Women and cleaning???

Clytus

Why are women so freaky about cleaning???

My wife works full time...but when she gets home all she wants to do is clean..wash the kitchen floor..do the bathrooms...hoover the landing..you name it she just WANTS to do it.

I try to help out like making the dinner...doing cookups for babys dinners...minding the babog....but even when all the obvious stuff is done she moves onto other things like organising and filing all the bills,bank statements, going through mine and hers sock drawer making sure she has EVERY pair matched.....

Are all women like this or is it just my one??

chopperbyrne

In my experience, they all are.

It's like their hobby or something!

Latchy

Sounds like from your discription she might be suffering from OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder ) .

DetectivFoxtrot

just your one! lol

seriously, lots of women are like this - it's an evolutionary thing - maintaining one's nest.... Although if it's extreme it could be OCD:eek:, or she could just be hyperactive.

I'm not like this and I'm a woman. I like a tidy house (well tidy-ish) but it wouldn't be top on my priority list. i.e. when I come home from a hard slog at the office I'll either relax or go do something of interest like gym or play my piano. At the weekend me and the hubby do a blitz of the gaff for about an hour (we've no kids so it doesn't take too long) - that's about it for us!

Are you worried about it?

Clytus

Im beginning to think men suffer from some sorta Dirt Blindness. She has this freaky sixth sense for dust...she even keeps a tin of Mr Sheen and a duster in her bedside locker.

Her friends are calling her Bree now...(Bree van der kamp)

DetectivFoxtrot

Clytus wrote: »

Im beginning to think men suffer from some sorta Dirt Blindness. She has this freaky sixth sense for dust...she even keeps a tin of Mr Sheen and a duster in her bedside locker.

Her friends are calling her Bree now...(Bree van der kamp)

In her bedside locker??? :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Latchy

Defo OCD by the sounds of it

DetectivFoxtrot

latchyco wrote: »

Defo OCD by the sounds of it

I'm with Latchyco on this one. that's just odd. She's definitely preoccupied with it. Her own mam is probably like this too. Didn't lick it off a stone, i'd say

Pepe LeFrits

Sounds like she's spent too much time watching Monica in friends, and doesn't get the joke.

Women in general are a bit psycho about cleaning though.

Clytus

Sorry guys its not Mr Sheen.....its Tesco natural furniture polish....with beeswax. I just checked.

In her bedside locker

Yeah..in her bedside locker. People have made the comment that you would never suspect that theres a baby in our house,since the place is just spotless ALL the time.

galwayrush

It's genetic i'm afraid.

cock robin

It may be a touch of the post natals or maybe just maybe your an untidy so and so. Either way put the feet up and make way for the hoover.:D

DetectivFoxtrot

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Women in general are a bit psycho about cleaning though.

I disagree. Must be something that comes with age/babies because none of the women I know (family or friends) are preoccupied with cleaning!:)

Also, OP with that level of cleaning there has to be a lot chemicals in your gaff (bleach, air sprays, polishes, surface cleaners) - that's worse than if it were a little bit dirty in my book. I read somewhere that we should be exposed to the likes of dust mites etc as that's how our bodies build up a tolerance to them, e.g. if you keep a baby in a sterile condition 24/7 their defences don't really develop properly (I'm not spouting sh*te, i read that somewhere...)

Latchy

It's a myth that men dont do any cleaning around the house . I do my fair share and apperently in america, and i was only reading this yesterday, but some married women are rewarding their hubbies with sex for more cleaning duties around the house .Can you believe it ?

galwayrush

latchyco wrote: »

It's a myth that men dont do any cleaning around the house . I do my fair share and apperently in america, and i was only reading this yesterday, but some married women are rewarding their hubbies with sex for more cleaning duties around the house .Can you believe it ?

Must show that to wife.:cool:

DetectivFoxtrot

latchyco wrote: »

It's a myth that men dont do any cleaning around the house . I do my fair share and apperently in america, and i was only reading this yesterday, but some married women are rewarding their hubbies with sex for more cleaning duties around the house .Can you believe it ?

sounds like a fair trade-off to me!

*oh, darling..... need a favour......*

lol

Latchy

galwayrush wrote: »

Must show that to wife.:cool:

It was an article in the uk daily express yesterday

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

sounds like a fair trade-off to me!

*oh, darling..... need a favour......*

lol

Or anything need doing around the place darling ? gararge need cleaning out ,maybe an extension on the house .............eh ?

DetectivFoxtrot

latchyco wrote: »

It was an article in the uk daily express yesterday




Or anything need doing around the place darling ? gararge need cleaning out ,maybe an extension on the house .............eh ?

lol

imagine saying to the OH 'I feel horny, let's go to bed, but will you throw the hoover around the sitting room and kitchen first, and put out the bins?'

