When it comes to housework - what do you hate?

@Marie2473 (8512)
Sweden
April 26, 2007 11:55am CST
I just HATE vaccuming. I cant stand it. i do not mind doing laundry, I do not mind taking care of the dishes, cooking or even cleaning the windows - but there is just something horrible with vaccuming =) Usually I will leave that part to my bf who hates doing the dishes. All my friends have different "hate-things" so I thought this would be an inteĀ“resting discussion.. So, spill it....
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@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
26 Apr 07
Cooking it is cooking for me I hate to cook I guess I just got burned out while raising the kids so when i met my present husband and he wanted me to move in i said ok but I am not cooking Ever! ,well that worked out well because he loves to cook and hates to do the dishes so I enjoy doing the dishes..We traded he cooks and I do the dishes workds out well for us.
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
I love to hear that people can still compromise =) Like my bf doing all the vaccuming - all the time =)
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• United States
26 Apr 07
I do all the house cleaning at my house and we don't have a dishwasher and our dryer is outside in the barn. I don't mind vacumning, we hardly have any carpets in the house so it does not take long to do since I am only vacumning oriental rugs, what I hate most to do is mopping our granite floors, I do this about every other day and it takes so long and after I am done I am so tired and in so much pain from my rib hurting (ice skating accident I dislocated a rib), so this is probably the one I hate to do out of all of them.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
Sorry about the injury.. I prefer to wash the floors, however I have to vaccum them first and that I do NOT like
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• United States
26 Apr 07
Mine is cleaning the refrigerator. Unless you only keep a gallon of milk in it, this chore takes so long to complete.
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• United States
26 Apr 07
I mean, think about it. You have to take everything out. Wash each shelf, drawer, the doors, the sides. You have to empty all the nasty dishes that have taken on new life. You have to put everything back and wash the dishes that you removed from the refrigerator.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
True, Never thought about that though.
@bethmt (419)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I can't think of any housework that I really hate but I find ironing really tedious and annoying. I'm also not crazy about doing dishes, especially when my kids and hubby "forget" to rinse their dishes, argh!
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
Oh I also hate when my bf doesnt rinse the plates and stuff. I have nagged him about that =)
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@okn0tok (569)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I nearly hate it all. I don't like washing the dishes. I don't like laundry either. I don't like cleaning in genral but I do it because I have messes and dirt even more!!
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
Yeah, noone likes dirt.. =)
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@rodeotexas (1153)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I can't stand cleaning the bathroom. That is by far my least favorite thing to do. Then it's the dishes but thank goodness for a dishwasher.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
I am a strange person coz I can actually feel that washing the dishes is relaxing =)
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@bam001 (940)
• United States
23 May 07
More than anything, I HATE vacuuming. I don't mind making the bed...do that daily as I can 't stant to sleep on an unmade bed. I am not crazy about dusting, but I will do it when needed. I actually enjoy doing laundry. I like it so much that I used to volunteer to take care of laundry for the rest of my family. I will even go to my parent's house and take care of their laundry.
@JcHitomi (100)
• Nepal
24 May 07
I hate doing household chores. Any of it. I guess im not that motherly type to fix everything and organized at the house. I always rely to my helper to do this stuff and if time does give me having no choice I certainly do it all. (sometimes)hehehe I hate washing clothes especially washing bedsheets, curtains and pillows. I even hate fixing things that are not used and should be thrown. If a good mood swings me, or someone motivates me, sometimes the urge of doing it all entice me. (its happen so rarely) Its not that, I dont knew how to do it at all, but Im just busy with my work and its just more important to me that cleaning those stuff.
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@k1tten (2318)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I absolutely hate matching socks after washing them in the laundry. It just irks me to no end. I don't mind folding the rest of the laundry, it's just the socks that irk me.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
Yeah, socks are not a fave of mine either. The wort thing is when u are left with a few that has no match =)
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
26 Apr 07
Frankly speaking, I hate all the household chores. I wish I can laze around instead of sweeping, mopping, and doing about a hundred task everyday. Of all the chores, ironing clothes is my top least favorite. I'm always in a pissy mood whenever I'm doing that dreaded chores. Last year, I decided to buy a steamer. Its easier to use and my clothes will be wrinkled free within seconds.
