Comments | realtan_dannan: When the dust settles....

realtan_dannan

When the dust settles....

Nov 01, 2005 10:57

Inspired by sushidog's post, I need to lay down my case for 'tidy', 'clean' and 'friends ( Read more... )

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slev November 1 2005, 03:18:51 UTC

I'm tidy, but dirt if uften untidy, so I clean for the sake of tidyness...

jhaelan November 1 2005, 03:37:58 UTC

If I've visitors I'm generally clean and tidy; otherwise just the former is important and the latter is a matter of mood

lursa_esk November 1 2005, 03:43:36 UTC

My mum and dad live in a spotless, cleam and tidy house. Mum gets up at 5:30am each morning so she can begin her cleaning regime. Her view is that she's very lucky that dad works and brings in enough money so that she doesn't have to go to work so she wants to make sure he has a clean and tidy house to live in ( ... )

realtan_dannan November 1 2005, 04:39:36 UTC

My thought is stuff it. I've got so many things to do I can't do everything and I want to start doing things that I want to do when I want to do them.

Hear Hear.

Hold onto that thought.

lemlems November 1 2005, 05:30:08 UTC

Wow, they really say things like that to you? I can understand why you'd be upset. To be honest I'd understand if you were homicidally enraged ( ... )

lursa_esk November 1 2005, 05:59:19 UTC

That last comment makes me think of something my step-father-in-law said about my sister-in-law after the birth of her first child. SIL had really worked hard to get into nursing and got offered a place shortly after my niece came along and was starting to excel at her career choice.

I was discussing how well she'd done with my SFIL and (quietly) pushing him to give her some sort of compliment. He thought for a moment and came out with "Well I'll give her this she does keep a clean house and a clean child".

The pinnacle of praise!!!!

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ivory_goddess November 1 2005, 04:22:28 UTC

If you spray furniture polish by the front door, visitors think you've spent the day polishing ;-)

yeah, 'til they see how dull & unshiny all the wood-based items in your home are...

realtan_dannan November 1 2005, 04:43:25 UTC

experience tells me most people just aren't that observant.

ivory_goddess November 1 2005, 06:36:38 UTC

Y'know, funnily enough I was thinking about exactly this sort of thing last night. It was a culmination of factors - seeing yet another clean, tidy abode, coupled with vague considerations as to whether I should try to 'do' something for my birthday this year. Basically, I was thinking that if I ever wanted to invite anyone over, apart from those few who've known us for years and are used to it, I'd have to spend at least a week cleaning & tidying.

This would be more for my benefit than anyone else's. I don't think that people I consider friends would necessarily 'judge' me by the state of the place (and I don't think anyone would contract any illnesses!) but it might make some slightly uncomfortable. However, it would make me very uncomfortable if most people saw the house in its usual state ( ... )

realtan_dannan November 1 2005, 07:11:00 UTC

Your house live-in sounds like our house live in.

Maybe we could talk them into moving in together ;-)

(and your point is soo much more elegantly put than mine)

moral_vacuum November 1 2005, 09:02:46 UTC

I refuse to move out on account of my chronic untidyness!

realtan_dannan November 2 2005, 02:12:02 UTC

I simply refuse to believe she is talking about you ;-)

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