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Why do people boast about their cleanliness?

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ExDancer Sat 18-May-24 13:25:06

The house next door to us seems to be on permanent lease, and the tenants seem to come and go every two years or so in quick succession. (Its a very nice house) I seem to have only just got to know them when the husband's job means they have to move on.
I usually find myself helping the outgoing tenant to clean the house ready for the new family.
So it amuses me, when the new tenants move in, that they tell me the house was filthy, and they had to scrub it clean from top to bottom in order to make it anything like liveable in.
I have never yet plucked up the courage to tell them I helped to get the place ready for them, and that it was as clean as a new pin the day before yesterday.
Why do young people need to impress others in this way.
(ps. this is a lighthearted post, not meant to be taken seriously)

sodapop Fri 24-May-24 13:00:52

👍👍MOnica

M0nica Fri 24-May-24 08:24:24

style

I find it so amusing that so many women are so obsessed with braging about how clean their home is ! & also how wonderful their food is ! They usually will put down others as not as good as they are ! Seriously ? I find them to be pathetic ! It is so sad that they have this need to toot their own horn & critisize & judge others. Ladies, everything in life does not need to be a competition. Take a breath. You're ok. You don't have to convince us by pointing out your super cleanliness !

How patronising! I always have a healthy suspicion of those who mount onto some moral high ground be 'amused' by the behaviour of those they clearly consider their inferiors.

Callistemon21 Wed 22-May-24 15:38:11

I've been cleaning out kitchen cupboards .....

petra Wed 22-May-24 12:35:15

Gwy11t
I would be painting my garden sheds today if the weather wasn’t so awful.And I paint fences.

sodapop Wed 22-May-24 12:25:12

Nice one keepcalmandcavachon and yes I am.

keepcalmandcavachon Wed 22-May-24 09:16:30

sodapop

^why do people boast about cleanliness^^
Why do people sneer at those who like to clean ?

I'm weary of the sneery,
It's all they like to do,
Of their company I'm leery,
And I suspect that you are toogrin

sodapop Wed 22-May-24 09:01:34

why do people boast about cleanliness^
Why do people sneer at those who like to clean ?

keepcalmandcavachon Wed 22-May-24 08:58:17

Amuse away style, dont think many on here are 'boasting ',however if you move out of a property surely it is good form to leave it clean and likewise entirely natural to get happy with the mop/cloths when you move in. As for boasting about cooking, I for one have enjoyed some lovely recipes that other posters have kindly shared and long may they do sosmile

Chocolatelovinggran Wed 22-May-24 07:12:57

I wouldn't dream of boasting of my cleanliness. I would be anxious lest my mother ( she of the very high standards) would send a thunderbolt from heaven to punish me.

style Wed 22-May-24 00:42:35

I find it so amusing that so many women are so obsessed with braging about how clean their home is ! & also how wonderful their food is ! They usually will put down others as not as good as they are ! Seriously ? I find them to be pathetic ! It is so sad that they have this need to toot their own horn & critisize & judge others. Ladies, everything in life does not need to be a competition. Take a breath. You're ok. You don't have to convince us by pointing out your super cleanliness !

Nannan2 Tue 21-May-24 19:41:39

Because its 'next to Godliness'😇😅

Nannylovesshopping Tue 21-May-24 16:54:52

I have a rental property, my tenants who have been there at least eight years, keep the place utterly immaculate, far better than I keep my own home😳 hope they never leave😀

SueDoku Tue 21-May-24 15:48:55

MayBee70

Going off at a slight tangent here but can anyone explain to me why every other advert on tv these days seems to be for things that make your house or your washing smell fresh and clean because washing’ isn't enough’. It seems I need to spray everything with smelly stuff or plug in air fresheners everywhere. I know that clothes sometimes get a frousty smell if they aren’t aired properly but apart from that I’ve never stood next to someone and thought they didn’t smell fragrant enough. And clean sheets are good enough for me, they don’t need to smell of some kind of perfume. Or maybe, as the advert tells me, I have become ‘nose blind’?

I'm very allergic to artificial scents - most of these products trigger an asthma attack for me..! Friends now remember to switch off their plug-in air fresheners etc when I visit, and I can only use unscented washing products. It's getting worse and worse, as every manufacturer seems to think that strong floral scents are good - not when you immediately start wheezing they're not..!!! 😱

Glorianny Tue 21-May-24 15:29:55

I hate all the manufactured chemical smells found in so many products. I was once stopped in a supermarket where they were testing the scent of a fabric softener. They asked if I would choose my favourite. I told them not to bother I'd find them all awful.

