How clean do you keep your house/apt? (1 Viewer)

[Tom Skerritt]

My house is mostly clean, most of the time. There are errant cups/dishes and laundry laid about from time to time. But we keep a mostly clean house. We have two indoor/outdoor dogs which makes things difficult. And we have a cleaning service come in every 3-4 weeks. I help with the dishes, laundry, and vacuuming pretty much all of the time, but not every time. So our house is of above average cleanliness, IMHO.

But this is still unacceptable for the wife. She requires a spotless house pretty much all of the time. If she is in a foul mood, look out. The smallest object of seeming trash will set her off. I try very hard, but it is simply not a priority for me to be spotless. It just doesn't bother me that much. But it really bothers the wife. And I feel that there is a bit of a double-standard. I will clean up after some of her things and I will not say a word. But god help if me if those were my things that she had to pick up.

How are things in your house?

 

[Mister CIA]

Not married.

ETA: Kitchen is very clean; rest of the place is meh.

 

[IMAX 3D]

Not sure how to vote.  Wife does the cleaning.  Generally clean especially if company coming, but 3 kids can leave it looking like a tornado hit at any minute

 

[3C's]

With 4 dogs and 4 cats, and 4 adults in the house it's hard to be spotless all the time but the floors are swept/vacuumed daily, dishes go straight to the washer *, house is picked up constantly. Pretty clean actually.

* If I cook something that dirties lots of dishes I'll sometimes leave a few things in the sink to clean later.

 

[Chadstroma]

I have a 5 and 2 year old and a 6 month old. Clean? I don't know what that is.

 

[FUBAR]

Not sure how to vote.  Wife does the cleaning.  Generally clean especially if company coming, but 3 kids can leave it looking like a tornado hit at any minute

This, but add a kid.  I don't think the 4th makes it any messier, the bell curve of messiness tops at 3 young ones. 

 

[matuski]

Sterile as of Sunday afternoon.

Clean as reasonably possible with 2 little boys and 2 working parents come Friday.

 

[The General]

Maid service comes twice a month. Haven't cleaned a toilet, sink, or bathtub, vacuumed, done anything really except dishes and wiping down stuff. House is super clean always.

Some of the best money I spend.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Maid service comes twice a month. Haven't cleaned a toilet, sink, or bathtub, vacuumed, done anything really except dishes and wiping down stuff. House is super clean always.

Some of the best money I spend.




 

Same.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

My kitchen is sterile. I do most of the cooking/cleaning in the kitchen. Every time I cook, I am constantly re-arranging and wiping stuff down and scrubbing in corners while I cook, like Phil Hartmann from the Anal Retentive Chef on SNL. It's a compulsion, though, surely not healthy- but it does make for a really clean kitchen, so I just try to harness my impulses for good. The rest of the house is clean, but cluttered.

 

[Henry Ford]

I said meh... but it's "stuff" lying around, never dishes.  I keep it clean, but cluttered.

 

[Henry Ford]

My kitchen is sterile. I do most of the cooking/cleaning in the kitchen. Every time I cook, I am constantly re-arranging and wiping stuff down and scrubbing in corners while I cook, like Phil Hartmann from the Anal Retentive Chef on SNL. It's a compulsion, though, surely not healthy- but it does make for a really clean kitchen, so I just try to harness my impulses for good. The rest of the house is clean, but cluttered.

Oops should have read ahead.  This.

 

[MAC_32]

For having a house with a 6 year old, 3 year old, and 7 month old I'm pretty happy that the mess by the end of the day is usually contained to their room and whatever toys they leave lying around in the backyard. We should thoroughly clean the bathrooms and 'under stuff' more often, but the kitchen and living areas are 90+% done every day. I've made progress in the yard every year we have lived here, but still not what I want.

 

[Tom Skerritt]

My kitchen is sterile. I do most of the cooking/cleaning in the kitchen. Every time I cook, I am constantly re-arranging and wiping stuff down and scrubbing in corners while I cook, like Phil Hartmann from the Anal Retentive Chef on SNL. It's a compulsion, though, surely not healthy- but it does make for a really clean kitchen, so I just try to harness my impulses for good. The rest of the house is clean, but cluttered.

Do you ever take out your frustrations on other people though, when it is not clean to your standards?

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Do you ever take out your frustrations on other people though, when it is not clean to your standards?

Honestly, sometimes I do. I try not to do that. And I try to be really mindful of that impulse, and keep my mouth shut, but the instinct is still there. I have gotten waaaaay better about it since we had kids. I do mutter under my breath sometimes while I'm cleaning, which is pretty passive aggressive. But once it's clean again, I feel better. Some kind of weird self-soothing behavior.

i was potty trained at gunpoint, though.

 

[Don't Noonan]

This thread just inspired me to clean up the pigsty in my room.  Thanks!  Feel much better now.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Clean vs dirty is completely different imo than organized vs messy.

My kitchen and bathrooms are clean. My living room is mostly clean and slightly messy. My desk area is a mess but no dirty dishes or wrappers or anything - just disorganized. 

 

[Riversco]

Most of my place is to be left pretty much unused "for show".  I have a big closet to just throw things into if I'm in a hurry (which can be sorted later).  But that way my mess is always out of sight.

 

[Courtjester]

I hate clutter and my wife is a packrat. She is one of those people that kept all our kids papers throughout grade school---I mean like every thing. But the problem is they would end up in a pile and get stacked in our computer room.  

My wife and kids have the same problem--they take something out and don't put it back where they got it from. Nail clippers taken out--yep still on the counter. Lint roller taken out in the morning--yep still sitting in the middle of the kitchen table. Oh and the worst SHOES!!!! Dear god, at any given point there are 12 pairs of shoes by the front door. It drives me nuts.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You could eat off of my dining room table.

 

[bueno]

Some rooms are cleaner than others...