to hate truely clean tidy houses!

[lisad123isgoingcrazy]

My "friend" teased me today about my house always being cluttered I have 2 young children and a dog and my house is neither dirty or untidy, just lived it!
I have toys, paperwork and books around the house.

Her house is always spotless and everything has its place.

Drives me mad

[clam]

My house was immaculate on Tuesday. We've all been out at school/work ever since, and when I got back yesterday it looked like the god of clutter and mess had sneezed.
I opened the wine and ignored it all evening.
This morning I made A List. Kids had to pick 5 jobs each and deal with them, leaving me with the bathrooms and laundry to deal with! result. (DH is away, otherwise he'd be on My List too).
The only downside to this plan is that OCD DS is currently picking holes in slut DD's standards of clearing up! WW3 is about to break out!

[BrandyAlexander]

DD is allowed wherever she wants but at the end of every day the toys get tidied away and the hoover comes out. I like to relax in a clean and tidy house at night. I did when last week, DD who is 21 months, spilt water on the carpet in the lounge and dashed off out of the room returning 30 seconds later with a cloth and started dabbing the carpet!

[piscesmoon]

'Mr friend doens't allow her Dc's in her bedroom, sitting room or dining room unless supervised, seems at bit sad or cold to me.


That is truly sad! There is no point having a house unless it is a home-and a home for everyone.
I was highly influenced by a woman that I worked with-her DD left home when she was 17yr and she had no relationship with her-she realised too late that she had always been busy with housework when her DD was young and she then she had no DD ,but she still had the same amount of dusting.
People might die regretting they didn't spend enough time with family but I doubt whether anyone dies thinking they didn't have a tidy enough house!

[BeenBeta]

SmileyPeeple - no match making. They do homework/play on computers and practice piano in their work room. It opens on to the kitchen where we spend most of our time.

"Mr friend doens't allow her Dc's in her bedroom, sitting room or dining room unless supervised, seems at bit sad or cold to me."

Yes thats the rule in our house too.

I am genuinley shocked at how people allow DCs just to make a mess in every room. I think it is antisocial. Parents have some rights too.

[LookToWindward]

I find that 'lived in' tends to be a euphemism for 'shit hole'.

[lisad123isgoingcrazy]

My house is NOT dirty, just to be clear .
Toys are all put away at end of the day and there are very few toys in the DDs room so they dont play up there. The toys are in the conservatory, and so my livingroom in the evening looks great but during the day the girls do brong there toys into the livingroom which i dont mind at all.
The house small but homely.
There is piles of clean washing on the kitchin side ready to put away

I admit I would love a spotless house but never has happened since we had children :(

Im shocked that children arent allowed in certain rooms, surely its there house too! Antisocial really? surely its more antisocial to ban children from rooms

[Lynli]

My house is always tidy. A place for everything and everything in its place.

We have got into the habit of putting things away, coats in coat cupboard, shoes in shoe cupboard, key on hook.

It is a lot less work that way.

My DS is obsessionally tidy, people say there is something wrong with him, if there is I am not going to cure it.

My neighbour runs around her house looking for the DCs shoes every morning, because they leave them anywhere they like, I just think she is making life harder for her self.

Within reason everyone should do what they are happy with.

[nannynobnobs]

How can you not let the children in the living room though? It's where we look at books, watch DVDs, do sewing, play cards, eat popcorn...

[WoTmania]

YANBU - My house is homely, my mother is always making remarks about it and offering to tidy up (she once turned up at the door with a basket full of cleaning products ). Drives me insane. Her house is spotless and neat and she seems to feel this puts or on some kind of moral high ground. I think she really doesn't understand that I like my house as it is and don't secretly long to have it in the state hers is in.

[SmileyPeeple]

I'm mid level too adverse.

My house is clean (cos I have a cleaner)

And immaculate at least once a week (cos it has to be for the cleaner)

And the living room is tidied each evening before we settle down to relax.

But still I'm fighting an ongoing battle against post, homework, pictures that children insist they are still in the middle of, dens that apparently have to utilise every cushion and pillow in the house, Dh's briefcase/laptop/files from work, ironing form the ironing lady that needs putting away, things that need to be recycled....etc etc we accumulate faster than I can tidy basically.

I do keep on top of it but 'immaculate' lasts for about 10 minutes at a time I'd say.

