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you know you're a slattern when....

15 replies

BooyFuckingHoo · 21/02/2011 14:36

you have to check which cup is the fresh tea before drinking.

(inspired by recent events)

who's next?

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OffToNarnia · 21/02/2011 17:21

-You sniff the towels before washing.
-You know you should vacumn cos toddler 'hoovering' bits off floor.
-you have to push clutter to one side to prepare food in kitchen.
-Things fall out on your head when you open cupboards.

-You like a weeks warning before anyone comes over..
I won't go on....Blush

peeriebear · 21/02/2011 17:23

...you can't remember if you washed the oven tray or if the dog licked it clean

Catsmamma · 21/02/2011 17:25

the children know to put drink bottles back in EXACTLY the same place so the dust rings don't show.

amateurmum · 21/02/2011 17:26

...you are horrified by the kitchen when you wander in with glasses on (maybe I should start wearing them more often)

twolittlemonkeys · 21/02/2011 17:30

You can't remember when you last changed the sheets
You look after a friend's two-year-old for the day and he starts clearing up all the mess, putting stray socks in the washing machine, tidying anything in the living room into the toybox (this actually happened to me last week Blush)
You feel bits sticking to your socks when you walk across the kitchen floor.

amateurmum · 21/02/2011 17:34

... a friend's child (aged 6) explains carefully how to vacuum the car (while gazing disparagingly at the mess).

yankeelover · 21/02/2011 21:53

What Offtonarnia said Blush

ninjanurse · 21/02/2011 22:12

You idly find yourself writing your name in the dust on the window sill..
You have to wash a cup up before you can make a cup of tea... Blush

toeragsnotriches · 23/02/2011 21:58

You find the toddler eating something you know you ran out of a fortnight ago. (Shreddie. Under the sofa.)

Capreece · 24/02/2011 11:17

You eat your cereal out of a mixing bowl/oven dish/saucepan because you've run out of clean bowls...

Asinine · 24/02/2011 16:48

The window cleaner says "well that's the windows clean on the outside anyway"......

my temporary cleaner ( broken leg so have good excuse) after cleaning woodwork in hall said "how long have you lived here?" Answer 5 years... She knew I'd never cleaned it before...Blush

Stangirl · 26/02/2011 03:53

You shock the entirety of MN by confessing you change your sheets about twice a year.....

Your parents video your house to show their friends because they can't believe an adult can live in so much mess....

You can live in a flat without a kitchen for 5 years...

You don't do anything about the ceiling falling down in your kitchen for over a fortnight....

You live on a busy road with only a sheet over a plank of wood acting as a curtain for 8 years....when you're in your 30s....

Loolah · 26/02/2011 04:18

your wardrobe is empty and the clothes are just chucked in a corner of the bedroom.

Celestialstarlight · 26/02/2011 19:02

You can't find any clothes to wear because they're still all in the laundry basket or ironing pile

Ealingkate · 26/02/2011 19:07

You find your child's lunch bag on Monday to put in the new packed lunch and find Friday's half eaten one festering inside.

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