Hi Forum,
Newbie here (2nd thread ever). Sorry to post something that might be trivial!
MumsNet is a broad church so I think I the answer to this one will put me right one way or the other.
I am not the tidiest person but I insist on clean (I know many will say these 2 go together and I can't disagree).
Mum lives with me and I care for her - she has a few medical conditions which means clean is actually critical for us.
Family member has just called me ridiculous for insisting on cutlery, crockery and pans being truly clean after dishwashing - sadly, we don't have a dishwasher due to space.
He says this because I spend time re-washing pans with dried on carrot and broccoli, cutlery with small specks of food dried on, dishes still smelling of salmon, teaspoons with the remnants of the tea or coffee they have been used to stir (there are other examples) all after he has washed them and they have dried.
I don't go looking for these things - I find them when putting away dry dishes/pots/cutlery because he does not do it (perhaps he might do it once in a week).
The implication in his words is that I am somehow abnormal for insisting on what I consider to be a basic level of clean. I am certainly not perfect, far from it in fact, but I thought this sort of thing was something all normal adults expect?
I am beginning to wonder if I am actually nuts!
Please tell me - AIBU???