I have major issues around housecleaning, which I'm just lately coming to realize is more than mere laziness (though I do have that too, yes indeed). Having been raised by women who tended to have yelling crying breakdowns if the house wasn't in perfect order and perfect cleanliness, and knowing that I will never meet their standards, I have a serious fuck-it attitude towards housekeeping.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Oct 10, 2013 3:41:15 pm PDT #8580 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
msbelle - Oct 10, 2013 3:44:15 pm PDT #8581 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh, the grandparents are out of towns. OF COURSE THEY ARE!!!
Amy - Oct 10, 2013 3:48:36 pm PDT #8582 of 30000
Because books.
Nanny McPhee for part of an afternoon?
Cleaning overwhelms me. I'm compulsively tidy, but unless it's something that gets noticeable immediate results, like vacuuming, I hate it. I hate dusting, when it feels like you're just moving the dust around. I hate thinking I should sweep the kitchen floor, and leaning down to see it really needs to be scrubbed.
Basically, I resent that everything doesn't magically stay clean, I guess.
-t - Oct 10, 2013 3:51:33 pm PDT #8583 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I majorly gave up on housekeeping a while back. I am less fuck-it than I was, but still - well, I'm really proud of myself for letting my parents come over a couple of weeks ago. I didn't apologize for the state of my house or yard and they didn't comment. Big win.
Argh, msbelle. Dang it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 10, 2013 3:52:35 pm PDT #8584 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Mom commented about my dusty floor a couple weeks ago when she visited, but I countered by pointing to the clean litterbox that had been recently swept around, and the two rambunctious cats whose war on my snapdragons was self-evident. (And graciously opted NOT to show her my nigh-sparkling toilet bowl and invite a comparison that wouldn't favor her.) I concentrate on cleaning filth, dust and clutter I can live with.
Dana - Oct 10, 2013 3:55:20 pm PDT #8585 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Did you hand off the kittens, Matt?
Jesse - Oct 10, 2013 3:55:45 pm PDT #8586 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OF COURSE THEY ARE!!!
Of course they are.
Connie Neil - Oct 10, 2013 3:57:48 pm PDT #8587 of 30000
brillig
Basically, I resent that everything doesn't magically stay clean, I guess.
Wrod. Dishes need to be clean so that you can use them again and not poison yourself. Clothes need to be cleaned so they don't small and to get rid of stains. But tidying a table beyond making room to do something on/with that table seems counter productive, because that stuff is there for a reason, and it's all just going to get moved around again anyway. That sock on the floor can stay there till it's time to gather the laundry for cleaning. Those clean clothes can stay in that basket until you need to wear them.
Side benefit: fussy people you don't like won't come to your house because they're horrified. People who like you go "I love your house, there's always something to discover!"
meara - Oct 10, 2013 4:02:02 pm PDT #8588 of 30000
My problem is I really love having a neat and organized house. I just hate doing it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 10, 2013 4:04:00 pm PDT #8589 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Did you hand off the kittens, Matt?
Nope, still have them. He has my phone number now, so I don't know it it's second thoughts, objections from the Mrs., or just massive disorganization. I'm fine with keeping them for now, but if I sink money into vet bills they're mine for good.