Is everyone's kitchen as hectic as mine? (Photo)

[harlacem0507]

A little bit outing but I wanted to know if people can relate to this hectic kitchen of mine! It gets cleaned and tidied every day but most things I can't seem to store anywhere as have very little storage in my house, but honestly, does this kitchen seem 'normal' or very unorganized, messy, chaotic etc? Because I'm not sure if I'm being overly critical to myself for having a kitchen like this or I do in fact need to seriously organise it better! (The white blob is my son!) For context I have a husband and 3 children aged 13, 7 and 15 months and work part time.

Absolutely this. I have various chronic illness/pain and mobility issues and do my best to stick to a system, but on bad days it's just not possible so the tidiness levels of my home vary quite drastically. 😂I suspect I'm not alone in this. I have reached a point where I refuse to judge myself for it or feel ashamed (or describe myself as 'lazy' as a pp charmingly did), because I know I am doing my best and I refuse to apologise for my deficiencies, or to make myself ill because of housework.

You do your best that's what counts. You may have really bad days . But once they pass dust yourself down and then get back to it. As you do. No one should ever be made to feel bad during their struggles. 💐

Why the sarcy comment?.

Wow your kitchen is lovely! And far less chaotic than mine! The weirdest thing is before we moved here my previous kitchen was tiny, but it was very tidy! (Although I had two little ones) But my airer was able to go in my room upstairs which I can't do here as no room due to the ensuite. Having a larger kitchen makes it worse to keep tidy? You wouldn't think it would be a problem as I do have much more storage than the old kitchen! But I do have an extra child in this house so perhaps it's that, extra washing etc

Some people are lazy. You can’t really believe that poster was referring to you personally, surely?

Ours not only ignores the "No sitting on the Table" rule, if he thinks dinner is smelling particularly nice, he's up sitting next to mums plate giving her THE STARE whilst we are eating. TBF it turns my stomach and I shoo him off, but because Mother doesn't mind, if Im not there to shoo him he gets away with it

Why on earth would you squirt water at a cat? all you are doing is making it fear water and cats prefer to drink running water - hence many will only drink from a running tap

Also with my dreadful aim, that will just mean more cleaning as I would have water all over the kitchen

Tbh I couldn't tell if they thought I was OP or not, given that they were quoting a post I made and addressing me as 'you'.

(Hit send sooner than I meant to)

I think probably the pp read into my post that I was lazy myself and chose to be judgemental for that reason.

People have different standards.
There was a thread a while back about people not emptying litter trays and homes stinking of pet pee.

Some said they didn't gaf about what anyone thinks, and they don't have to visit of they don't like it.

Issue is when things slide, it's a slippery slope.
It's good to recognise and do something about it as OP does.

I took the photo because I was demented looking at it and knew I wanted to shame myself

If nothing else works, this would, because cats hate water. But I hate cats on tables and counter tops as it's unhygienic and gross (digging holes to cover their poo and then gaily trotting over your work tops and tables?). So, my liking and needing hygiene trumps cats hating water! And water making a mess? Yes. It will. But it's better to have a few instances of clean 'mess' than years of unhygienic 'mess'. In my opinion....

It’s not weird at all. My kitchen is small and it’s easy to keep it tidy because there’s no room to leave anything lying around!

I agree with the pp who said that it’s important to have a routine of sitting round a table to eat together and then everyone helps to clear up afterwards. I always insisted we ate together and I’ve noticed that my adult DC does the same with our DGC.

😂She can't be - the "help" would have had that kitchen sorted out in a jiffy! 😉

As I SAID
I have a chronic illness as well
Which is why I cannot afford to let it get into a mess because I wouldn't then be able to manage it!

As I SAID
I have a chronic illness as well
Which is why I cannot afford to let it get into a mess because I wouldn't then be able to manage it!

Yeah, I know you said that. And I said that I can't always manage to do the same. Don't know why you're being so arsey.

Sick of people misreading

It wasn't directed at you OP - it was in response to my cheeky observation about the middle classes. 😉

I can't read the words on the floorplan. Blurry. Can you store the bike in the entrance hall?

I dint understand why all the empty bottles and cans are still there. Is the bin in an awkward place? If rubbish and recycling went straight into a bin rather than left out that would make a big difference

@MissDeborah well, I didn't misread. Can't speak for anyone else.

That makes me have anxiety. I need my spaces cleared and I clean as I go cause it makes everything easier and takes much less time to maintain.

I appreciate cats have their own minds, but mine were fairly easily trained not to go on work surfaces in the kitchen

Why are you encouraging yours?

She said something about being middle-class upthread to another slightly sarky comment. Just made me think she was class conscious.

I'm not at all @Grammarnut . Many pages of comments earlier someone suggested that keeping your house tidy could be related to class - seriously! 😂 I don't buy into that at all (I have some posh friends and some not so who are fastidious about their homes and again, some in both groups who aren't) so I decided to make a joke about it - hence my comment about OP couldn't be middle class because there's no sight of sourdough bread and avocados in her kitchen and my follow-up to you that nor can OP be upper class because the "help" would sort out her kitchen for her. I would have thought it was obvious these were jokes, but maybe people take these things more seriously than I do. Anyway, I'll extract my tongue from my cheek and behave myself now. 😉

Well, I was joking too. Thanks for update. Suggesting class has something to do with being tidy is quite unpleasant, I guess, not to mention silly.

Similar to my kitchen. I don't have time to tidy and my younger teen makes a mess.
It gets lovely and tidy a couple of times a year when I'm off work and at home for a couple of days.

Why don't you tidy as you go along? It's much easier that way.

And tell your child not to make a mess.