I am a domestic slut

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I love you all. Filthy sluts of the world unite and take over.

Whymummy - you posted "I soon get gangrene" - are you planning to get gangrene or is it an inevitable development of your current state ? Concerned mumsnetter ...

lol tomps,no, it was to do with having maggot cleaning wounds

Demented - I agree with you about ironing and TV. It means you can watch TV without feeling guilty AND looking very industrious!

Even if I do iron tea towels (and now that I'm hanging them out "properly", I am reviewing that!), I draw the line at underwear and ds's pyjamas!

And I HATE handwashing! My record is a jumper that lasted 2 years in the wash basket before I eventually decided to let it take its chances in the washing machine! I have a couple of cashmere jumpers, but fortunately you seem to be able to wear them on quite a few occasions before they need to be washed - they DO need to be handwashed.

And so anyone handwash bras as per the instructions?!

Janz you must be joking handwash bras I think not. I dont mind the padding getting all bumpy.

As for ironing I buy clothes that minimum effort goes into, if it is creased it goes in the dryer for 5mins. If dp needs anything ironing he gets told where to go so has adopted my trick of using the dryer.
I do clean but only the bits on show but I do clean underneath every month or so.Depends on what mood I am in.
I used to keep my home immaculate but had odd lapse days of being lazy. On these days I would always find the HV or other official would knock when it was a pigsty so I thought sod it.Cant be arsed no more.

I do have a dishwasher. Unfortunately it is still in its packing in the back room. We're waiting to rip our ugly kitchen out and put a new one in before we install it. I'm hoping that day is not too far around the corner although considering we have had the dishwasher since Christmas and still haven't managed to organise a builder it looks like it might be a little way off.

i decided to clean behind the fridge and shock,horror the back of the fridge was covered in dogs hairs,it`s like a hairy fridge,how do they get there?there was a whole alsatian stucked to it,i promise to do it more often

Whymumm - more often than what???? (imagine a smiley face as I still can't do them)

more often than......can`t remember

has everybody gone to clean?helloooooo? i think i will as ive just realised that the only bit on my desk thats not covered in 2 inches of dust is the bit where i rest my arm

Tinker - I find your post very re-assuring, thank you. At least I know I'm not the only one!

Whats the point of doing housework? it will only need doing again tommorrow. Mumsnet is far more theraputic than any form of ironing, hoovering etc.

you didnt really beleive ive gone to clean,did you?
what really p**s me off is when i go to some of my friends house and they go "oooooooh youll have to excuse the mess" and you go in and its spotless,MESS?? have they seen my floors?no, i havent either is that many toys i cant even remember if we have a carpet or floor boards,but anyway i see myself as a nanny so my job is just to look after the children,nannys don`t clean do they?so there!!

This isn't the time or place to say this but ............... I've just done the dishes. I don't know what came over me but I know it wasn't guilt.
I hate it when people say that as well and their houses are spotless. If you want mess come and visit. It's worse when you say how clean it is and they should pop round to yours to reassure themselves and then they go on about how messy it is. What a load of old twoddle.

Just remember the dust hasn't left it's just stuck to your elbow. Should someone invent wipes that can stick to your clothes so you can clean as you walk

What I want to know is where is the mum who started this thread? Surely you can't bow out now. Did you start this thread so we would all admit to our terrible habits and the fact of the matter is the space behind your cooker was actually spotless???

She's probably off polishing her door handles or something

hmmmmmmm! that would be a good idea meanmum,maybe i could make myself some overalls with dusters and just rub myself against everything

Batters - oh so close but I still think the maggots win. My opinion only mind you. Your dp obviously doesn't realise that you can open the door on the dishwasher let alone use it (when it is working) for actual domestic chores. I want to know whether he actually enters the kitchen at all.

Whymummy - you're not supposed to go off purposely cleaning things whilst they are on it's only if you happen to brush up against something. I don't want you to put in any effort. Mind you if that isn't multitasking I don't know what is.

OK, confession time. In the last month I have become addicted to a PlayStation 2 game..."The Sims". You have to feed them, and keep their houses clean...ie clean the floors and dishes, empty the bins etc etc. and then when they have earnt enough money you can hire a maid. I have spent the last month, playing this every evening, and their houses are usually quite tidy, while around me, my own home has taken on a likeness to a bombsite. It is truly disgusting.

How sad is that. At least I am tidy in a virtual world.

Ah, but Batters hasn't opened the door of the dishwasher since October - we have no idea what my be living in there!!

of course meanmum that`s what i meant!!

oh god,soupdragon,a whole maggot comunity i presume

I did arrange for a cleaner for a couple of weeks 2 years ago, before I had to stop her as it was causing too many arguments with dh (I still aspire to getting her back though - it has helped motivate me to keep the place tidy, so that I can counter-argue dh!).

She told me that my oven was so dirty that she wouldn't be able to clean it in one week - it would take a few weeks of effort!

.... and it's STILL not been cleaned!

BTW - I wasn't suggesting that I hand wash my bras - I'm just amazed that anyone does! I know the underwiring can cause problems in the washing machine, but I do try to remember to put them into a wee laundry bag before I put them into the machine.

I've lived in my house for 5 years next week. I've never cleaned the oven! My Mum cleaned it when she came to stay when dd was born (feb 2000) and MIL cleaned it when she came to stay when ds was born (feb 2002). My nice new shiny range style cooker is now sitting in the kitchen waiting to be installed so I will have NEVER cleaned my cooker.
When Mum came when dd was born, one afternoon I went for a lie down. WHen I cam e back down Mum said that she had cleaned the cupboard under the sinkas I wouldn't have been able to get down to do it when I was a heavily pregnant - didnt like to tell her it had been 2 years.
We have a slightly odd smell around the fridge at the moment but I am going to have to leave it to dh, as it makes me retch to smell it (morning sickness! A pirpose for it at last!!)