your cleanliness standards..

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Registered: 01-12-2007
your cleanliness standards..
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Mon, 02-05-2007 - 11:49am

This is just an 'out of interest' question: what is your idea of clean, or - as per the name of a slightly amusing tv show that ran here in UK, how clean is your house? Are you a clean freak? Are you happy with a stack of plates sitting in the sink unwashed for 2-3 days? Do you hoover once a week or once a year? How often do you do laundry, dust, tidy up? Have you ever had your carpets shampooed? How about your partner if you have one, are they like you whatever you are, or the opposite? How do you deal with it if you are opposites?

I admit that I am a complete and utter clean freak to the point of what a 'normal' person would call ever so slightly obsessional. My house has to be spotless AND tidy 24/7, 365 days a year. A dirty plate gets washed a second after I have eaten. Laundry gets done when there's about 10 items sitting in the basket. I clean my bathroom every second day - actually, more or less every day - this way, it just does not ever get dirty. 5 minutes with a cloth and water daily and it is spotless all the time. I hoover once a week at the very least. Every time I have been cooking something in my kitchen, the whole kitchen gets cleaned thoroughly - sink, around it, all surfaces, cooker, floor, cupboards - anywhere that may have gotten dirty in the process of cooking. My rubbish gets taken out every other day - I cannot bear the thought of rotting waste in my kitchen. A tissue/book/remote control, in fact, anything at all, any object - on the floor - is unthinkable to me because you WALK on the floor, not keep stuff on it. (don't get me started on taking clothes off and leaving them right there where you stood!! ) I hate mess just as much as I hate and cannot stand dirt. My partner is not exactly like me, but isn't a total pig either; I happily and readily do all housework without expecting him to help with anything at all becasue I am oldfashioned in this sense and to me, housework is actually relaxing and theraputic.

What about you?




Edited 2/5/2007 11:57 am ET by juliauk2007

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Registered: 02-15-2005
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 12:19pm

I'm a typical horsewoman. The barn is spotless, the house, not so much.

It's not filthy, but is often cluttered. The dishwasher gets run through when it's full. Laundry gets done when there's a full load. Dusting, vacuuming, etc. about once a week, maybe every other week.

Now in the barn - cobwebbing is done every day. Stalls cleaned and paddocks picked every day. Aisles swept twice a day. Buckets scrubbed once a week or more if needed.


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Registered: 11-21-2005
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 1:24pm

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to be a better housekeeper.

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Registered: 12-07-2006
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 4:26pm

I'm a neat freak in some aspects but a complete slob in others. I shower 2, sometimes 3 times a day and I feel gross if I wear a shirt or a pair of pants for more than 8 hours, so I do my laundrey a lot.

On the other hand, a dirty rug or a stack of dirty dishes or a trashed room does not bother me in the least bit. I guess I'm only concerned if it has to do with my body.

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Registered: 08-30-1999
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 5:42pm

"My partner is not exactly like me,"
???

Isn't this The Single Life board?

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 6:30pm

Let's just say you'd probably be disgusted by my apartment.

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 7:02pm
I live alone and I have housecats, so 1) the house will never really be clean because of the cats shedding and tracking in dirt and debris from the yard and litter from the litter boxes 2) since I live alone and don't have a lot of company - there is no "impact" when the living room goes undusted for 2 months. In order to have a "clean" house I would have to spend hours and hours every week cleaning and frankly - I have other things to do. The way I look at it - a little dirt is good for you - if it doesn't kill you, it strengthens your immune system. Now if I was married and sharing living space with another person then I would be more diligent about cleaning up after myself - as a courtesy to that person. I would expect that person to show me the same courtesy. Iri
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Registered: 11-21-2005
Tue, 02-06-2007 - 8:39am

beren,


Yes, this is The Single Life board, but everyone is more than welcome to post here, whether they're single or not.

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Registered: 11-21-2005
Tue, 02-06-2007 - 8:47am

How could I forget this contribution to the discussion?

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Registered: 01-12-2007
Tue, 02-06-2007 - 9:34am

Stacey,

'...If I even put the remote control on the coffee table crooked, he would fix it so it was laying in a straight line'

Ehm..omg, that is me. Not only does it have to be clean and tidy everywhere and all the time, objects have to live in certain well defined spots and only that particular spot will do for that particular object; furthermore, 99% of the time, something like a remote MUST sit on a coffe table perfectly straight.. I know to some that is sick but to me this is just how I've been brought up; to me this is absolutely normal and I cannot fathom being able to live in an unclean and messy house. I am also fanatical about personal hygiene and am now teaching myself lol to only have one shower a day in the morning; naturally it is two a day at the very least when it gets warmer..

'..Now, my new guy - first time I went to his place, I was quite pleased to notice that he's definitely not a neat freak. I think he and I are a good "match" in the housekeeping department (and that's a good thing). LOL We'd never make the cover of Better Homes and Gardens, but that's okay with me. :)'

The bottom line is, if the two people in question are BOTH perfectly happy with whatever set up they have as far as cleaning is concerned, that is all that counts. If you are a clean freak who is more than happy to clean after a messy bf, great, everyone's happy. If both people could not care less about cleaning, again, everyone's happy. Same goes for two clean freaks lol.... although.. for the life of me, I cannot believe how one can just NOT CARE about how clean their house is... wanna torture me to death? drop something like a plastic sandwich wrap on the kitchen floor, or even a tissue, and tell me: leave it there for the entire evening. I WOULD go insane!!!!!! LOL.

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Registered: 07-21-2004
Tue, 02-06-2007 - 11:17am

LOL

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