Housework, am I alone?

Recklessgran- that reminded me of when my eldest granddaughter was little-i had her to stay a few days,and there were toys all over at end of day from her& my own 2 youngest boys playing(very similar in ages) so i said "come on lets tidy up then" & she asked,"why, whose coming?" (Said a lot about her own house too)😂

Great to hear that so many others clean as often (or not so often) as I do!
I have friends who either spend hours cleaning a home that no one else ever sees, or a fortune on professional cleaners. My MIL was an obsessive cleaner and I often felt guilty that I didn’t spend the same amount of time as her.
Not feeling guilty now!

This is very refreshing. I’m not the only housework averse person in this community. My mum used to say oh put salt on it (?) get out in the park with the children. Even though she was quite immaculate herself.

I didn’t know whether to be embarrassed or grateful when my OH’s friend was doing something to our hifi cabling and said ‘pass me a duster’

Yes, a tidy house is a clean house, to my mind anyway, and I do the bare minimum. I have a few “must dos” - I can’t abide an unmade bed, for starters. And I could certainly do with a major declutter to make the tidying easier - there’s a multitude of sins hidden away behind those cupboard doors.

I have a cleaner too. She comes once a fortnight for 2hrs and goes through the whole house. It eould take me all day!! I much rather go out and about than worry bout housework. There is only me so the place doesn't get in a mess really. My lovely neighbour cuts the grass and i try to keep up the rest. My plan is to let the end of the garden go wild and as I can't kneel I will just have pots of flowers along with the plants that come back each year.

I've always loathed housework so now I have a bad back I have a good excuse not to do it.

I had someone come in and do a late spring clean for me (first tome in 3 years) - it does not look that much different, which just endorses my view that housework is a waste of time. If things are relatively sanitary that will do for me. I clean things if they happen to look dirty. Nothing more.

I like things to be clean and tidy and I actually enjoy housework. When the children were at home and I was working I felt that I was constantly just scratching the surface.
I love to put my music on and crack on with whatever I feel like doing.
I also like to sit down with a cuppa and a book when it's all done.

Well I quite like to keep my house clean and sparkling myself with DH's help . We set aside one morning a week to clean all our bungalow and I feel satisfied when it is done . We had a cleaner at one stage but , having had two people working in our house for a morning , I thought it would only be if I really could not do it myself that I would have one again. I also enjoy cooking even for only two of us most of the time . I enjoy planning meals and have gone for about three weeks without repeating a main course . We have had different fish dishes , curried , Chinese , casseroles etc..

When I moved out on my own, my lovely Mum despaired at my lack of the domestics 'arts'. She implored me to at least keep my place tidy as 'it gives the impression of clean!' This I have always practised!

I'd rather read a good book than do housework. I'm another one who only does it (with DH's help) when expecting visitors - or when I can't stand it any longer!

Oh no, you are not alone. The older i get, the less bothered i am, i would rather be doing something, anything else

This. 🤣

You can do both. I really dislike clutter and untidiness. Because I don’t accumulate stuff and things are put away.
I’m always telling my daughter dont pick something up twice
Because live like this housework doesn’t take up my time, plus when we moved in 2014 it had to be to a smaller property because I knew the time would come when I couldn’t do it all.

Housework, no thanks, too many other interesting things to do!

Our cleaners are also £15 ph.

I have had a cleaner since I had 3 children under 4, a big old house and dogs and cats. More children, with more commitments didn't leave time for cleaning and I have no intention of starting to do it in my old age. I have much better things to do with my time now.

Farview Brilliant, I will take a copy of that and read it frequently

Count me in as a sloven. When I worked full time with three small children I was always cleaning - a regular day each week was set aside. I never left the house in the morning without making the beds and wiping down the bathroom. What a plonker 😂 Now I just potter and go manic for visitors - although a downstairs toilet mean they never have to go upstairs (phew!) I am envious of people who never have a bit of dust on their skirting boards, fluff down the back of the setee or no dried up cat food stuck to the floor. But it doesn’t last long. Life’s too short to clean corners! 😝

I envy you Fran. I had no choice but to work full time and to have only one child. Would that things had been different.

WHen my twin were born their three older siblings were then
2 1/2.,4 1/2. and 5. 1/2. That wonderful first year still stays with me, although nearly fifty years ago. . I breastfed them for their first nine months , would feed them and have the 2 1/2 year old sitting with on the bed reading books to her (upside down) Then the older two were there, we read books, played games, messy artwork, etc. Friends would come round and exclaim if they saw dust on the surfaces' You poor dear, no wonder you have no time for housework.' Yes, I did have time, but no inclination. Whereas the dust would still be there in future year, those precious times I had wih my five children during their formative years would never happen again.

Must say, as I got older I tended to do more and more housework, Not a great deal now. Living by myself, find little need. Everywhere tends to remain pretty clean and tidy.

Oh, yuk, I wouldn't want somebody bringing a hoover that been used elsewhere. I did have a cleaner when I worked full time - and I'm thinking of getting another one soon.

Cleaning floors bores me rigid and when/if I do some cleaning, I limit it to one corner, wall or room (sometimes half a room).

Gone are the days of doing all the windows or hoovering the whole house. I'll set the kitchen timer for 40 minutes and that's my lot, I'm done!

Brilliant poem Farview 😄

recklessgran

No you're most definitely not alone lincolnimp, I've never been a willing slave to the kitchen sink and won't be going to my grave wishing I'd done more housework. I find keeping the house tidy gives the impression of cleanliness and it's got to the point now that if I start cleaning DH asks who's coming as he knows a cleaning frenzy means visitors! Otherwise, I've got far more interesting things to do with my life, people to see, places to go, help to give etc

👋🏼Can I join the me too club?

This is my go to poem now...a few weeks ago I was overwhelmed with life in a lot of ways...one of those being housework....