[motherinferior]

I really could not bear to follow my children round the house 'supervising' them in the rooms they weren't supposed to go into.

How on earth would I get the chance to, you know, sit and read a book? Or go on MN? Or putter around the kitchen creating something nice to eat?

Or indeed, given that I'm freelance, work?

[Dolittlest]

My house is quite cluttered and messy most of the time. It looks reasonably good after the cleaner has been, but it descends into mess and chaos within two days.

I'd love a tidy house, but with two under five and both of us working, it ain't gonna happen any time soon.

Ach well.

[misdee]

my house is clttered but clean.

some days i groan inwardlys when i see the dog fluff building up in corners (i vacumn daily, but have labradoodles who are midst-coat change atm), the plates waiting to be washed, the laundry. but know that by the end of the day, all it will take is 15mins to chuck toys back in the boxes, load the dishwasher, and vacumn.

its the piles of paperwork which i dont kno what to do with.

[misdee]

and lol, i dont have enough rooms to restricts te kids to certain rooms. would love an adult-only living room though. not a rude one mind you lol.

[HystericalMe]

YANBU so long as it doesn't get this bad:
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[BeenBeta]

nannynobnobs - popcorn in a living room!?

You are joking aren't you?

[misdee]

my living room floor has pringle crumbs on it atm. dogs are about to do their job and lick up as much as possible then will crack out the vacumn.

[Joolyjoolyjoo]

Oh, I strive for a clean tidy house. It feels like painting the Forth Bridge, though, in here. I find I am constantly tidying little bits at a time. Sometimes I get a room looking perfect then I turn round and the little darlings have turned a different room into a bombsite.

I kinda get the no kids in certain rooms, though. I don't like my children in my bedroom when I am not there- they have no need to be in there, there are no toys there, and I have already caught ds (3) going through my drawers and trying to help himself to my contraceptive pills. It was also fairly mortifying when I bought a vibrating penis ring as a joke, only to find ds wearing it on his finger So I prefer them to keep out of our room, tbh, (unless it's for a cuddle in the morning) They also have a playroom with a tv/ dvd/toys aplenty/ playdough/ whatever, and I prefer not to have them drag all their stuff into the living room, as I do like to be able to sit and relax in the evening, and it's hard to feel truly relaxed with a stegasaurus up your arse and playdough between your toes

[DuelingFanjo]

people without 'stuff' are weird.

[SuePurblybiltByElves]

My house is not clean but it's clean dirt. I have a very outdoorsy life, live in the country and have a hairy dog. I clean all the time but he sheds, tracks in mud, I garden and wander in - mud or grass clippings or whatever everywhere. I also have millions of books and baskets full of junk and projects on the go and half-read books and - you get the idea .

I know people who own nothing but a plasma but live with dirty nappies and old cups of coffee in the corners of the room for hours. I'd rather the good honest mud.

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

BeenBeta not so easy to keep rooms just for adults when you only have 4 rooms in your entire house though

My house is usually fairly clean and tidy though, the bookshelves are cluttered but I try to keep other surfaces fairly clear. Just don't look in any of the cupboards

[PandaSmells]

My mums motto was that only boring women had immaculate homes. I used to think it was funny but now she's getting older she's more slovenly than ever.

My house has child clutter - but it's always clean!

[rosieposey]

We moved into our lovely 3 storey 4 bed house last December. Before i moved in i thought 'oh shit' thats a big house to clean... and i was right! I aspire to the shabby chic white scandanvian look but right now its just not happening.

We have three teen DD's two of whom are ok at picking up after themselves but the youngerst is literally Kim and Aggies nightmare. I rarely go up to the top floor as i consider it 'their space' but on the occasion that i do i have to spend a day cleaning it.

I also have a 21 month old DS who isnt too bad compared to the teens. I cant bear a spotless house that seems souless and uncomfortable and whilst i love interior design and everything in its place with 6 people here it probably isnt gonna happen (and im a SAHM!) I never get judgy if someone elses place is cluttered, its up to them - DH has just finished repainting the kitchen white and we've only been here 11 months - how does everyone else keep their paintwork clean i'd like to know?

[rosieposey]

Scrap the above 4 bed -its a 5 bed with 3 en suites and a main bathroom but its still a bit 'lived in' looking