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To be angry with my Mother?

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shoneshine · 17/03/2010 17:22

Maybe Im being a tad sensitive but my parents called around today, I was halfway through cleaning the kitchen and hadnt hoovered since yday morning (kids trailed food etc) but I was just about to do it! Anyway Mum and Dad asked why I hadnt hoovered and mopped, what had I been doing this morning (phoning companies reg bills etc!). Mum said 'we brought you up right, I always hoovered your bedrooms etc' 'You cant manage can you' ?! I was really upset. I told her I`d rather read a story with my kids than be doing housework all the time, ok so it wasnt as tidy etc as it should have been but it was hardly 'How clean is your house!'. Now I feel inadequate. They are great parents and Grandparents but why should they make me feel bad just because I dont have OCD???

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slug · 18/03/2010 12:57

I herewith offer what is possibly the only piece of sensible advice my mother ever gave me.

"I learned very quickly in my marriage that a happy home is far mor important than a clean one"

Tis a maxim I live by.

shoneshine · 18/03/2010 13:36

I agree! i think I`ll get a cross stitch of that in the hallway, maybe my Mum would oblige

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