I'd say it'd be done in lightening speed:D

*hmmmm..scratches head .... fridge needs a good clean out - must experiment.....*

Clytus

Clytus wrote: »

Why are women so freaky about cleaning???

My wife works full time...but when she gets home all she wants to do is clean..wash the kitchen floor..do the bathrooms...hoover the landing..you name it she just WANTS to do it.

I try to help out like making the dinner...doing cookups for babys dinners...minding the babog....but even when all the obvious stuff is done she moves onto other things like organising and filing all the bills,bank statements, going through mine and hers sock drawer making sure she has EVERY pair matched.....

Are all women like this or is it just my one??

while going through the sock drawer is a bit much, living in a filthy environment is just ... not doable
dont get me wrong, i live clothes sprawled everywhere and im lazy as hell, but a dirty bathroom or floor (as boys seem wont to leave them) is just not on
you feel better when things are all clean and fresh.

Pheonix Ski

Hmmm...Have you considered the fact she may keep cleaning and filling so she doesnt have to sit with you..... teeheehee cheeky me

I no someone thats like you woman aswell.

Clytus

lol...read a similar article in metro on thrusday or friday.

By the way...whats the "worst" household duty to be asked to do??

For me its changing the bed clothes...we have one of those memory foam matresses that weighs a bloody tonne!!!...it breaks my back trying to lift the corners to fit the bed sheet.

DetectivFoxtrot

Clytus wrote: »

lol...read a similar article in metro on thrusday or friday.

By the way...whats the "worst" household duty to be asked to do??

For me its changing the bed clothes...we have one of those memory foam matresses that weighs a bloody tonne!!!...it breaks my back trying to lift the corners to fit the bed sheet.

I HATE doing that too!:eek:

Fo me though it has to be the bathroom - i.e. the shower sink, round the taps, hairs outta plug hole etc :mad:

Wibbs

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

seriously, lots of women are like this - it's an evolutionary thing - maintaining one's nest....

Apparently so and you can see why. If she's thinking of giving birth in an environment she'll want to lower the chances of infection for her child. That's the old ape brain kicking in. Seems sensible. That said I've known landlords(men and women) who prefer to rent to guys as they found women more messy. Personally I'd live in a cave and wouldn't mind a bit of clutter.

Wibbs

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

Fo me though it has to be the bathroom - i.e. the shower sink, round the taps, hairs outta plug hole etc :mad:

Meh what's the worst you're gonna have to deal with? Bits of you or your loved ones? Not really an issue.

TequilaMockingBird

Wibbs wrote: »

Meh what's the worst you're gonna have to deal with? Bits of you or your loved ones? Not really an issue.

I makes me heave, even though I know its mine or my daughters hair. We've both got really long hair aswell so its gross..

Back to OP, sounds fairly normal to me. (If a tad exhausting.)

TequilaMockingBird

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

lol

imagine saying to the OH 'I feel horny, let's go to bed, but will you throw the hoover around the sitting room and kitchen first, and put out the bins?'*[/SIZE]

It works in my house.

flanum

OP has she always been like this? i mean was she like that pre-sprog?

DetectivFoxtrot

Wibbs wrote: »

Meh what's the worst you're gonna have to deal with? Bits of you or your loved ones? Not really an issue.

give me hoovering anyday. Hair on peoples head is nice, down a grimmy plughole is yuk!

I often trick OH into doing it, he has a crap memory and I aways say 'but I did it last time' *whiny voice* and he cleans it again :rolleyes:
Iacually feel a bit bad now after seeing that in writing!

Setun

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

I HATE doing that too!:eek:

Fo me though it has to be the bathroom - i.e. the shower sink, round the taps, hairs outta plug hole etc :mad:

Don't be frightened of the abject.

DetectivFoxtrot

Daddio wrote: »

Don't be frightened of the abject.

not frightened just sickened! eeeuw..

Loopy

Clytus wrote: »

she just WANTS to do it.

If she dosent do it - will it get done??

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Question is, will the world end if it doesn't get done?

Stky10

@OP: Enjoy it while you can. I've lived with women who were happy to live like pigs and its a horrible situation to be in. I'm pretty lazy and not a tidy person at all, but even I have limits, and its bad when even they aren't reached.

Loopy

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Question is, will the world end if it doesn't get done?

Obviously not then..

It has nothing to do with biology it is how your mammie raised you.

Lot of my male friends and relatives were raised to be domestic imbeciles, so they would appreciate the martyr that was Mammie better.

It is a form of snobbery for some people too.

Sherifu

I suppose if they haven't got anything better to be doing then why not le them at it?