AIBU to think vacuuming is important

[christonapushbike]

DH spent yesterday helping DSD to move furniture round in her room including drawers etc that haven't been moved in 3years. They didn't bother hoovering under anything while they had the chance and so hard to reach corners remain caked in dust. For context I am the only one who vacuums her room approximately once every month (she is 17 but there is no expectation that she does it herself!) I do my best but am not moving furniture around. He doesn't seem to think it's important at all. Am I unreasonable to care about this? It would have taken 5 mins and now might have to wait another few years.

Quite! As often as that.

Does sweeping count. I sweep.up alot but vacuum less.

OK I'm glad it sounds like I'm not being totally unreasonable! For clarity I vacuum the main living space most days and my bedroom twice a week. DSK rooms would be vacuumed virtually never if I didn't go in there once a month(ish) to do them begrudgingly. I have no other need to go in there so try to avoid it. DH makes the rules for the kids (they're his) and chores aren't really on the agenda. I was much more independent at their ages (13 and 17) so find it quite hard to understand but they have a great relationship with their dad so its obviously working in a lot of ways. It would be far preferable for me if they helped around the house more but I would need to be the one pushing it and can't face it tbh

My kids hoovered their own rooms from about 14. Shame she didn’t take the opportunity but it’s her room she can live with the dust (might point out to her that bedroom dust is mostly dead skin cells and fibres).

I only hoover 1-2 per week and never actually move furniture. What I can’t see I don’t worry about! House looks fabulous so no worries here😉

No vacuuming is not important, there are no awards/certificates/badges given out - as long as its done regularly enough to be fairly clean then that's fine. If you are vacuuming four times a day then you may need to seek help. Some of us are single mums working 12 hours a day and vacuuming is a nice to have.

Vacuuming once a month is grim.
Vacuuming behind furniture once every 3 years is pretty gross too.
It literally takes a couple of minutes to pull furniture out and vacuum quickly behind furniture on a regular basis.
I’ll hope you’re not one of those people who never opens their windows regularly or only washes bedding once a season as well.

You move large things like wardrobes and bookcases to hoover behind on a regular basis? Mine are screwed to the wall, it would take bloody ages.

I’m sure most people who don’t regularly hoover behind furniture, their mattress or 3 times a day aren’t dying from some dust/crumbs related disease. Someone who hoovers 3 times a day probably has more issues than someone who hoovers once a week.

Unless you’ve got large, heavy Victorian era furniture, it’s really not that hard to clean regularly behind furniture on a regular basis. Even with attached fixtures like bookcases, there’s usually a gap between the skirting board and bookcase, and you can blow the dust out with one of those dust blower thingmabobs. Also good for cleaning out radiators. Life-changing.

God I bet you’re fun at parties 🥱