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my house is CLEAN! my fiance left for vegas yesterday morning for a convention.... so i spent the morning cleaning and getting everything straightened up and livable, well low and behold i wake up this morning and guess what? The apartment is STILL CLEAN!!!!! I always did get aggravated when he threw clothes on the floor and didnt put the dishes away, but geez... now that i am on day 2 i am realizing that he makes up a good percentage of mess that I am constantly picking up around the house !!!! :eek: ... forget this, we are starting a "new regime" the moment he gets back... its called pick up youre fricken stuff and amanda will have a better day regime!!!! |
AMEN to that sister! I spent a lot of time cleaning today and who's stuff was it??? Big Daddy's and The Boy's. HHHMMM, maybe I should ask for help next time! |
WOOOHOOO!!! Go girl! |
Oh just rub it right in that YOUR house is CLEAN and MY house is a FRIGG'N MESS! :p I'm jealous! Congrats on your clean house - and keeping it that way! I actually just recently became unemployed (I quit my job, long story) and so THIS week, that's my only goal. To get my house SPOTLESS! Now, if you have any advice on keeping it that way with men around :p |
OHHH Girls, here's my #1 House Rule: If it's left on the floor & I am cleaning then it is going in the trash! I have never seen my hubby run so fast as to when he sees me with that trash bag in hand!!! HAA HAA :rolleyes: |
My bf left a week ago and I'm still picking up the random stuff he's left all over the house! By the time I get everything put away, he'll be home again! |
I hate you, I really hate you. Just kidding. There's nothin worse when your family: 1. Doesn't even notice when you've spent about 8 solid hours cleaning every corner, and 2. drops all their junk in the living room as soon as they walk in and say, "boy am I tired from watching that ball game and cheering and stuff" |
Wow, what would it feel like to have a clean house...hmmmm...it's been too long, I can't remember. The other day I told my husband the maid wanted me to tell him to please put his towels in the laundry basket! We don't have a maid but I sure feel like one sometimes. My worst worst pet peeve is when I have to pick up socks and sneakers left under the coffee table. UGH!! |
he came back early ...... saturday night :( and guess what....... my house has stuff on the floor again :mad: i think i am seriously considering the "trashbag rout" :thumbdown |
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I've discovered that my 'threshold' for mess is so far above that of my three men, I couldn't wait them out if I tried. If I used the trash bag route, I would be the only person in the house with any belongings. My boys, ages 15 and 18, have three chores - dropping laundry down the shoot from their bathroom; bringing dishes back to the kitchen; putting trash in the trashcan (also taking out full trash and replacing bag). Other than that, their rooms are clean. If I never go upstairs, it is much better for me (scary up there). I actually quit my job last year when I decided my husband does nothing but make messes. It scares me when he does anything but watch TV fearing the mess that follows. At least now I consider cleaning up after him 'my job' and it is much easier to swallow. Luckily I still have time for my real babies :) |
I am having a really hard time with this... i think we are going to have a talk tomarrow because this is really bad... I feel, that with school (i will soon be taking 18 units!!!! :eek: ) and my fiance wants me to get another job while i am doing that (i have to take a Leave of absence from work because i need to be in school during those hours), AND i need to do volunteer work Monday Wed, Fri, as a requirement for the credential program, AND all the homework i will have to complete and tests i will have to study for, AND studying for the RICA (BIG test required in cali for a credential) .... and then cleaning up after my fiance when i finally come home???? :confused: (i dont think so :thumbdown .... we are going to really need to have a "group effort" to do all the things that need to be done around here)... oh yeah... and MY sundays are devoted to doing all of his and my laundry.... |
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I have been married a few months shy of 25 years. Good Luck is all I can say. |
Coming from someone who knows, pick your battles carefully and WIN the battles you choose to fight. It is esentially the same as potty training a Yorkie. GOOD LUCK! Remember the 6 "P"'s in Yorkie Training: PERSISTANCE - PATIENCE - PERSERVERANCE - PRAISE while avoilding the PEE and POOP |
