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Is this normal? 🤔 (cleaning)

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Wronwron · 08/07/2023 18:15

AIBU to spend upwards of an hour and a half cleaning the bathroom every week?

I'm very particular with how I go about it.
Disposable gloves for cleaning the toilet, no harsh chemicals, different cloths for different areas etc.

Just finished a big clean. Started with the windows and windowsill, removed cobwebs, polished anything chrome, hoovered the floor, cleaned toilet inside and out, then sink (including pedestal), bath, shower and all tiles, antibact door handles, wiped skirting boards and radiator, dusted ornaments, rinsed shampoo bottles etc, buffed mirror and finished by mopping floor.

YABU - That's too much
YANBU - Yes, I do the same or more

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ActDottie · 08/07/2023 19:04

You don’t need to use disposable gloves what a waste!!!!! Spend however long you are happy to cleaning the bathroom, I’d say I spent about 30 mins a week.

GertrudeJekyllRose · 08/07/2023 19:02

CornishTiger · 08/07/2023 18:32

Hoovered the floor. Is it carpeted? Blergh

Have you never considered hoovering a hard floor?

VisionsOfSplendour · 08/07/2023 19:00

Meeting · 08/07/2023 18:53

No I don't think cleaning the bathroom daily is OTT. Do people leave watermarks on glass and mirrors and toothpaste on the sink for weeks on end? I wouldn't want to use a toilet that hadn't been scrubbed for a month.

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I think most people have a happy medium between a daily full on a scrub and not doing any cleaning at all for a month . No one is advocating that.

Maybe though I misunderstood your post and you were saying other gypsys are OTT while you consider your schedule to be pretty normal

Like the OP you should do you but always good to recognize that it's not the amount of cleaning that most people who dont clean for a job do

BarbaraofSeville · 08/07/2023 19:00

Floralnomad · 08/07/2023 18:18

I clean my bathrooms most days , I can’t imagine how bad they’d look if I left them a week .

They look exactly the same as when they've just been cleaned.

I never understand threads like this. Those of you who are scrubbing every square inch several times a week.

What exactly are you cleaning? There is no dirt building up in that time. You're cleaning things that haven't had chance to get dirty. Why??

Flufferblub · 08/07/2023 19:00

Give it a quick clean daily, and a deeper clean every few weeks. No one's died.

rosao · 08/07/2023 18:58

Are you particularly slow when cleaning? I give mine a deep clean each week but takes no where near one and a half hours. More like 30 mins....quick wipe over and a squirt of bleach down the loo all day and all is well.

WonderfulUsername · 08/07/2023 18:55

Meeting · 08/07/2023 18:53

No I don't think cleaning the bathroom daily is OTT. Do people leave watermarks on glass and mirrors and toothpaste on the sink for weeks on end? I wouldn't want to use a toilet that hadn't been scrubbed for a month.

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Yeah but who scrubs a toilet for a month?

Mind takes about 5 minutes 😁

eandz13 · 08/07/2023 18:53

I have OCD. Do you think if you don't clean to that standard that regularly then you'll get ill/something bad will happen? Or do you just like it clean and it's satisfying?

Meeting · 08/07/2023 18:53

VisionsOfSplendour · 08/07/2023 18:49

I think you've answered your own question, youre OTT 😂

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No I don't think cleaning the bathroom daily is OTT. Do people leave watermarks on glass and mirrors and toothpaste on the sink for weeks on end? I wouldn't want to use a toilet that hadn't been scrubbed for a month.

Talia99 · 08/07/2023 18:51

Oops and while I was posting, you’ve said you think you may have OCD. If you mean literally (intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviour etc) you need to ask your GP for a referral to a specialist.

kitsuneghost · 08/07/2023 18:51

You do you
It's not a competition

Greenfree · 08/07/2023 18:50

Weekly I would do bath, shower, tiles, toilet, floor, sink, mirror, dust.

Monthly I would do window, window sill, blind, skirting boards and everything else unless there was obvious marks on them in between

VisionsOfSplendour · 08/07/2023 18:49

Meeting · 08/07/2023 18:44

I'm shocked at the replies here. People seriously only clean their bathroom once a month?

