To think it is easy to keep your home clean?

[Ohwell14]

Providing you are able bodied obviously

Me 2 preschool DC, 1 Cat. Both DH and I work 35 hours a week.
6 loads of washing a week.
3 beds to change per week
1 bathroom, 1 downstairs loo to clean every day
Hoovering at least 4 times a week.
Cleaning up after breakfast lunch and dinner
Sorting, organising.
Life admin.
It all gets in the way.
TOYs, playdough everywhere. Food crumbs. So I try my best. But it’s a never ending battle that makes me want to hide in a dark corner and cry

I finally caught up with the laundry, this week, with the kids off school.

Now have a pile of uniform and my clothes to iron.

Tried to get stuck in, this morning. Managed 4 tops. Picked up the NE for ds1, so he would actually have something presentable to wear tomorrow. At that point, ds2 downed his iPad and started to try and wind up ds1. Ds1 didn't bit, with me right next to him, so ds2 gave up, grabbed the pile of ironed tops, chucked them on top of the basket of towels that had just come out of the dryer and climbed on top of them to try to get to the bread to make himself some toast.

I gave up, made an early lunch and took them out for the afternoon so the house would at least not get any more untidy.

I can do 6loads a day in a bad day.

4 beds

Uniforms

Towels (2 loads or more)

Work clothes

Gym kit (gym kit gym kit and gym kit)

Normal clothes

I don't find it easy. Not sure why. I'm a sahm and I struggle.

Also (sorry this is all spewing out) it’s Easy if tony have the money for storage and a cleaner and and and

If you don’t have the money and life is a grind then it’s hard. I don’t have storage. I can’t afford cupboards. Where am I supposed to keep the hoover?

What a load of pish! YABU.

I spend hours cleaning and tidying, my house and is beautiful for all of 10 minute when dds come home and 🌪 happens.

You have a 13yo dss, who just probably lives in his room. Easy to keep the house tidy then.

YABU

I work full time in a demanding job have 2 kids and a partner who works evenings and weekends so I am on my own with said kids and I am fucking knackered. Do feel free to judge away, since I am not sure the state of my house is your concern.

Urban living seems to bring more dust and dirt than country living

One word:

Mud.

My DS is 9 months old, I have spent the last 3 hours settling him to sleep whilst posting on MN because he’s teething and not be without me. Not, DH - me. I’ve had to put him in the bed as the second I leave he cries his tiny eyes out I also have a 4yo.

DH is cleaning and doing the house and putting 4yo to bed. I was just thinking that if I was a single Mum I’d struggle just to eat both kids to bed let alone clean. Even not as a single Mum, having kids leaves you with such little free time. So YABU.

*put both kids, not eat both kids

(They wouldn’t taste very nice, they’d probably taste of mud and vomit)

Also have a 6 week old dd who has already started sleeping through the night so spends all day awake and hates being put down

I have a 3 storey, 6 bedroom 1897 house, a job, alive , a big garden.
I clean the loos and try to keep the right side of food poisoning.

Should read a life, not alive!

When would you like your medal to be mailed out to you OP? 🥇

Yes it is, but I can’t be fucking arsed!

Also, 6 week olds are piss easy to clean around compared to toddlers. Post again in 2 years to tell us how you’re getting on.

Just stating the people I have living with me since people think I only have a 13 year old dss. I'm yet to meet a tidy teenager

What’s your point?

YABU Depends on many things;

1. Your home, size and design
2. Who you live with
3. How bothered you are about appearances
4. What other things you'd rather be doing
5. Hours spent working, cooking ect.
6. Physical fitness and energy levels
7. Interests in life, facts, knowledge rather than the mundane obsession with a peck of dust on a skirting board
8. Whether you are minimalist or not.

Personally, my Mum thinks I am a dirty bitch and is always popping round with Round up and Bleach when I'm not around and I HATE it. I hate what the chemicals are doing to our water ways and our planet. I hate what excessive consumption is doing to our resources and landfill. I hate that some people spend their lives in servitude so produce crap for the masses to benefit those who profit. I hate the unfairness of poverty and hunger and War. I abhor cruelty to children and the elderly who rely on others. I despair of unkindness and greed.

So no, I don't really care 2 fucks if my home is not up to my mother's "standards" as who bloody cares anyway if it is warm, safe and paid for and my little family are content and happy.

I had one of those hanging decorations bought for me, I don't usually like them but actually laughed at this one and have it hanging in my hall. It says "My house isn't messy, it's just that everything is on display for your viewing pleasure. Like a museum."
I am a very untidy person and I'm working on it but like a PP said I need to buy more storage and can't afford it currently.

Also. Define able bodied.

Is it only physical capability you’re counting since that’s what that phrase implies.

I'm a SAHM and never expected to struggle to keep things tidy, but I really do now that I have a baby as well as a 3 year old. The 3 year old is a tornado of chaos leaving mess in his wake, and the baby takes up so much time that I can't sort the mess until oldest has gone to bed. It's futile to fight it!

What is the point of your thread? Do you want to feel better because you're more competent at cleaning compared to other people? You're great at keeping your house clean, well done.

I hate cleaning I do what I have to , I don't ind cleaning for my DP thought and their house is spotless and I take great pride in it lol
Wth that means I don't know !

Mind !