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My house is spottless (except Rocky's toys all over the place) when my BF is out of town working, but as soon as he gets home I am picking up his clothes that he leaves out in the living room floor or bedroom floor and beer bottles that are sitting on the counter right next to the trash can. I don't think he knows what a dirty clothes hamper or a trash can is either. I get so annoyed because I am somewhat of a neat freak. I cannot not stand a messy house. When I mention that he needs to help pick up, he says I worked allday, like I didn't either. I think guy's think we are their maids or something. My BF never had to clean his room or had chores growing up, because his mom did everything for him and his dad and still does. Plus he had a maid when he lived by himself. I think I am going to get us a maid, so I can lay on my a___ all day long on my days off, like he does. |
Well, let me apologize to all of you whose men were raised to be lazy. I never thought I would be one of THOSE moms, but I find it is actually EASIER to clean up after them than to make them work. I actually thought I was so lazy I would just lie on the couch spouting orders. I will also warn you that you might do the same thing if you raise boys yourself. It is an easy trap to fall into. Be very careful! I just keep telling mine (15 & 18) that they MUST go to college, get a really good job, hire a maid and have a housewife to care for them. Surely no one woman can do all they need. I'll see how that works and update you in a few more years. |
lol...I know what you mean! |
Ok, I've been married 18 years and have 2 of the worst slobs you ever met for kids. It's taken me a long time to learn the secret to keeping my sanity: lower your standards! I've finally learned that the house is NEVER going to be as clean as I like it. My hubby is good about straightening up but he wouldn't dust if his life depended on it. I've stopped going into the kids bedrooms because it gives me heart palpitations. Tucker has more toys than my kids ever had and feels the need to drag them all out at once. I just close my eyes, and don't answer the door! |
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I totally understand where your coming from..My husband is a slob...i cleaned the house yesterday while doing daycare and it looked awesome...it looks ok today i guess but the trash near the trash can but not in it and the clothes BY the hamper and not in it AND the darn trash laying all over because he dont want to take 2 extra steps to throw it away!!!! :mad: I sometimes just want to go on strike and not do anything but than i realized it dont matter...the house would still be a damn wreck..he would just go about his day!!! OH..and when he does get an "urge" to clean he bitches because the house is mess and i tell him well, its all mostly your crap you lazy ass..LMAOhe than shuts up and goes on but it dont get better..never gets better!! :( :( So did i give you hope????? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: |
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Good Luck. Let me know if it works. I've been telling my husband this for years. I don't mind it so bad now because I'm not working in school but, I told him as soon as I started working he was going to have to do his share. Yea right he never did when I worked before. So I'm not expecting much. Like I said good luck. Keep us posted on your progress. |
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I get my so mad and my son & my husband both. They never make it to the trash can. My husband cleans his pockets out everything on my bakers rack and all he has to do is open up the door where he takes his clothes after he pulls them off and goes right by the trash can but, does he throw it away. No. Another thing that really irks me is when he does empty the trash he doesn't tie the bags he takes them to the can and I end up picking trash up out of the street after the trash runs. If he has to pick it up he fusses the whole time. Then gets mad when I tell him he wouldn't have to do that if he would just tie the bags. That that is why I buy the handle tie bags. Sorry for rambling. |
Well I have the same problem. My husband and 2 kids cant cleanup after themselves. I used to clean after them but you know what I dont anymore. Sometimes our apt is a big mess and Hubby starts complaining. I tell him look around whos mess is it, is not mine. Then my husband, son and I clean up. Some of you dont know that Im sick, so I dont work and out on dissability. Im extremetly tired 95% of the time that I dont have the energy to mantain the apt clean, even if wanted too. So I learned to let it be. My husband does help with the cooking, of course he leaves a huge mess on the kitchen. |
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