What is the longest you ahve gone without cleaning your house?

@lillake (1630)
United States
June 30, 2007 11:50pm CST
My youngest son has been sick the last few days. Because of his cruddy feeling he hasn't wanted to let me do anything, especially at night. He refuses to sleep without me right there beside him. As a result I haven't been able to really clean the house in about 3 days. What's the longest you've ever gone without cleaning your house? Did it feel horrible not having it cleaned every day?
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• United States
12 Jul 07
Oh wow! My house gets cleaned if I'm lucky once a week. Granted it's only two of us here though. But when I was working I didn't feel like coming home and cooking and then cleaning too. The working part was too draining - especially on third shift. Now if I didn't work I would clean it everyday.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
1 Jul 07
Oh when I hurt my back (herniated disc) i think the house went uncleaned for the longest time maybe a week or even more. I did little bits or what I could do but the rest like vacuuming, dusting, ironing etc was left unattended for ages. Our house was a complete shambles and I was so glad we had NO visitors during that time.
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
16 Jul 07
I've got to be pretty sick or in labor (lol) not to clean some areas of my house daily. The kitchen, computer room, my bedroom & my office are always pretty much clean. I wouldn't be able to function if they weren't. But when it comes to areas like the toy room, the laundry room, and our living room; I can get really overwhelmed by the mess & put those rooms off for days or even weeks. I hate laundry the most, and any excuse is a good excuse to put it off until tomorrow. The toy room just gets trashed too quickly for me to keep up with it and my son needs lots of hand-holding & reminding to do it himself.
• United States
1 Jul 07
I think the more appropriate question for me would be what is the shortest amount of time you have gone between cleaning your house. :) I actually picked up the living room this morning! :) Normally, I only clean about once a week. The kitchen gets cleaned more regularly, but the other rooms usually go for a while before I decide that they need to be cleaned.