What are your unwritten house rules ?

[cakeorwine]

Need to go to the shops but the washing machine is on. I don't want to pause it and one of the unwritten house rules is "Don't go out when the washing machine is on"

So I've had to wait until it's finished. Luckily it's a short wash so not too long.

What are your unwritten house rules?

I can't imagine how much time it wastes not going out when the washing machine is on.

Shoes off at the door. (Doesn't apply to guests.)
All arrivals and departures have to be announced. (Can't bear not knowing who is in the house.)
Cups and glasses must be put on coasters

No devices at the table.
Weekend lunch is at 1 no matter how sleepy/hungover you may be.
If you drive one of the cars it must be left with at least 1/4 of a tank of petrol.
No talking to people on your PC after 11:30 pm.

As you might guess, I have a house full of teens/young adults.

When the dog has been fed, you tell the other person and make sure they have taken on board (house of ADHDers) or send a text if they are still asleep.

The dog is a very convincing liar.

Its threads like these that remind you just how secretly weird people are.

Cats are not allowed out when it’s dark or raining.

if DH is making himself a cup of tea he has to make ne one too (& vise versa).

Me neither! 😂😂

Yup we have this rule too. Luckily we have two cats & each has claimed either me or DH as their slaves so it’s pretty equal

No food in bed, no shoes inside, no TV hanging off any walls.

If you finish a loo roll put the cardboard in the bin.

Don't leave crockery, glassware and cutlery in your room. (Teenager)

Clean up the table after dinner. (Teenager)

Whomever gets up first feeds the cat 😺.

For some reason the idea of all these washing machines going wild because they're unsupervised is really making me smile.

Our machine takes about 3 hours each time, we can't just stay in with it!

No shoes in the house because shoes are disgusting

Some mugs are for water and juice, others are for tea and others are for coffee (yes I have a million mugs)

Wash your hands before doing anything else when you come home

@ChocHotolate that's our house rule too! No bare bottoms on the sofa!

I have a 20 minute quick cycle on my washing machine. It does OK for most things if not filthy.

Am I disgusting?

Don’t vote Tory

These…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T58D467HagM

I'm very careful to do this, whole filter comes out and gets a regular rinse.

Perfect!

Ours are quite basic, just me and an 18 year old so it's pretty much don't be too messy

Until it's not.

there are a LOT of house fires caused by washing machines going rogue.

I don't really think we have any except for no shoes on carpet which DH and dd regularly ignore anyway.

Also the dog's bed is her safe space. Just to keep DD from bothering the dog all the time.

Oh yes this for us too 😄

No real rules here except no farting in front of each other

@Hardlyworking

i don't have current statistics to disagree. But I'm pretty sure the risk was higher when I looked into it, and the fire brigade say it's a big risk.

anyway I work more on the fact it's only a bit inconvenient, compared to my house burning down, so I'm ok just not leaving it running when I'm out.

Each to their own I suppose.

NO BARE BUMS ON THE SOFA

No electronics whatsoever in bedrooms, even phones.