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. I would think it rude to be cleaning around friends, to be honest.

It's likely to make people uncomfortable - to me, it slightly passive aggressively suggests they are 'messing your house up'. I don't think it's great hostessing.

Clean up when they are gone. You can leave cleaning for two nights when you've got visitors, surely?

I'd hoover before they arrived, but not once they were there.
If they were staying a week I might hoover once (but depends on whether it needed it).
I can't believe you hoover 3/4 times a day, that seems excessive.
(I don't have kids or pets though).

I would imagine so, with wood floors, kids and animals there is often bits to hoover up. Our hoover definitely comes out at least twice a day for a spot clean for downstairs but it's cordless and it's a less than 5 minute job just to whip it over the crumby bits

Upstairs definitely not, that's lucky if it sees a once a week hoover but it doesn't look as messy.

My grandparents were like that. I didn't enjoy visiting them. It always felt like the house being immaculate was more important than us all being there together and having fun.

Yes but we have pets and it can’t be left really. I just whizz round with the cordless shark and it’s less than 5 minutes once a day.

No, it wouldn't occur to me. I only hoover through once a week though and that's only downstairs. I do upstairs about once a month 😏

Wooden floors and I run the hoover over them at least three times a day. Can't relax if the house isn't spotless.

OP has a cordless which are easy to whip out and whip round with.

It's not like dragging out a big arse Henry round everyone's legs 4 times a day.

OP - i have a 'big arse Henry' and i drag him round every morning. If there was a bitty mess on the floor (ours are wood too and it does show all the bits in the light of the windows) while guests were round i'd sit there waiting for the right moment to drag him quickly out and bung him away again 😂

So yes, he might make an appearance mid day.

I need a cordless but can't bring myself to buy a decent one.

Good grief no. I think it’s rude to clean with guests over, and would be really uncomfortable if someone did while I was at theirs.

Blimey, I have a cordless and it's lucky if it's done 4 times a month

What's rude about cleaning up mess?

We have four animals - daily vacuuming is pretty essential unless all the guests are happy to sit on a blanket of fur.

Yes I would do if they were my friends it wouldn't matter they'd be comfortable with that and if were really close I'd probably whip it out for them (ffs read this in context 😂)

I would assume anyone who hoovered their house four times a day was either incredibly boring - is there really nothing more interesting for you to fill your time with? - or had an actual psychological issue. That is a ridiculous amount of time to spend cleaning, or even to spend thinking about cleaning. Read a book! Watch the news!

If there are guests in the house, hoovers should only come out if there's been an actual spillage that needs cleaning up. There's no good reason otherwise.

Do you mean while they are sitting there?

not my dog, she turns her nose up at chicken if not in the mood. I regularly chuck away half eaten treats as she only likes fresh ones out the bag. Yes, I’ve spoiled her but she’s wonderful so I don’t mind

4 times a day is madness!

If I were your guest and I heard you hoovering when I was upstairs I'd feel very uncomfortable. I'd also worry that you thought I was messy and that me being there was such a hinderance that you had to get the hoover out every few hours.

It really isn't a healthy way to spend your days.

We have a toddler and an indoor rabbit. The hoover just comes out when it's needed, regardless who is visiting.

Far from boring 🤪 and if you were to ask my children, they'd say I'm a fun mum/person. ☺️
Also, I'd much rather run the hoover round 3-4 times over the course of a day than watch a pile of crap that happens to be the news, that just reminds us of all the drama, evil people and wars in and around the world.

If there are guests in the house, hoovers should only come out if there's been an actual spillage that needs cleaning up. There's no good reason otherwise.

What about cleaning up pet hair? It's not a "spillage" but is absolutely necessary when you have lots of animals in a house.

Labour-saving devices (washing machines, vacuum cleaners, electric irons etc) were invented to lessen the time spent doing housework. It seems like a lot of women just use them a lot more and spend exactly the same time on housework that women did in the 1930s!

'I can't rest if the house isn't spotless' and 'I use the handheld hoover 3 times a day' said no husband ever.

Mu total hoovering time rac hey can’t be more than 20/25 mins a day. This “you’re wasting your life hoovering” isn’t exactly true.

Being generous, that’s over 5 days a year spent hoovering. What a waste of a life.

Tbf, the amount of times I need to visit the toilet due to needing a wee or with my IBS, probably spend more time there than I do hoovering. And I'm probably one of those that spends 5 days a year hoovering.
We're happy. Let us hoover, and "waste our life" 🤣😂

'I can't rest if the house isn't spotless' and 'I use the handheld hoover 3 times a day' said no husband ever.

Exactly this.
To those women that require their house to be "spotless"at all times, what would happen if a few crumbs were left on the floor? How would it make you feel? Would you prioritise cleaning it up over other things eg talking to or playing with children? If a mess occured when you were shortly going to leave the house would you have to clean it up even if it meant you being late? ( Obviously not talking about a spill of liquid that could cause damage, but eg some crumbs or bits of leaves that came from outside or a clump of pet hair).
Can't get my head about feeling like my house should be hoovered and mopped 3 or 4 times a day.

I would think you thought I was really messy if I heard the hoover downstairs every day. If you did it when I was in the room, it'd be so awkward. I'd probably not want to eat much in the house for fear of leaving crumbs.