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To think the most tedious everyday 'chore' is...

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witchycat2 · 12/01/2025 16:49

Brushing teeth. I've always hated doing it and found it a tedious job to do twice a day. I don't mind other hygiene 'chores' so much but this is just the worst.

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MumblesParty · 12/01/2025 18:56

MyDogNeedsGlasses · 12/01/2025 17:03

Cooking. Or possibly just the deciding what to cook bit. Hate it.

Same here.
I’d rather spend all day ironing, changing beds, brushing teeth etc than the relentless task of providing meals day in day out.

HorrorFan81 · 12/01/2025 18:52

I hate the banality of personal hygiene and the fact you have to do it every. Single. Day. I have to listen to a podcast/watch something on my tablet whilst I'm showering / brushing my teeth as I hate it so much

Also hate dealing with laundry, any of it. Thankfully my DH probably does 70% of it but I still hate that 30%

StrawberrySquash · 12/01/2025 18:51

Clean washing is fine as it has an obvious place. It's all the tiny bits and bobs that just accumulate on every surface. Each one belonging somewhere different. Probably in a cupboard you should sort out.

FKAT · 12/01/2025 18:50

Face it. All housework sucks and I can never understand why Big Tech doesn't do more to solve our actual housework problems rather than piss about with AI generated pictures.

Loonaandalf · 12/01/2025 18:50

Hagr1d · 12/01/2025 18:23

Cooking. Hate the mental load required to decide what to eat, budgeting, shopping for it and actually cooking it and then storing leftovers, fussy kids, trying to wean the baby, all the mess etc.

I feel like being an adult is basically deciding what to eat 3 times a day for the rest of your life. It wasn't something I had to give much headspace to before having kids but now it seems to be a constant source of stress trying to please everyone and still make sure it's nutrious and healthy enough for three children to be raised on. I'm not a natural foodie and resent having to stop what I'm doing to prepare food when I'd be happy to just eat to live whereas my family seem to want to live to eat.

I wish I was one of those mums who enjoyed cooking and didn't find it stressful to whip up something tasty at short notice.

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unsync · 12/01/2025 18:49

Meals - from planning, shopping, prepping, cooking, dishing up to clearing away and loading/unliafing the dishwasher. Every single fucking day. Loathe it.

Loonaandalf · 12/01/2025 18:48

I love putting clothes away but dishes are a no go, I wouldn’t move anywhere without a dishwasher and the first thing we do is install one of a property doesn’t have one.

IhadaStripeyDeckchair · 12/01/2025 18:47

Hoovering & mowing the lawn.

Gowlett · 12/01/2025 18:47

Children’s toys. Every day!

Itsaswelltime · 12/01/2025 18:45

Moisturising body -so I rarely bother

Also can’t be arsed to clean teeth at night (don’t mind in the morning) so do around 30 to 45 seconds instead of 3 minutes. 😳

Autumndayz77 · 12/01/2025 18:45

Hanging washing to dry - hate it! Would be dishes but I have a dish washer now and don’t mind loading etc

Netcam · 12/01/2025 18:45

Autther · 12/01/2025 17:54

Endless cleaning of the kitchen. I don't iron

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oakleaffy · 12/01/2025 18:45

oakleaffy · 12/01/2025 18:41

Quentin Crisp, an inveterate slob as regards housework famously said:

''Dust after three years never gets any worse''.

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Here:...This is astonishing..Welshmen {apparently }are the worst at cleaning, with up to 4 centimetres of dust in their homes.

Those in the North are the cleanest, according to the article.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/19/homes

More than a handful of dust

New research out today reveals that three million householders have left up to 16.6 kg of dust to accumulate in their homes - equivalent to over 16 bags of sugar - due to poor housekeeping. The build-up represents a potential health hazard, causing a s...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/19/homes

Wingedharpy · 12/01/2025 18:43

Muchtoomuchtodo · 12/01/2025 18:37

Mopping the floors. No idea why I hate doing it so much but I really do. It definitely doesn’t get done daily though!

A fellow annual floor mopper here @Muchtoomuchtodo .😉

Beautifulweeds · 12/01/2025 18:43

Hoovering

MidnightBloom · 12/01/2025 18:42

I absolutely hate emptying the dishwasher with a passion. I don't mind putting things in as I like to play dishwasher jenga and see how much I can stuff into it.

Jennyathemall · 12/01/2025 18:41

Blowjobs. Honestly they suck.

oakleaffy · 12/01/2025 18:41

Sherararara · 12/01/2025 18:38

You leave 6 months between cleaning?😳

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Quentin Crisp, an inveterate slob as regards housework famously said:

''Dust after three years never gets any worse''.

FreshAirForwards · 12/01/2025 18:41

Vacuuming the stairs - aaaargh!
Ginger cat, darl purple carpet (I know! Not my choice but too extensive to replace right now), 3 storey house. It’s never ending. He also loves to shred cardboard from the recycling and distribute it around the house. I have a robot vac on each floor, but they can’t handle the stairs. It is back breaking.

blackbird77 · 12/01/2025 18:39

Brushing teeth is so boring. Drying hair even worse. Changing the bedsheets is my least favourite chore though. So tedious. Appreciate it’s not daily though.

Sherararara · 12/01/2025 18:39

Georgyporky · 12/01/2025 18:28

How do some MNers not iron anything?
Do they live in polyester, or are happy looking scruffy ?

Just naked all the time.

Sherararara · 12/01/2025 18:38

Georgyporky · 12/01/2025 18:24

Any form of cleaning, waste of time as 6 months later it needs doing again.

Never had a problem with putting away clean washing, I just do my own. I trained a 3-year-old to do it by making it a game. Just left DH's lying around - eventually got the message - although he did get the toddler to pair his socks for him.

You leave 6 months between cleaning?😳

WildestDreamer · 12/01/2025 18:38

Making lunch, every day it’s the same conversation- ‘what do you want?’, ‘I dunno’ and then around and around in circles till we give up and have another boring sandwich!

oakleaffy · 12/01/2025 18:38

Hagr1d · 12/01/2025 18:33

I've stopped ironing about 80% of clothes. Just take out the machine and give a good shake before putting it out to dry.

Yes some items look creased but I've just stopped caring that I look scruffy. I found ironing too time consuming and there are more interesting things I'd rather do.

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Cotton sheets pegged on the washing line in a bracing Westerly wind crack themselves dry and have barely a crease in them, especially if it's sunny.

Muchtoomuchtodo · 12/01/2025 18:37

Mopping the floors. No idea why I hate doing it so much but I really do. It definitely doesn’t get done daily though!