To ask if you grew up in a clean and tidy home?

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Apparently your more likely to be clean and tidy if you were.

Yup. My mum was a traditional housewife and she kept the house and gardens immaculate.

We have a clean and tidy house. Not obsessively so, but there’s no clutter, dust or grime.

I did and mine is clean and tidy. I have a 2 an 5 year old (single parent) but everything is tidy and clean before I go to bed. It's very important to me that my children grow up in this environment.

Messy chaotic home growing up. I still struggle but my home is tidier than my childhood home was. Since retiring my DP have become complete neat and tidy clean freaks, so it must have been lack of time and energy.

No, and not really, but working on it. This is hindered by having a husband who doesn't like to get rid of things. Currently getting him involved in decluttering the kitchen after having a new boiler fitted which feels very satisfying

Yes I did, even though there were 6 kids. I'm reasonably clean and tidy, not overly though

Yes but a house was different decades ago, it was a home so didn't look like the gleaming , spotless, shiny models of today.

My house was gleaming, spotless and shiny when I was a child, 35 years ago!
(ETA it was also a lovely home, as is my house now)

I'm talking about the 1970s and 1980s, a house would be clean and tidy but didn't have that effect of sparkling due to the style and materials.

Yes I did.
Mine (a lot smaller and older, plus full time working which is different to my DM) is a perpetual struggle. I'm naturally very untidy. Love it when it's done, though, and I do keep trying!

My house growing up was always a mess. Really untidy, cluttered, not very clean.
I’m the complete opposite. My house is super clean and tidy. I remember how embarrassed I used to feel when people came over when I was young and there’s no way I’d want my kids to feel that way.

No it was dirty and untidy and every single day I struggle to keep my home halfway decent.

How do you keep it clean all of the time? Just have less toys and less stuff? Or work part time? Or just not spend with kids and clean clean clean?

Nope. My mum was a single mum and had three jobs to keep a roof over our heads. It was a tip.

My house now is very clean and tidy and when I go to my mum and stepdads it makes me anxious just seeing the mess their house is (not the same one I grew up in, the mess came with them when they moved).

I hate an untidy house it really triggers me! I don’t judge though as I know it’s bloody hard work keeping on top of it. I just can’t live in untidiness for my own sanity. I’m not obsessive about it however.

How to keep a clean and tidy house?

train your kids to tidy up after themselves
have a place for everything and make sure things get put back
have less stuff
never leave a room empty handed
reset a room after you’ve left it
organised mum method or similar for keeping on top of the cleaning in 30 minute bursts.

Basically, little and very often. Decent storage and remember whatever you bring in to the house you’re going to either have to get rid of or have forever. Makes you think twice about what you buy!

Yes, both my parents are very house proud. House was (and still is) always immaculate, clutter free, everything in its place, garden is gorgeous and well maintained, paint always seems fresh, interiors never dated etc. I am also very neat and tidy and my home always clean but I do find the clutter hard to keep on top off with young children and a husband who has too many tools and gadgets that are rarely kept in their place. I love going to my parent's home because no matter what time or day you call in it's spotless and lovely, they both really look after it and enjoy their home.

Grew up in an absolute shithole and now my own house is clean and tidy!

Yes, always clean & tidy, but not stiflingly so.

we were allowed to play, build dens, have Lego/puzzles/games/train sets left out out etc. but there wasn't any adult 'mess' as such like a pile of paperwork). But if a 'project' was 'on the go' then that was 'out' (like knitting, sewing etc or if my Dad was doing something. The one I remember in the house (rather than the garage) was when he was learning various rope knots. But my parents were both very tidy with that sort of thing. It would be in a tray or in a bag etc.

Every other day? I’m sorry but that’s horrible.

My mum was and is a clean freak , my house is nowhere near her cleaning standards and gets m say mid week . It’s by no means awful but it’s not a show house and honestly I prefer it this way as I used to hate the feeling of not being able to mess up anything while growing up .

No I didn't I grew up in a messy hoarded home and I've ended up the same. I've autism and ADHD diagnosed as an adult and I would say my mum has the same but undiagnosed

Yes, but I always felt able to have friends round. One friend’s mum kept such a pristine house, we were never allowed in. My house is definitely clean, not always tidy, but always welcoming. Isn’t that what matters?

Yes we did. Very clean. We didn’t have fancy furniture or carpets etc ,not even a fridge until I was in high school. However my mum kept a spotless house. She didn’t work until I went to school and only part time until I went to high school, so it was a very different scenario to maybe two parents working all day! My mum still baked her own scones. Oatcakes etc for years. It was cheaper.Clothing was only replaced strictly when needed and living in Scotland the main clothing budget was spent on outdoor clothing. Sometimes the coats were second hand although my school gaberdine was bought new and paid off on an account. Worthwhile adding ,it was too big when I got it so it would last.Then it looked like a mini coat after two years of wear. lol.

Yes I did and my home has always been clean and today.

Yes I did. I am clean and tidy. I have a Labrador and a 1 year old - and once in bed. This house gets put to back to show room clean/tidy/neat.

it’s gets a super cleaned and tidy when my mother visits… I really like it this way but I won’t like it is exhausting no wonder she was always frustrated with us as kids!

Yes I did. It was clean, tidy and loved. But, it was also cluttered. I am now clean, tidy and very much allergic to junk. (And dreading the day when I inherit said junk).