Comments on: #65: Screw the Housework

By: CS

CS — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:52:13 +0000

I enjoy the effort, challenge and results of having a clean, orderly home. It’s never perfect or done, but I like always having something to do. People say to “take pride in your work” jobwise. Taking pride in a clean, orderly home makes me feel good. Living in a mess is a reflection of other problems.

By: Katya Kotic

Katya Kotic — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:56:54 +0000

I guess I represent the unenlightened. I’m 58 and just as into housework as I ever was. It’s not like it’s the only thing I do – I’ve owned and operated my own business for more than 30 years – but to this day it gives me a deep and profound sense of internal discomfort if some part of the house is messy/dusty/whatever. I’ve been a widow for five years and I’m probably fussier about the house now than when I was married. I find that when life is being challenging, there’s no better therapy than just cleaning the living hell out of something.

By: Wanda Payne

Wanda Payne — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:53:28 +0000

I forgot all about actually cleaning house or paying any attention to it when widowed, enough on that.
Just now have decided I need to start doing something about it. Maybe new boyfriend is the spark I needed to remember housework needs to be done (by someone). Aren’t laundry and dishes enough to do? Got to quit reading these and get back to housework! Really do enjoy them when I have time to read them!

By: Michele Eigler

Michele Eigler — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:07:44 +0000

As long as there aren’t bio-hazard stickers needed or the haz-mat team called to your house- relax. As my son tells me- it’s all good. Your true friends will love you no matter what and all the others? Do you really give a rat’s ass? Life is way too short to care about people who aren’t important to you.

By: Cassandra Vert

Cassandra Vert — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:56:31 +0000

JK Rowling found the time to write Harry Potter by abandoning housework. Nuff said.

By: Patika

Patika — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:55:52 +0000

I used to be embarrassed to have people over because my house was never clean. It’s not my fault. It’s my family’s fault. They are slobs. When they go away my counters are clean. No junk mail (goes directly in the recycling – after I go through it, dogear pages, and then decide nothing is worth buying), no purses and gym bags on the table (I don’t know what floors those bags have been on!), no leftover food on the counter (right next to the fridge, but putting it away would involve finding plastic wrap and what husband does that?), no dishes in the sink (there are four people here, why are there 10 glasses in the sink?) no dog crap on the floor, (I think I’m the only one who lets the dogs out) no towels and dirty clothes laying around (what is so hard about walking 5 steps to the hamper?), no overflowing garbage cans (why am I the only one who notices that?), no piles of various obstacle course items on the steps waiting to be taken upstairs…
Here’s my fix-all: if you are nearsighted, don’t wear your glasses inside. You won’t see the cobwebs and dust. If you are farsighted or have perfect vision, wear dark sunglasses all the time for the same reason. People may talk about you and your dirty house, but who cares? They obviously have nothing else in their lives to keep them occupied. And you do. Otherwise you’d have time to clean.

By: Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:27:08 +0000

Housework is one of those things I’ve never particularly obsessed about, thank goodness. My house is pretty sloppy and we have a cleaning lady who comes twice a month to take care of the actual cleaning parts. Life is too short!

I did go through a short phase of obsessive housecleaning when I first got my own apartment. It didn’t last long!