Kathryn Merteuil
Barden Bella
- Joined
- May 11, 2012
I do a general sweep of everything on Thursday afternoon (because Friday is garbage day). I do the rest of the housework on Saturday.
Didn't house cleaning schedules go out the window in the 50's? I clean when things are dirty but I try to keep up as I go. I have many things more important to do than making sure my floors are spotless.
Didn't house cleaning schedules go out the window in the 50's? I clean when things are dirty but I try to keep up as I go. I have many things more important to do than making sure my floors are spotless.
Friend "P" was always bragging about how clean her house was... "I vacuum everyday." "I cleaned all day and my entire house smells like bleach." "I cleaned until my hands were raw." Etc.
So, Friend "C" said to her... "Either, you're very clean or very dirty, I just haven't figured out which it is."
the real problem is that your cleaning style does not meet up with the rest of the people you live with. You are going to have to come to terms with the fact that the others don't care and just do what cleaning you want because you want to. Otherwise you are going to be resentful and angry with the others because they don't appreciate all your hard work.
Just want to reiterate, I'm not looking down on anyone for not scrubbing their house down every day or anything!
I know I grew up with a rigorous cleaning routine at home and not everyone does. Was just looking for some confirmation that other households, all across the country and globe, do in fact, clean on some kind of regular basis.
I do not mean this to be rude, but since you say you are living there to save money, I assume you either have a very low rent 9compared to what it would cost for you and your boyfriend to get your own place) or no rent at all.
Perhaps the mother is thinking that the least you can do to repay is pick up some cleaning slack?
This sounds about right. Cleaning in lieu of rent. When you rely on the kindness of others to support you, you really have no choice about the living conditions unless you want to take care of it yourself.
Wow, who knew such a simple question would get so misconstrued!
Too many posts to quote but I'll just say..
-I do pay a nominal rent, as does the other GF.
-I never intended to assess other peoples cleaning styles to then ENFORCE something similar here.
-Once again, I do clean here! I'm just not cleaning the whole household all the time.
-For the people who thinks schedules are out of date, I didn't mean like you have a hard-set calendar of which day to darn your husband's socks. Again, was just curious what other folks do.
The cleaning isn't something I've talked about with them, and frankly, I won't. This is the internet and a community where I've enjoyed spending time, so I thought I'd poll people here about what they do. Never knew it was create such a fuss.
ETA: The GF only works very part-time and DBFs mom doesn't work at all anymore. She's not very old or infirm, either, so it's not like light dusting would be tasking for her. And I can't say either of them use their time at home for anything productive, like preparing dinner or some such. Nope. It's tv and talking on the phone for the both of them.