You have friends over for two nights — does the hoover get brought out at all?

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Just that really.

Curious as I always whip the cordless around when we have people over. We have a dog who isn’t a shedder but her treats can be crumbly (she often moves from her bed where she should eat them). I like the house to feel fresh. I would probably flash mop the hard floors as well but only if friends are not up/out. Wouldn’t do it in front of them for some reason.

I will probably sound nuts but I genuinely get the cordless out 3/4 times a day. I do a ten min hoover in the morning (all floors) and then just whip out the Shark for 30 seconds or so when I see a mess throughout the day. I wfh.

No, we don't throw our litter on the floor. We have 3 children, 2 cats. Our lounge joins on to our garden, so that alone, if the children are out there playing they will bring in whatever.
I don't have a fainting fit or any sort of fit if the floor is dirty, or during guests, or when the kids are playing with toys etc. I will and can wait unless it's some sort of massive spill then I'll whack it out. I tend to pull everything out and hoover behind once a week, but general going over the bits of floors you can see/are used, I do hoover around 3-4 times a day. Mop once a day, last thing in the evening.
If we're out for a day, or I'm not at home for the majority of the day, then it would be 2 times max, one morning, one before bed time/early evening along with the mop.
We don't expect you to understand, so it's ok ☺️

All the people with crumbs all over all your floors, do you wander around eating, is that why there are crumbs everywhere? I eat at a table or if having a biscuit or something away from the table I use a plate, always have done even when my children lived here, it really helps to reduce mess.

Everyone’s answers are going to depend on their household makeup. People with no children or pets aren’t going to be vacuuming and mopping anywhere near as frequently as people whose children shed glitter and rice crispies, or people with dogs which track mud and hair and slobber around. It doesn’t mean the former people are dirty or slovenly, nor that the latter are an odd minority.

I hover atleast once sometimes twice a day whether I have guests round or not.

We don't have visitors to stay over and I definitely wouldn't when someone was here for the day (baring a major mess like a glass being dropped)- except my sister but she isn't really a visitor as she is always in and out, she would probably be handed the hoover!
However even with a 2 year old I don't hoover everyday, Flat is laminate floors except carpet in bedrooms.
Robot vacuum goes on average every other day, big hoover about once a week in each room (don't tend to do the whole lot at once) and same for the speed mop on the hard floors.

I don't because cordless Hoover's are shit. Harry does a much better job so you don't have to do it multiple times a day and we're not a particularly messy household.

We hoover once a week. Maybe sweep kitchen floor twice.
But we are adults and don't drop food!

No chance.

Ah I see, this is one of those AIBUs where the op doesn't think for a second they are being U and doesn't want to hear from anyone who thinks they are! 😀

It can make guests feel uncomfortable. Just don't whip away plates as soon as they finish eating, or start to tidy the table because you've finished.

This thread in classics is amazing.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1651633-Omg-such-anality-from-pil-Come-and-share-your-anal-behaviour-stories-lighthearted?page=34

If you mean hoovering up a small area of crumbs of course I'd do it.

When you said hoover 3/4 times a day it sounded like the whole house.

My whole house gets done twice a week. Small areas get done as and when they are needed.

But we are only 2 adults in the house and even then we are out of it most of the day!

Our house gets hoovered once a week. Hoovering daily let alone 4 times a day's is bonkers.
I would probably do the weekly hoover the day before guests were due but certainly not while they were actually here.

Christ No!

Only if there was a significant mess.

Yes, I vacuum everyday - three cats and a dog here, and it's really obvious if it hasn't been done.

OP everyone thinks you are a crazy lady doing this. You cant argue your madness away. Does this matter - not if you enjoy your hoovering ritual!

I dont own a hoover.

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I'll hoover before they arrive, not while they're here.

I might vacuum four times a month. Four times a day sounds like an unhealthy fixation.

No. I probably hoover once or twice a week

Of course not, that's insane.

Plus you do know that the dog would lick the biscuit crumbs up anyway if you gave her a chance.

Before they get here and after they leave.

I only rarely get it out passive aggressively when people are here to make a point about what a mess they are making of my house.

The only time I hoovered that much was when my son was crawling and putting everything in his mouth.

Since then (and before then) - fucking hell no! I can cope with a few crumbs on the floor 😂I would feel seriously uncomfortable if my friend was hoovering up behind me. Our floors get hoovered a couple of times a week, and I'll obviously hoover up a big mess if it's going to get walked everywhere otherwise. Family of three, one small child and one cat. House is not a show home, thank god. There's more to life than housework.

If I had a dog I'd vacuum a lot more than I do now. As it is now, I vacuum before guests arrive and then only if something's dropped on the floor.