Mine is scrubbed daily. Full disclosure I'm a gypsy and we are known to be OTT with cleaning but I don't understand how a bathroom isn't a daily task.

I think you've answered your own question, youre OTT 😂

DappledThings · 08/07/2023 18:48

TomorrowToday · 08/07/2023 18:45

Why are you getting Cobwebs?

Because spiders aren't imaginary?

Cobwebs are fact of life.

Talia99 · 08/07/2023 18:48

Your choices are either ‘it’s too much’ or ‘I do the same’. I don’t think either is necessarily correct.

I absolutely don’t do the same but it’s only ‘too much’ if it’s causing you issues. If you are doing it because you like to, it’s like people who cook a 3 course meal from scratch every day. I don’t want to do it myself but you do you.

On the other hand, if you feel compelled to do it or panicky if it’s not done or feel you have other symptoms of it not being something you want to do but rather something you have to do, you may want to consider whether you need to address that with a therapist. While OCD is often used to mean ‘I’m very tidy’, it is actually a recognised disorder that requires help.

You haven’t said anything to suggest that’s the case but if you are posting because you actually have concerns, it’s something to consider.

VisionsOfSplendour · 08/07/2023 18:47

It's your life, why would it be unreasonable to spend time doing something you're happy to do and isn't anyine else' s business?

TomorrowToday · 08/07/2023 18:45

Why are you getting Cobwebs?

Meeting · 08/07/2023 18:44

I'm shocked at the replies here. People seriously only clean their bathroom once a month?

Mine is scrubbed daily. Full disclosure I'm a gypsy and we are known to be OTT with cleaning but I don't understand how a bathroom isn't a daily task.

WonderfulUsername · 08/07/2023 18:43

Wronwron · 08/07/2023 18:39

Thanks all, it looks like I am BU but mostly due to the time it takes. Today was only a rough estimate as I had to keep stopping to do other stuff then go back to it.

To answer some questions - I'd say it's medium sized and there's also another one + small loo, tiles not carpeted, I may genuinely have OCD, no I don't competitively clean, the gloves are a barrier to germs and yes I should probably ditch the ornaments!

If you genuinely have OCD, it'll affect you in more ways than cleaning your bathroom.

Plus, you cannot possibly be unreasonable unless it's making you or someone your live with unhappy.

rwalker · 08/07/2023 18:40

It’s definitely OTT but if that’s what you want to do absolutely fine

as long as you don’t bang on to the rest off the house about how much effort and how much time you spend on housework

DappledThings · 08/07/2023 18:40

CornishTiger · 08/07/2023 18:32

Hoovered the floor. Is it carpeted? Blergh

I doubt it. I hoover before mopping the hard floors. Otherwise you just get fluff swiped around.

Original poster
Wronwron · 08/07/2023 18:39

Thanks all, it looks like I am BU but mostly due to the time it takes. Today was only a rough estimate as I had to keep stopping to do other stuff then go back to it.

To answer some questions - I'd say it's medium sized and there's also another one + small loo, tiles not carpeted, I may genuinely have OCD, no I don't competitively clean, the gloves are a barrier to germs and yes I should probably ditch the ornaments!

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DappledThings · 08/07/2023 18:38

I just cleaned the bathroom and the en suite. Took me about 45 minutes and was the first time in about 3 weeks. So it would be way too much for me but if that's what you want to do then crack on. Why does it matter what anyone else does?

Nordicrain · 08/07/2023 18:35

I don’t know how you manage to spend 1.5 hrs on those things unless there’s a massive drip feed and you are Kim kardashian and therefore have a bathroom the size of my house.

but anyway, i wouldn’t choose to spend my time that way, so to me yabu.

TerfIngOnTheBeach · 08/07/2023 18:34

I clean mine every day, quick wipe over everywhere and spray and rinse the shower screen and walls. Its never dirty as a result.

just come back from a SC Villa and the bathrooms weren’t cleaned the whole week we were there as we were on holiday. I coUld have deep cleaned all three in 1.5 hours.