AIBU?
to be horrified at the state of my floors...
Clary · 29/05/2011 23:17
...when they hadn't been hoovered for two days?
I hoover downstairs every day (it's only four rooms even if you count the hall and takes 7 mins, I timed it once ) but the other day I was busy early eve with the kids, then had an evening class, then had another job to do after that and one way and another I left it.
Never mind, I thought, lots of people (so they tell me) don't hoover every day.
Woah! by the next evening it was so dreckig and icky I couldn't believe it! Are my family just really really messy (quite possibly)? Or are other people walking around in mess? Or do you all hoover every day too and I need to calm down? 
BeerTricksPotter · 29/05/2011 23:18
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Vallhala · 29/05/2011 23:23
You don't win.
Sorry.
I have 2 messy teenagers.
Plus cats.
Plus a Labrador... and a short haired German Shepherd... plus a long haired white German Shepherd...
plus a brown rug in the sitting room.
If I don't hoover at least 3 times a day I swear my DDs will get taken away by SS. I could knit a new dog out of the fur my Dyson collects!
DontCallMePeanut · 30/05/2011 04:39
This makes me realise that my DB and I must have been exceptionally clean children... Mum used to only need to hoover once a week... Twice, tops.
My DB has the same standard, but then he treats his house like a show home uses the conservatory as a playroom, and the kids can't take toys into the dining or living room... I need to hoover every day, if DS isn't at nursery.
ShuffleBallChange · 30/05/2011 06:56
My floors are looking decidedly mucky today so I will be hoovering soon. I normally do it 2- 3 times a week and get out the dustpan and brush and/or antibacterial wipes inbetween. I have a very messy DS1 aged 5 and DH aged 41 . Ds2 is an angel, he makes no mess on my clean floors at all, he is only 5 months though...............
thriceaaka · 30/05/2011 07:13
Many yrs ago, when I had a toddler and a new-born, an old school friend who was in the final stages of GP training, visited. She asked if I cleaned (mopped) my kitchen floor every day (no idea why! probably because toddler spent much of her time rolling around on the floor). My answer? ? Do I heck! It's lucky if it gets cleaned once a week. I did sweep/wipe up obvious gunk such as dropped food, but floors do not need to be 'hygenic'. They're for walking on, for pete's sake! Creamola is right. There are several more million things to think about/do every day than worry about how clean your floors are. BTW, my children have always been exceptionally healthy.
Scholes34 · 30/05/2011 09:59
Don't hoover or clean the wooden floors very often - one a week tops. Dust is easier to pick up when it comes in clumps . . . and it's so much more satisfying cleaning something that REALLY needs cleaning. Also have very healthy children and don't tend to use anything "anti-bacterial".
rubyrubyruby · 30/05/2011 10:03
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Clary · 30/05/2011 23:24
Don't worry ladies, I am not worrying about this...I was just shocked at the floor the next morning after 36hrs un hoovered.
I didn't do it that morning tho, I left it till the evening 
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It always amazes me when people post "you ought to have something better to sorry about"
Liking your tip re residual dust Bonsoir... (tho it sound slike a good reason to hoove ronly twice a week to me 
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