is something satisfying about cleaning. I also enjoy spending hours reading a good book so it's not all work!

No and I'd rather be in the garden but I do like a clean and tidy kitchen.

Absolutely hate all cleaning (and cooking). Boring, repetitive, never ending drudgery.

biglouis

Dull women keep immaculate homes.

Bullshit 😡

No, no and thrice no!

When GDD asks why I have fur on my sideboard I know its time to make a start.

NO. It's a pain in the neck necessity.

biglouis

Dull women keep immaculate homes.

And dull women can also live in a tip, or employ cleaners

No! Life’s too short. What is this thing called ironing?

I don't like housework and can think of hundreds of excuses to put off doing it, but enjoy a clean and tidy home. bathrooms are the worst for me.

Absolutely not, and I do the bare minimum. The bathroom gets a good going over once a week, and a daily quick wipe down, the kitchen surfaces cleared and wiped after a meal in just a few minutes and I damp dust every fortnight or so. DH is the hoover meister. As someone rightly said earlier in the thread, if a place is tidy it looks clean, so I do clear the decks before bed, tidying newspapers and clothes away, etc. And dirty dishes always go straight in the dishwasher - out of sight, out of mind.

I was saying to a friend recently about how hard it is to do my target of 8000 steps a day, and she said she does 12000 on a normal day at home doing her housework. I was gobsmacked.

I hate the cleaning but love the result, I love knowing the house is clean