how much of a slut are you?
Sep 25th 2009, 8:59 am
#76
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Re: how much of a slut are you?
Well, we are both untidy, him more than me. Together we have perfect entropy. Nobody does anything to make the mess it just happens.
I feel uncomfortable in perfectly clean and tidy houses. I can't relax in case I spill something, or drop crumbs, or wrinkle the cushions. On the other hand I have been in a house where I couldn't eat without gagging as the place was so filthy, we had to leave early to find a public loo as theirs was too awful to use. Lovely people though, really lovely.
I should learn to love the chaos and not give a stuff about what people think.
I feel uncomfortable in perfectly clean and tidy houses. I can't relax in case I spill something, or drop crumbs, or wrinkle the cushions. On the other hand I have been in a house where I couldn't eat without gagging as the place was so filthy, we had to leave early to find a public loo as theirs was too awful to use. Lovely people though, really lovely.
I should learn to love the chaos and not give a stuff about what people think.
Sep 25th 2009, 9:10 am
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Re: how much of a slut are you?
Hah, not you, you fond fool. Though I didn't eat anything and only drank the anti-bacterial gin and tonic! 
I worry that my house is smelly. Stuffy and smelly.
I worry that my house is smelly. Stuffy and smelly.
Sep 25th 2009, 9:15 am
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Sep 25th 2009, 1:37 pm
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Re: how much of a slut are you?
We live in a general state of "stuff" on most surfaces because I can't be bothered to pick up everything and kids can't be bothered to put one thing away. My hubby is generally much more tidy than the three females in the house - and he's much better at clearing up after a day out ski'ing, or camping, holidaying etc - he just puts everything away, straight away. I would dump in on the floor and get round to it sometime in the next week or two.
We're mostly pretty clean though under all that, somehow. Loos, bathrooms and beds are good (though they don't get made everyday!).
I find the best way to clean the house is to invite someone over for dinner. Then I am a pedantic pain in the backside from 9am until they arrive and every single thing gets put away and tidied - and if it doesn't move, it gets bleached! Mostly, I am 'take me as you find me' but a dinner invitation is special!
Edit for fledermaus. I don't care if other people's houses are untidy, but if the bathroom for example was grubby or the kitchen was dirty, I'd be really put off. Your messy paperwork just makes me feel comfortable and normal!
We're mostly pretty clean though under all that, somehow. Loos, bathrooms and beds are good (though they don't get made everyday!).
I find the best way to clean the house is to invite someone over for dinner. Then I am a pedantic pain in the backside from 9am until they arrive and every single thing gets put away and tidied - and if it doesn't move, it gets bleached! Mostly, I am 'take me as you find me' but a dinner invitation is special!
Edit for fledermaus. I don't care if other people's houses are untidy, but if the bathroom for example was grubby or the kitchen was dirty, I'd be really put off. Your messy paperwork just makes me feel comfortable and normal!
We're never having another island in the kitchen according to DH as it's a dumping ground for all our 'stuff'.
OH is (in my opinion) slightly OCD and likes it all neat and tidy but i think he's realised over the years that 3 kids and 'neat & tidy" don't go together.
I like that he is like that, though, as i fear i would let it pile up too much.
He's also a great one for putting everything away after a trip skate/ski or camping and has all his papers properly filed away.
I'm not a perpetual bleacher, there isn't any aspect of housework that i enjoy doing. I'm of the "a bit of dirt, never hurt" ilk. Life's too short to stuff a mushroom, and all that. But i do it out of necessity.
I too would feal uneasy in someone's house if it was like a showhome, but if we had company coming, everything would be cleaned, tidied and bleached (DH likes this
)Eldest daughter is showing signs of being like DH
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Sep 26th 2009, 1:41 am
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Sep 26th 2009, 2:43 am
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Re: how much of a slut are you?
Welcome back 
Sep 27th 2009, 5:36 am
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Re: how much of a slut are you?
Where does he go when you're home?
Hopefully not yours if she's mad at you! 
Your house looked great, and your OH is a great guy. I'm sure you make a wonderful couple.
Your house looked great, and your OH is a great guy. I'm sure you make a wonderful couple.
Sep 27th 2009, 8:05 am
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Sep 27th 2009, 8:10 am
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Re: how much of a slut are you?
We took an oath of homeship when we got married.
"A home has to look lived in and not like some builders show house, we shall not tidy up obsessively and we will not make people take their shoes off before they walk on the carpet."
However, I do not like seeing skidmarks in the toilet, or coffee stains on the kitchen worktops...
This puts me off even accepting a cup of coffee.
When the girls where young little tykes, Jules has been known to pick everything up to hoover the floor then put it all back down so it looks like a home
"A home has to look lived in and not like some builders show house, we shall not tidy up obsessively and we will not make people take their shoes off before they walk on the carpet."
However, I do not like seeing skidmarks in the toilet, or coffee stains on the kitchen worktops...
This puts me off even accepting a cup of coffee. When the girls where young little tykes, Jules has been known to pick everything up to hoover the floor then put it all back down so it looks like a home
Sep 27th 2009, 1:14 pm
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Re: how much of a slut are you?
Well done !
Sep 28th 2009, 12:50 am
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Why wont that bit of misinformation die?