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
Before i met my bf i was actually considerng to buy one of those selfgooing vaccumers. Just plug it in, leave it and it will go back and forward by itself =)
@racheld (840)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I hate cleaning the bathrooms!! I hate going behind the toilet, I hate cleaning the flooors, and I especially hate cleaning the toilet itself. I will clean the rest of the entire house, no problem, but the bathroom sucks. I have to laugh because you said you leave the vaccumming to your boyfriend and I used to do that too! When my boyfriend was living with me, I used to make him clean the bathrooms! Surprisingly, he didn't mind doing them and he did a better job than I did on them! :)
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
hehe, yeah and my bf does an awsome job vaccuming =) When i first met him and moved in together I think he had the opinin that housework is womens work, however he quickly had to change his mind *lol* I am not a housekeeper =)
@sjohnson628 (3197)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I also hate vacumming UGH! and that is my last chore on my list for today (inside) then I will go outside and do a little raking.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
well, vaccuming needs to be done her as well. I am waiting for the bf to get home - i have done all the other things alreadY =)
• India
26 Apr 07
I hate ironing and i am kinda not so fond of cooking..cooking i don't have a choice cause my husband cant cook at all, but ironing, i definitely avoid as much as i can.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
I just love to cook and so does my bf, so we almost fight about who will get to do it every day =)
• Philippines
26 Apr 07
i somehow consider myself a hardworking one, i mean thats when i'm on the mood to do some household chores or even clean the entire house! Yet, i simply hate doing the laundry! It makes me feel exhausted and gives me a back pain after. But i like fixing the clothes after drying it under the heat of the sun or through a dryer.
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
26 Apr 07
I like doing laundry, it smells so nice afterwards, but i do not like folding them afterwards =)
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
23 May 07
I have a long list of hate to do things LOL. I don't like cleaning specially. Laundry is ok. But dusting and cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, I just hate to do that. When I have to clean greasy pan and stove in kitcehn I don't like that at all. Hubby help a lot in all those work. And I don't like ironing also. But vaccuming is ok for me.
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@Jennifer21 (2476)
• United States
26 Apr 07
Well, I am totally opposite with you. I don't mind vacuuming at all, but I hate all the other chores!:P I tend to dislike laundry the most out of all the awful chores though. I never fold clothes. I have 2 piles in my room of clothes. One pile is clean clothes and one pile is dirty clothes. I do wash and dry laundry, I just don't fold or put them up. I am terrible, I know:P
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@cherriemae (3370)
• Philippines
28 Apr 07
most of the household chores makes me feel so lazy..lol but i really hate most is doing the dishes, like it has no never ending dishes inside the dishwasher, and also washing the clothes, that makes me so tired everytime i do the laundry..
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@Woodpigeon (3710)
• Ireland
23 May 07
Where will I start? I don't mind the dishes, or the laundry or taking out the garbage or compost or sweeping or wiping down the surfaces. I don't really like cleaning the windows or the bathtub or the sink. Even cleaning the toilet isn't that bad. Picking up the dog mess isn't that big of a deal, either, because it is a lot better than cleaning up the mess in the house after they've stepped in it! I really don't like having to clean out the fire if it was a coal fire. Very messy. I also hate cleaning the floor AROUND the toilet, and around the curves in the toilet itself. It is just gross and you practically have to stick your head into the toilet to get at it all. Not a bit nice!
• United States
23 May 07
Folding laundry. I don't mind washing it and I don't mind putting it all away. I hate folding it, though, and always wish a secret laundry folding fairy would appear nightly to rid me of this task. Alas, it isn't going to happen. . . so a folding I will go.