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

218 replies

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.

OP posts:
PointySnoot · 12/01/2025 17:32

Doing the washing up. I hate it, so everything goes in the dishwasher. I don't even have a draining board in this house! I'd honestly rather clean the bathroom than wash up.

Magamaga · 12/01/2025 17:32

BitOutOfPractice · 12/01/2025 17:02

Yes, I think teeth cleaning is so dreary, a real chore. I have no idea why.

Drying my hair - also so so boring.

I apple air pods and listen to podcasts when drying my hair. Life changing.

JMSA · 12/01/2025 17:31

Putting away the clean laundry.
And changing duvet covers.

Devilsmommy · 12/01/2025 17:31

Mehmeh22 · 12/01/2025 17:03

Picking things up from the floor. Painful both literally and figuratively

I have a 2 year old and a bad back so I completely understand your pain😅

NotSorry · 12/01/2025 17:31

Dusting!

putting clothes away. At least it’s not just me

Ayechinnyreckon · 12/01/2025 17:31

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 12/01/2025 16:59

Ironing

People still iron?

For me it's putting away the laundry.

shellyleppard · 12/01/2025 17:28

Cooking the dinner and doing the washing up..... both monotonous jobs

caramac04 · 12/01/2025 17:28

Clearing the kitchen after preparing, cooking and eating dinner. I’ve got a dishwasher but some stuff, like the ninja pot/basket, are hand washed. I also feed the dogs, individual diets, just before I clear up so that the last thing I do is wash their food bowls. Honestly it might only take 20-30 minutes but I’d like to sit and let my dinner do down. Like dh and ds son do.

AshCrapp · 12/01/2025 17:27

Yes! Teeth here too! Fine in the morning before going out, I brush them when I do my make up, but I have to force myself to do it at night. I force myself by reminding myself that it's real depressed behaviour not to brush your teeth.

LaPalmaLlama · 12/01/2025 17:23

Cooking. Every day. Why can't we be like snakes and I can just chuck them a deer carcass every few weeks?

Notonyourjelly · 12/01/2025 17:23

All of these!
And
Emptying the dishwasher
Emptying the washing machine
Emptying the tumble dryer
And putting it all away.

X72 · 12/01/2025 17:23

Commuting

GardensBooksTea · 12/01/2025 17:21

I'm 100% with everyone who's said putting clean laundry away. Literally, I've got you clean, I've got you dry, and now you want more from me?! Argh 🤣 Hate it!

Simbaonedaythiswillallbeyours · 12/01/2025 17:17

I despise dusting. I have a large Lego collection and I recently bought a handheld hoover. Revolutionary!

Folding and putting away dry clothes usually take 5-7 working days.

Deciding what is for dinner and cooking it 12 days a fortnight

rewilded · 12/01/2025 17:17

You should read a book by Thich Nhat Hanh. The Power of Mindfulness. It will change everything. Wink

MyDeepZebra · 12/01/2025 17:14

Having to muster up a reply to some of the tedious shite and daft videos or memes that get sent to me ten million times a day on Whatsapp by people I don't really like but don't want to be rude to because I have to see them in public.

I've now resorted to just sending

😂

❤️

x

and if I'm really pissed off 👍🏻

In response.

coffeepoweredmum · 12/01/2025 17:14

Washing up. I loathe it with a fiery passion.

I resent how utterly futile it seems as usually there is more to do within an hour.

I hate the feeling of soggy porridge or scrambled egg in the saucepan 🤮

Plus my sleeves always roll down and get wet.

I cannot wait to move into a house with space for a dishwasher.

WomenInConstruction · 12/01/2025 17:14

I quite like washing up.

But utterly detest pegging laundry out on the line. Takes ages, then you have to watch the skies until it's done in case of falling wet.
But often you have to take it all in before it's dry and use the dryer anyway cos it's raining. So you've effectively done one chore twice.
Dashing out to grab it all in quick because of unexpected rain.

Urgh.
Hate it.

But I do like the smell and much prefer lounge dried clothes. I just want a servant to do it for me!!

Nugg · 12/01/2025 17:10

BingoLarge · 12/01/2025 17:05

I stand on one leg while I brush my teeth- good for balance and adds a little frisson.

🤣🤣🤣 trying this tonight. Like to live life on the edge!

Nugg · 12/01/2025 17:10

Washing and drying my hair. Absolutely bores me.

Sux2buthen · 12/01/2025 17:10

monicagellerbing · 12/01/2025 17:02

Putting dry washing away. Hate it with a passion

I have so many doom piles of washing nearly all the time.
Nothing makes me feel like I've got my shit together more than when i actually put it all away

Pumpkincarved · 12/01/2025 17:07

Dusting - it’s the chore I never have time for so there’s always dust somewhere and I’m allergic to the rotten stuff 😑

CosyAutumn · 12/01/2025 17:07

Hoovering the stairs.

KarmenPQZ · 12/01/2025 17:06

Pairing socks.

I love brushing my teeth

DaDaDoDaiDa · 12/01/2025 17:06

Brushing teeth is the thing you always do when you'd rather be in bed - either having just got up or last thing at night - which is why it's tedious.