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What would you put in a 'cleaning hamper'?

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CareerFuckerUpper · 26/10/2020 19:14

My goddaughter is at university and this is what she has asked at for xmas (!). I'm a total slattern in comparison so I've no idea! I thought some cute packaged cleaning things and maybe a few nice smelling incense sticks or candles but would they be permitted? What do I put them in?

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BarbaraofSeville · 27/10/2020 06:51

@Quaagars

Ooh, maybe she's a Hincher Grin

If so

  • a Minky cloth
  • Elbow Grease
  • tub of The Pink Stuff
  • a few different fragrances of Zoflora
This. If she's a Mrs Hinch fan, she won't be interested in worthy natural products, more piles of cheap harsh chemicals.

Go to somewhere like Home Bargains and see what's being pushed on the aisle ends.

Or Google 'cleaning hamper' to see that people are selling these as made up packs. Confused

vanillandhoney · 27/10/2020 07:08

@thewitchesofprestwick

I don’t understand it. At all. Do women that are into this not feel they are worth more than a basket of chemicals from the supermarket. If someone had bought me a present as basic as cleaning products as a present I’d have assumed it was a joke.
Oh, for fucks sake. There's always one.

Guess what? Some women (and men!) enjoy cleaning and tidying and get a lot of satisfaction from it. But that has nothing to do with their worth as a person. I could happily spend ages browsing the cleaning aisles of Home Bargains - is that really a problem to some people?

I find it cleaning to be very therapeutic and I love coming home to a clean house. That doesn't mean I think so badly of myself that I'm "not worth more than a basket of cleaning products".

You can enjoy cleaning and other things too. You can enjoy cleaning and have perfectly good self esteem.

I'm really starting to get fed up with all the posts on here that slag anyone off who admits to being even slightly house proud, tbh.

DoctorYang · 27/10/2020 07:10

What a miserable present. I couldn't do it even if they asked.

HellooJackie · 27/10/2020 07:12

I tend to use cruelty free products so no P&G items at all.
Aldi products are good and Astonish.
Oh and washable cloths.

Arthersleep · 27/10/2020 07:30

I would put in some white lightening cider, cheap alcopops, and a bottle of nasty vodka and a pot noodle, along with a note reminding her that she is a student!

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CareerFuckerUpper · 27/10/2020 07:34

Thank you for the more suggestions! :) I'm not house proud at all and do the bare minimum so I'm clueless, but to the people saying it's not a nice present, I know her well and she has a great social life and plenty of good friends, a lovely is active in a particular sport & is a very well balanced young woman. She just enjoys cleaning. It's not so bizarre is it?

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vanillandhoney · 27/10/2020 07:36

She just enjoys cleaning. It's not so bizarre is it?

Of course not. Just ignore all the posts designed to make you feel bad. You're getting her exactly what she wants - surely that makes you a great godparent? 😊

vanillandhoney · 27/10/2020 07:36

@DoctorYang

What a miserable present. I couldn't do it even if they asked.
Why? Do you think you know better than the person who's actually asking for the gift?
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CareerFuckerUpper · 27/10/2020 07:39

I think it would be much less nice, to ignore what she wants for a present and get something I think she should have. I'd not be happy if I asked for something and got something I didn't want instead.

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CareerFuckerUpper · 27/10/2020 07:40

Oops, my pp should read a lovely FAMILY Smile

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CareerFuckerUpper · 27/10/2020 07:41

Thanks vanilla. I wish I were like her to be honest,maybe my house wouldn't be a tip then Grin

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TheBabyAteMyBrain · 27/10/2020 07:43

Might be a bit old fashioned - white vinegar and bicarb. It's so handy for so many things.

vanillandhoney · 27/10/2020 07:53

@CareerFuckerUpper

Thanks vanilla. I wish I were like her to be honest,maybe my house wouldn't be a tip then Grin
No worries! 😊

I find on threads like this lots of people will pile on to criticise 🙄

ScrapThatThen · 27/10/2020 08:25

If you search 'cleaners caddy' you could present it in one of these so she has something neat to put it in?

MeanMrMustardSeed · 27/10/2020 08:40

This is a very depressing thread. Young woman knows her own mind and has asked for a specific gift. Posters on here think they know better and some are just bitchy. Nowhere does it say she doesn’t party, drink, socialise etc. It actually sounds to me as if she has a high level of self love - enjoying using nice products and keeping her environment clean and ordered. At uni I’d drink and dance until 3am some days and me and my mate would do a mega deep clean other days. We enjoyed both!

Maybe she would prefer to spend her limited cash on drinks at the bar and can’t bring herself to spend £3 on method products, in which case this is an ideal present idea. She’s asked for things she wouldn’t necessarily buy herself.

ittooshallpass · 27/10/2020 09:58

How depressing that she even asked for this...

Quaagars · 27/10/2020 10:07

@Arthersleep

I would put in some white lightening cider, cheap alcopops, and a bottle of nasty vodka and a pot noodle, along with a note reminding her that she is a student!
Because that wouldn't come across as being a passive aggressive judgy cow at all Hmm She ASKED for this present, so must want it. You prefer alcopops and cheap cider, what makes you think she automatically does too, or that your choices are more suitable? How do you even know she isn't drinking alcohols too, it is possible to like more than one thing at once you know!
vanillandhoney · 27/10/2020 11:32

@ittooshallpass

How depressing that she even asked for this...
Why?
BiddyPop · 27/10/2020 11:53

I would suggest (only on page 1 so someone may have suggested good alternatives) packaging in either a basin, cleaning caddy (with a handle to cart around the house) or bucket, so it’s entirely useful.

Agree with long life items like good cloths and brushes rather than wipes.

Maybe a bottle of white vinegar, tea tree oil and pack of baking soda, with a page of hints how to use these. And a spray bottle to make up own mists etc (or already filled with a lavender water for ironing or similar).

BiddyPop · 27/10/2020 11:55

For a note of frivolity (geddit?🙃), you could include a cd of music with a good beat to actively move around the house/apartment getting it clean.

Brunt0n · 27/10/2020 11:58

Ugh Mrs Hinch has a lot to answer for

BigBadBox · 27/10/2020 12:12

What style would you like? Hinch, Lakeland or eco?

jcurve · 27/10/2020 12:37

Method products
Barkeepers friend
An Oxo Goodgrips shower squeegee (makes it so much easier to keep glass clean)
Nice gloves and microfibre clothes
Viakal and Astonish oven cleaner

BinkyBoinky · 27/10/2020 13:04

Perhaps she's concerned re the Corona so just wants to have some control over her surroundings? I think a lot of people are becoming clean obsessed lately. I'm sure the young are too!

I'd suggest some natural stuff, vinegar and lemon cleaning stuff, some peppermint oil to keep away spiders, stuff that's eco friendly and non-toxic.

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