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Choclabratwatowner88 · 18/09/2025 22:41

do you really despise.
for me it’s peeling potatoes, no idea why just always hated it, usually my mum does it but I forgot to remind her before she went to work and had to do it myself. Just irritates the hell outta me 🤪

not a fan of bringing in washin off the line or u loading the dishwasher 🫠

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Theyreeatingthedogs · 19/09/2025 00:36

I quite enjoy ironing, putting clothes away, emptying & filling dishwasher, cleaning bathrooms, cooking, hoovering, dusting, laundry & cleaning kitchens. I get a sense of satisfaction from doing them. With every pore in my body I hate pulling WEEDS. Not the ones in the soil by the bastard WEEDS between slabs and lock block. Absolute bastards!!!!

MeAndMyGhost · 19/09/2025 04:54

Washing and drying my hair.

It's not even that long, I just hate the faff of it all in the mornings.

snemrose · 19/09/2025 06:04

Making pack ups. I taught the dc to do it from a very young age because I hate doing them so much.

Peeling any veg. I prefer to eat with the skin on rather than peeling them 🙈

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 19/09/2025 06:12

Putting the washing up on the clothes horse in a small bathroom
Pita and hate it.

AutumnLover1989 · 19/09/2025 06:17

Grating cheese,but the ready grated stuff is awful 😔

Fruitlips · 19/09/2025 06:17

Changing bedding on high beds

Devilsmommy · 19/09/2025 06:18

MeAndMyGhost · 19/09/2025 04:54

Washing and drying my hair.

It's not even that long, I just hate the faff of it all in the mornings.

This is one of the reasons I now have a pixie cut😂

For me it's emptying the bin. Especially when it should have been emptied way before. I'm looking at you DH 😡

GreatWesternClusterfuck · 19/09/2025 06:21

I hate peeling potatoes too, because I once accidentally peeled off a chunk of my finger too!

MouseCheese87 · 19/09/2025 06:21

Opening a tin of tuna that hasn't got a ring pull. Stupid fiddly tins and fish water splashing everywhere.

MouseCheese87 · 19/09/2025 06:21

Opening a tin of tuna that hasn't got a ring pull. Stupid fiddly tins and fish water splashing everywhere.

Fruitlips · 19/09/2025 06:21

Peeling shallots

PestoHoliday · 19/09/2025 06:31

Cleaning the house. All of it. I loathe it.

I don't mind admin, cooking, loading and unloading the dishwasher, pegging out washing or sorting it, putting the groceries away, or pet care

But needing to brush, mop, hoover, dust etc just fills me with despair.

Mikart · 19/09/2025 06:34

Most of these jobs my dh does and enjoys. He loves cleaning especially the bathroom and emptying the dishwasher ...so I let him. I though love ironing.

Fruitlips · 19/09/2025 08:14

PestoHoliday · 19/09/2025 06:31

Cleaning the house. All of it. I loathe it.

I don't mind admin, cooking, loading and unloading the dishwasher, pegging out washing or sorting it, putting the groceries away, or pet care

But needing to brush, mop, hoover, dust etc just fills me with despair.

Bloody hell that must make life hard!

BoredZelda · 19/09/2025 08:25

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 23:31

Not exactly a mundane task but I really despise anything admin related. I live in the bureaucracy capital of the world, aka France and I find it really draining to have to keep every single last scrap of paper ever given to you since birth or preferably three generations before that and be able to produce it at a moment's notice for a bewildering array of government offices, all of which contradict each other.

I was one of those people who could hardly be counted upon to have a biro and a rough book about me at school although I seem to have survived since.

I can't take to any kind of paper, envelopes, forms, slippery plastic wallets with documents in, folders, ring binders, the dreaded fluorescent marker pen.

Maybe we can cut a deal here. I'll do anybody's ironing or stair hoovering if they could organise the sideboard of chaos which may or may not contain all my horrible paper stuff.

I love sorting a cupboard! So does my teenager.😆

BoredZelda · 19/09/2025 08:27

maudelovesharold · 19/09/2025 00:22

Another here who hates emptying the dishwasher…but I love loading it! I also hate making sandwiches, but like doing rolls. Rolls feel so much easier. It defies logic!

I decreed myself the filler of things in the house. Gave everyone else the task of emptying things. I’ve stuck to my part of the bargain, they have not.

PestoHoliday · 19/09/2025 08:37

Fruitlips · 19/09/2025 08:14

Bloody hell that must make life hard!

What can I say, I live in a tip.

Shayisgreat · 19/09/2025 08:42

Planning what to eat - just shoot me now!

Fruitlips · 19/09/2025 13:43

PestoHoliday · 19/09/2025 08:37

What can I say, I live in a tip.

That sounds…. Unpleasant

BadActingParsley · 19/09/2025 13:59

I like cooking, I enjoy cooking for other people - but the day to day grind of feeding me and DH every day for ever more...ugh.

mondaytosunday · 19/09/2025 14:01

Changing the bed. I hate putting the fitted sheet on and forget about the duvet cover! Used to be my late DH’s job. I even bought a coverless duvet for summer (I just cover it with a snuggly soft cover for winter). I put it off as long as I can.

BlueEyedBogWitch · 19/09/2025 14:02

Putting shopping away.
Cleaning windows.
Cleaning bathrooms.

CoodleMoodle · 19/09/2025 14:03

Another one for putting the washing away. Don't mind doing it, drying it, folding it... then it sits in the basket for days and days making me feel guilty! Or I have to start digging through it for school uniform. That usually pressures me into putting it away.

I put six full loads away on Sunday, as I end up doing most weekends. Tedious and irritating, every time. Does it make me change my ways? Nope!

Themaghag · 21/09/2025 00:26

Anything food related - buying it, preparing it, cooking it and clearing up the subsequent mess. I really resent the time it takes and the fact that it has to be done every bloody day.

Fruitlips · 21/09/2025 06:09

I love doing so many of these tasks, yes I’m a weirdo.

But I DREAD changing the bedding on my son’s high bed.

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