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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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Kriscross · 05/08/2024 10:32

TangerinePlate · 05/08/2024 10:27

Same as @Kriscross . Including heaps of other conditions. Autism,MS, chronic fatigue and so on.

I think it's a 2 tier response. Things we really could do without (illness, disabilities) and annoyances.

Footballwidow24 · 05/08/2024 10:32

User050105 · 05/08/2024 10:12

Cooking. Closely followed by laundry.

Exactly this. The amount of time it would free up!

Kitkatfiend31 · 05/08/2024 10:31

Work! Much easier when I'm not there.

DoopSnoggySnogg · 05/08/2024 10:31

Anxiety for no reason 😫

ItsAlrightDarling · 05/08/2024 10:30

Autism.

MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 05/08/2024 10:30

Another vote for men.

It's remarkable that my married daughter and I spend time discussing exactly how they infuriate us while my single mother daughter laughs at us.

SlothOnARope · 05/08/2024 10:29

The internet.

Can't live with it, can't live without it due to work and life admin. Sick of the anxiety it causes and the way it's ruined society.

MagpiePi · 05/08/2024 10:28

Clothes and shoes

No more buying them, washing them, storing them, having to choose what to wear every day, no more guilt that they are made using exploited labour and use up the world's resources and create pollution, no more guilt over binning them or giving them to charity shops knowing that they will most likely end up in a third world landfill.

ntmdino · 05/08/2024 10:28

The 24 hour day. My natural sleep cycle is closer to 28 hours, which is completely incompatible with the rest of the world, meaning that I spend every day in a mild state of zombification.

SamuelDJackson · 05/08/2024 10:27

Allergies. DS food allergies, DH and DDs animal/dust/dander allergies, my chemical and insect allergies. Just everyone being able to go through daily life not having reactions, obsessing over food ingredients, limiting their diets, limiting their activites and social life because of exposure, sneezing/snuffling/wheezing/swelling/hives/itch/pain and every other minor irritation that comes with it

AltitudeCheck · 05/08/2024 10:27

Smart phones and the internet... so many hours of human productivity and moments for personal connection lost to cat vidoes and pointless arguing!

TangerinePlate · 05/08/2024 10:27

Same as @Kriscross . Including heaps of other conditions. Autism,MS, chronic fatigue and so on.

Flumpie59 · 05/08/2024 10:27

I know what you mean! Laundry/housework, I absolutely hate them both equally!

Just us 2 in our household, myself and hubby, but it's amazing how many washer loads we do each week and tons of washing up and dusting and polishing!

I'd happily eradicate them both!

BaronessBomburst · 05/08/2024 10:25

Men in general.
Or at least testosterone.

Moier · 05/08/2024 10:25

My severe disability and horrible memories from the past.
( luckily I've a great psychiatrist).

GoldenRetrieverBert · 05/08/2024 10:25

OCD

Bonjovispjs · 05/08/2024 10:24

Carbs so I'm not tempted 😫

sunsetsandboardwalks · 05/08/2024 10:23

Periods.

Cuppa2sugars · 05/08/2024 10:23

spiders and their cobwebs

JamSandle · 05/08/2024 10:22

Generalised anxiety.

squashyhat · 05/08/2024 10:20

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

This. Plus being over 60. It stinks.

hazelnutlatte · 05/08/2024 10:18

Cooking. Between trying to make sure we eat healthily and 2 fussy kids who like different foods to each other I dread the nightly faff of trying to make something everyone will eat!

SailingRoundtheWorld · 05/08/2024 10:17

Dogs.

You can't go anywhere without the fuckers stinking all over the place.

CautionaryTaleGirl · 05/08/2024 10:16

The necessity of going to work.

Why I wasn't born independently wealthy is a mystery to me.

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JMSA · 05/08/2024 10:15

singularsensation · 05/08/2024 10:11

Laundry, also having to cook dinner every night (and lunch during school hols)

Yes, it's particularly noticeable during the holidays.

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