My house would fall apart after just 2 days. I love cooking but am a tornado in the kitchen, it would be frightful

My home is looking very disorganised at the moment as my partner had just moved in so we have boxes everywhere

I am cleaning home every day…I couldn’t stand it not to be done…

Everyone tells me, with 4 teenage + kids that I should make them clean up after themselves , and if they don’t, leave it. Well I can’t do that. I have this thing with my house needing to look clean and tidy, so, even though my kids stress me, because they are lazy, and I work 5 days a week, I still come home to find their breakfast/lunch dishes everywhere, everything out of place, and nothing done. So, I start, every day, over and over again!! I hate it, but I can’t stand the mess, or begging for them to do it anymore

I used to clean up every day but now I make sure clothes are washed, folded and put away, dishes are done or stacked in dishwasher and put everything back where it belongs once I’ve finished with it. It’s maddening and depressing that I can no longer do as much as before. Back injury and acute pain limit what I can do these days but since there’s only me at home during the day until my son gets home the place is always reasonable.

I tidy every day! When I use something I put it back where it belongs. It’s not hard. My house is certainly not spotless but clean enough.

I couldn’t live like this. I get anxious if I go to bed & the washing up hasn’t been done. I try to tidy up the house each night before going to bed & it makes things easier for the next day.
Each to their own though.

I’m out of work at the moment, so being able to clean the house every day is a luxury I can afford … when working though, I don’t have the time every day, so clean a few times a week.

I’m not obsessive but I tidy up every day vs cleaning (vac, mopping, etc.) less often. A messy house messes with my mind and makes me feel busier than I possibly am.

Yikes! I’m not a neat freak by any stretch of the imagination, but that’s a bit of an issue

I find when working full time. It is a struggle to clean every week, let alone every day! I’m hoping when I go on maternity leave, I’ll have more time to clean (if I have the energy) my son is 10 so between him and my partner the house doesn’t stay clean for very long at all!

I couldn’t let it get to the point of the videos shared, but I’m content to leave things overnight or for the day, but high traffics zones and food areas are cleaned as we go to avoid cross contamination

Personally I need my house clean in order to sleep if it’s a mess I find it hard to wind down, meaning that before I go to bed my dishwasher needs to be on as does the washing machine I just can’t deal with the time being wasted while I sleep.

Ps I know this is obsessive but I grew up with a mother who suffers from OCD so you just become conditioned to the cleaning

It’s hard to clean everyday with kids that just make a mess as soon as you’ve cleaned. I use a robot cleaner it helps.

I am a person which gets anxious with mess myself and find I need to tidy the house in order to feel calm. I’m saying that I can also understand how easy it is to fall behind as long as we are content at the end of the day it doesn’t matter what we do in our homes

I find I get anxious when the house is untidy at the end of the day. I like to “reset” the house while my husband baths the kids in the evening. Perfect time management for me! ????‍♀️

This mess would drive me crazy. We clean up as we go. ie, when we clear the table we don’t leave everything piled in the sink and on the bench – we put stuff in the dishwasher and wipe the table.

If i dont clean as i go.. it gets to the point where its off putting to even begin the clean up.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 06 Mar 2022 , 8:47 am

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  True, it becomes like a mountain you can’t overtake

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    • • mom468034 replied
      • 07 Mar 2022 , 10:19 am

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    Agree!!!

I find if you dont do at least a little bit each day it gets on top of you. Best to try and do in sections so you dont get see tracked, and do a lot of little jobs, where you can actually see progress.

Keeping it real and owning it! That’s what it should all be about. My house can get the same super quick. When you have multiple kids, work, have other commitments- I think it’s near impossible to stay on top of it all the time and somethings you just need a. Real and breather. If you wanna spend time with your kids instead of always cleaning and tidying then yeah it’s gonna happen!

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  • • Mumof3boyos replied
    • 06 Mar 2022 , 9:54 pm

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  Honestly, mine can get bad fast too. That life with multiple kids