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What one thing, if eradicated from your life, would make it all easier?

341 replies

JMSA · 05/08/2024 10:09

Laundry.
It never fucking ends. It's just the sheer volume of it and the dread at putting it all away once dry.
The thing I'm most looking forward to about one day living on my own, is having only one lot of washing to do.
What about you?

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Finlandia86 · 05/08/2024 11:22

I think this question makes me realise that I am lucky and most of my problems are more to do with my mindset than anything else! But my answer would be, paperwork. If I didn't have to do paperwork my job would be a dream!

notprincehamlet · 05/08/2024 11:22

My family. I mean eradication seems a bit extreme but I've found that it takes being a minimum distance of 800 miles and at least one body of water away from them for the vein in my temple to stop jumping.

LaGrandeGoof · 05/08/2024 11:20

Homework

AhBiscuits · 05/08/2024 11:20

Work.
Causes stress and takes up most of my time.

Finlandia86 · 05/08/2024 11:20

BMW6 · 05/08/2024 10:12

More seriously - DUST

Imagine never having to dust again, EVER!!!

lol. I never dust 😂 I don’t think I have enough clear surfaces in my house!

Untrained · 05/08/2024 11:19

Other people!

ladybee2 · 05/08/2024 11:18

My job

Ponoka7 · 05/08/2024 11:17

I should say disability, both me and DP. But I want good teeth, so bad teeth can gtf.

RaspberryBeretxx · 05/08/2024 11:15

Eating! Well, maybe I could keep eating as it’s quite fun but everyone else in my family could stop. No more cooking, snacking, shopping, planning, washing up… etc.

canyouseemyhousefromhere · 05/08/2024 11:13

My husband's and son's medical conditions. They impact on everything they want to do. It's exhausting, frustrating and upsetting.

People outside our family (& even some in it) don't realise just how much frantic padding goes on under the calm exterior.

ChildlessCatLadiesRuleOK · 05/08/2024 11:13

Lousy English weather.

AngryBird6122 · 05/08/2024 11:04

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 05/08/2024 10:51

I barely do it so wouldn't change my life🤣
Definitely laundry.

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I don't remember the last time i dusted so me neither 😂

Howmanycatsistoomany · 05/08/2024 10:58

Ragwort. And don't come at me about cinnabar moths.

thequickbrowndog · 05/08/2024 10:54

Type 1 diabetes

BlackeyedSusan · 05/08/2024 10:54

Kriscross · 05/08/2024 10:12

Illness and disability. Life would be better without those. All the other stuff is mere fluff in my opinion

Fatigue from both my disabilities...

Going to say disability as that removes the five disabilities between the three of us and possibly ex's difficulties as well.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 05/08/2024 10:53

Noise.

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 05/08/2024 10:51

BMW6 · 05/08/2024 10:12

More seriously - DUST

Imagine never having to dust again, EVER!!!

I barely do it so wouldn't change my life🤣
Definitely laundry.

Flumpie59 · 05/08/2024 10:51

Same here!

Lentilweaver · 05/08/2024 10:51

London rents.

BeanCountingContinues · 05/08/2024 10:51

Money.
Imagine a world where you could go to a supplier and get the food and clothes you needed with no payment, where everyone had a free house, but no-one could have "investments", no one was poor, no one was rich, no one had to worry about bills or plan for retirement.
A life where money just didn't exist.

Flumpie59 · 05/08/2024 10:51

HA! If only we could lose weight as easy as we lose pens, keys etc.!

Literally every time we fart we actually lose weight so how comes I'm not skinny by now?!

Flumpie59 · 05/08/2024 10:49

I'm so sorry about the Staffie passing over. RIP sweet beautiful doggy. X

Flumpie59 · 05/08/2024 10:47

OMG YES! NO MORE BORING DUSTING!

Baneofmyexistence · 05/08/2024 10:38

Cooking and food shopping is the worst. I’d have hours of life free everyday! Other than that, my DS’s diabetes. That takes up a huge proportion of my day and has really added to the cooking and food shopping strain!

Pastit12 · 05/08/2024 10:37

Another one for cooking I hate having to think about what to have for dinner nearly every day shopping for it and then cooking it . I would happily live on toast and sandwiches .
Also admin it never ends my lottery dream is a chef and pa
Don’t mind laundry funny enough

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