Callistemon21 Tue 21-May-24 15:17:15

Oh, looked him up but never heard of him.
I doubt she does her own scrubbing and washing then 😁

She seems like a nice girl, though.

Callistemon21 Tue 21-May-24 15:15:05

Whoever he is ......

MayBee70 Tue 21-May-24 14:54:01

She’s married to Spencer Matthew’s…

Callistemon21 Tue 21-May-24 14:51:13

MayBee70

Going off at a slight tangent here but can anyone explain to me why every other advert on tv these days seems to be for things that make your house or your washing smell fresh and clean because washing’ isn't enough’. It seems I need to spray everything with smelly stuff or plug in air fresheners everywhere. I know that clothes sometimes get a frousty smell if they aren’t aired properly but apart from that I’ve never stood next to someone and thought they didn’t smell fragrant enough. And clean sheets are good enough for me, they don’t need to smell of some kind of perfume. Or maybe, as the advert tells me, I have become ‘nose blind’?

It's that nice young woman with two small children advertising washing gels who annoys me. They all wear white, including the toddler splodging paint everywhere.
Any sensible mother would buy him a painting coverall or even find an old shirt!
And her proper nappies are always soft and snow-white even when dried indoors.

Apart from that she seems lovely.

keepcalmandcavachon Tue 21-May-24 14:42:11

Think they want to make us 'wallet blind'grin

MayBee70 Tue 21-May-24 14:29:39

Going off at a slight tangent here but can anyone explain to me why every other advert on tv these days seems to be for things that make your house or your washing smell fresh and clean because washing’ isn't enough’. It seems I need to spray everything with smelly stuff or plug in air fresheners everywhere. I know that clothes sometimes get a frousty smell if they aren’t aired properly but apart from that I’ve never stood next to someone and thought they didn’t smell fragrant enough. And clean sheets are good enough for me, they don’t need to smell of some kind of perfume. Or maybe, as the advert tells me, I have become ‘nose blind’?

grandtanteJE65 Tue 21-May-24 14:15:10

I have never heard of this kind of thing, but perhaps it is because I don't live in the UK.

Here most people would wash the insides of fixed cupboards, fridge, cooker etc. and bathroom and empty a house or flat completely of furniture and r ubbish before leaving it. No-one would paint, as we all expect the new owners to do that.

However clean the place was, I have never started unpacking before I had washed the insides of the fiitted cupboards even although I was sure they were clean.

Dogmum2 Tue 21-May-24 13:27:46

Hmmmm, i do wonder if the tenants are simply 'playing the game', Recently a couple of friends had threats of their deposits/bond withheld due to 'cleaning required'. One case went to arbitration where the landlord was criticised for their behaviour and the 2nd, my friend said she would go to arbitration and the landlord backed down. In both cases the letting agencies had said that there was no problem with the properties ie they were clean, but the landlords pushed.

Back in our military days, ever speck of dust, scratch, chip was recorded as we moved as we knew we would be charged as we left - and our hearts sank if new carpets had just been fitted!.

There are excellent tenants & landlords, but there are also terrible tenants and awful landlords. It seems to be a lottery these days as to which you get.

cc Tue 21-May-24 12:45:36

Our current home was beautifully clean when we moved in, it was a probate sale and the son of the previous owner had cleaned it, painted everything white and put in a cheap cord carpet which was fine until we had our renovation done a year later.
The only exception was the huge pink jacuzzi corner bath which was covered in limescale and took up most of the room.
When we move we always get the removers in early so that we can give the house a good going-over before we leave, but I imagine that our buyers will still have a good moan as most seem to do.

knspol Tue 21-May-24 12:26:20

Have moved many, many times and even when the new place looks clean I have always cleaned it first myself before moving in, wouldn't dream of putting anything away without making sure all cupboards, drawers etc were clean. After that it's my dust so that's OK. When moving out I do it all again as thoroughly as possible. In fact my homes are at their cleanest when I first move in and again when I move out.

Amalegra Tue 21-May-24 11:50:29

Can’t be bothered with people who brag, however humbly- ‘humble bragging’ seems to be a thing at the moment. And about cleaning, of all things! Such a boring, if necessary, topic to discuss, let alone show off about!