SICK TO DEATH of tidying up!

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Anyone else?

It seems constant. Seriously, how many hours of life do women lose to cleaning????

mess makes my skin crawl so it’s not even like I can just ignore it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Well I don't do it. Don't put things down put them away is my mantra. My husband was far tidier than me so any mess was mine or the kids, and now they are teens aren't so messy (their bedrooms aside but I don't go in there).
Get a cleaner if you can afford it.

Snap. X

I feel you op

Sometimes i feel like throwing it all away

Purge it and get rid....i have a friend staying for a few months...brings home plastic cupcakes and fridge magnets daily....i put them in charity shop every week.....slowly....!!!....i have a ruthless chuck out soon....cant wait...!!

I am paying out £400 a month in school fees so I’m unable to get a cleaner as well.

I’ve tried ignoring the mess but I just can’t do it. I can’t help but clean because if I don’t clean I can’t focus in a messy environment

I try my best not to hoard crap in drawers any more. DH was always tidier than me but I hate any sort of mess now

The thing is, I’ve tried having a clear out but it doesn’t work. We need everything but don’t have space for it as I live in a flat.

what I need is, a large house with a place for everything 🙂 I wish!!

Nope

I have a large house. Your crap just multiplies

How about a cull into a storage unit for anything you don’t need all the time, but need to keep?

I hear you OP!

We were out for the day and I put a load of washing on and hung it out before rushing out later than planned. There is always something; laundry, hoovering, cleaning bathroom and kitchen, dusting, clearing dining table where odds and ends are dumped. It does not stop and I nearly had a melt down this morning.

We cannot justify hiring a cleaner every week. It really is crap sometimes, I often feel tired snappy and tearful as I am either prepping or doing.

The only answer is to have less stuff and to tidy as you go.

I feel your pain, I really do!!! 😩😩😩

I’ve tried this, I have a major clear out every so often only to realise that all the stuff I’ve pulled out of the cupboards we actually need.

anyone else ever think fuck it, and throw loads of crap out, only to realise shortly after that you. Needed the crap?

Please ignore my typos I’m tired, just finished cleaning!!

Are you doing the cleaning as efficiently as you might? Eg, don't dust with cloths, use the brush attachment on the vac. A steam mop for hard floors is quicker than a sponge mop and the floor dries quicker. If the kids are untidy, throw the stuff into a bin bag in a cupboard for them to sort. Eliminate knick knacks and worktop clutter. As you say, everything needs a proper home - do you need more/better storage?

My kitchen side is almost totally empty as I really hate clutter.
I am a good cleaner it just seems that we have too much stuff that we can’t actually get rid of because it’s needed. Very frustrating.

The easiest homes to keep clean are definitely the emptiest ones.

Does anyone set a limit on the number of outfits they have?

I think my main issue is saving things for the younger dc (we have 6!) So like we currently dont have a toilet training dc but will do later this year so i have kept the potty / toilet steps etc from the last potty trainer. I know those arent massive things but its lots of bits like that which we will use in the next couple of years!

Redhooded1
I too have empty kitchen surfaces as I cannot abide by clutter. I also ensure entrances to rooms and rooms are kept clear. It makes a difference to have essential items only in each room, particularly as we have a small tiny home.

Yes saving things must be difficult as you have to save them for ages!

@Lovinglife45 yes i agree, essential items only in a small home!

Anyone have a husband that helps with the housework?

i read a while ago, that working women are still doing all the cooking and cleaning. So paying the bills and doing the chores, I thought we had made progress

No we definitely haven’t made progress! Myself and most of my friends still do the majority of cooking, cleaning, sundry, shopping and childcare whilst also working (albeit part time in my case). It truly sucks! I’m determined to raise my sons to see housework as everyone’s job. They haven’t the best role model in their dad though!

Sundry? Laundry! Mumsnet really needs an edit button!

I have a husband who does not 'help' with housework, he does his share. It's jointly done, not my job, with him 'helping.'

These are my exact feelings as well!
There never seems to be a time where someone could drop by unannounced and my house would be show ready!) Currently there's ironing piled high in the dining room, kitchen counters are a mess, kids rooms have crap everywhere because everything "is very important"
I have to have an operation next month and I'm already dreading the post operation mess at home because I have to rest for four / five days after

Totally agree that he isn’t helping he’s doing his part. However, it’s still seem that way and that is the problem.

Just like when men ‘take care of the kids to help the mum.’ Absolute joke.