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Least favourite household task...

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Badnewsoracle · 23/10/2022 20:15

Mine has got to be anything food related - particularly meal planning, shopping and cooking. I despise it! I'm a good cook but my god do I hate it. Unfortunately DH also hates it as well and I find splitting it very difficult - if DH plans I have no idea what recipe he's using (I have all my recipes in my head) and if I plan, I also have to shop and then DH has no idea how to cook it unless I write it down or use a recipe book to plan and shop, which takes even longer!

All other jobs I'm fairly happy to do and get a sense of satisfaction from. But not the food shopping 🙄

What is yours and why? And any tips for making it more bearable?

OP posts:
Thepossibility · 24/10/2022 11:13
  1. Getting to the end of a long day and realising I still need to put new sheets on the beds.
  2. Spending ages lovingly cooking something nutritious and the kids carrying on like I'm trying to poison them.
Badnewsoracle · 24/10/2022 22:44

FusionChefGeoff · 23/10/2022 23:00

OP - can't you just do 3 days each?? He plans and cooks for his days and you do yours?

This is going to sound absolutely ridiculous, but we hadn't thought of that! I promise you I'm a fairly intelligent person normally 😜

Ironing, I hate. But I don't do it, so it's not an issue. I have only one or two pieces of clothing that requires it, they are rarely worn!

OP posts:
Toddlerteaplease · 24/10/2022 22:57

Cleaning

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Toddlerteaplease · 24/10/2022 22:57

I don't mind ironing.

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 24/10/2022 23:05

Hoovering, though it's a lot less shit with a cordless vacuum cleaner - the whole faff moving the cord around, and it coming out of the socket or knocking something over, drives me crazy.
Changing beds
Cleaning windows.

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