Which one are you, the one who clean up or make the mess?
By katkat
@katkat (2378)
Philippines
September 15, 2007 9:22am CST
Their is always somebody in the family who loves to keep things organized and their are those who live with the mess. Those who doesn't find time or like to clean still manage to find things in a heap of a trash. While the organized one can't work when they were surrounded with rubbish. Which one are you then? Well me I am nuts to keep things in order.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
16 Sep 07
I was told that people who are organized have disorganized mind, and people that are messy have a very organized mind. And when you think of it it makes sence. I am a messy person but I can find anything in a second. My husband is very organized and it takes him ages to find something, like few days ago (he always puts he tools in place) he was making something and could not find the tipe measure for 2 days he went and got a new one and 1 hour later he opened one box and there it was where he last used it.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
16 Sep 07
That is not what I ment. The idea is that an organized mind can remember everything that is not in order and can deal with mess because it recals where something is. Disorganized mind needs order. Its nothing to do with your mental state its just how the brain works.
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@rosie_123 (6113)
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15 Sep 07
LOL! Well I'm the manically tidy one! Like you - I can't stand mess, untidiness and disorder! My desk at work is super tidy - I can't work otherwise. My partner is exactly the opposite - so it is me that does all that kind of work at home, - though over the years I've "trained" him to keep his mess to his office/study and the garage! LOL! At least that way I don't really have to see it! But I still know it's there...........! And it still manages to annoy me!!
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
16 Sep 07
Then we're in the same boat. Just wondering why the like of us get attracted with people who are not fund of cleaning. I guess this would be another topic to discuss. How's the training going? I've try the "ignoring method" to teach my sister but she barely change. Well just have to keep on teaching.
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@rosie_123 (6113)
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16 Sep 07
Well we've been together over 20 years now, so I guess the training has gone as far as it ever will! Good luck with your sister.
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
15 Sep 07
I'm the one who cleans up. I can't stand a mess. It drives me nuts. I try to pick up each day during the week and then on the weekends I do a whole house cleaning. I like to keep things organized.
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@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
16 Sep 07
Like you, I' also the one who always clean up the mess of other people. I can't stand to see those mess. Sometimes I'm getting tired of cleaning the mess of others,so I will just ignore it and pretend not I didn't see a single mess. How about you aren't you getting tired of all the cleaning?
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@eprado (1467)
• Philippines
16 Sep 07
Hello katkat, I am usually the one who clean up. I like things to be organized for I find things much easier and it doesn't take a lot of time to do so.
I don't like mess and usually I clean up after one. I fell much better seeing things in order and it good to look at when it is. :-)
@claire03 (1443)
• United States
15 Sep 07
hello katkat, i am the cleaner because i am the only girl in the house, i have 3 brothers and you usually boys hate to clean the house so i do the cleaning, i ask them to help me sometimes and they would. Now that i'm married, i am still the one who cleans the house and all the mess inside it but my husbands helps me too if he's not busy at work. I just usually do the cleaning and maintaining cleanliness inside and out the house. :) I like to keep things in order too.
@andrejuly84 (1047)
• Romania
15 Sep 07
i am certainly the one who makes the mess a lot of mess if possible.me and my little girl are making a lot of mess and daddy has to clean most of times all that mess.sometimes i have to clean by myself but i don't like at all doing this.if i put the things in perefect order i hardly find what i am looking for cause i forget where i put it and if is something small really hard to find.but i found what i need so quiclkly in all that mess.there are also times when i am tired of the mess and start to put things in order,not a perfect one but still an order.
@cheryl2783 (229)
• United States
15 Sep 07
I like to keep things organized. Not that it happens too much anymore because I have an eight month old and a messy husband. So I am always the one cleaning up.
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@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Sometimes I am the messy one, but I am ALWAYS the one to clean up the mess no matter who makes it! My husband is messy, my kds are messy... My husband says he will clean but I don't like waiting that long!
@junzixiaomeng (1)
• China
16 Sep 07
i used to be the mess ,i think now i'm home ,i can do whatever i wnat to.
but you know i love my family,and i don't want them feel being surrounded with dirty things
so now , i clean up
@carissa765 (1097)
• United States
16 Sep 07
I am the one who always cleans up at my house... It really sucks, because it seems like pulling teeth when I ask for help.
I know I need to have help, and I am a real neat freak that really drives my family crazy.
I have to have everything in order. "A place for everything, and everything in it's place." and that is exactly how I feel.
@subathra (3519)
• India
20 Sep 07
Iam the one who arranges all the mess done by my family members.I dont like to see a messy home and most weekends i clean up the house, arrange all book shelves, clean up the dust, floor, mattress,wash up all glass materials, artificial flowers and lots..
I cannot tolerate people who disarrange things and never expect someone to coordinate me while cleaning but defintely dont want someone to mess up even at that time.If someone does..i will shout at them and hence my home crowd never visit the place while am into my cleaning job.
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
20 Sep 07
I can relate to the part that you don't expect them to coordinate, I guess if they do they won't make those mess at the first place. But I don't yell at them because its just a waste of time and voice. Why not try the silent treatment. Sometimes it works for me. They seem to be guilty making those mess or seeing me cleaning up their mess. While we may hate them, one thing is for sure we love to see things in order. Its like a momentary bliss.
I gues if I'm on your house, I would often see my reflections on the windows or mirror or anything with reflections. Just keep on tidying up.
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 07
Hello katkat,
I think I am the one who love to clean up. I am lucky too that my husband is a clean and neat person. He helps me to clean up and seldom make a mess at home. I have a one year old baby son who just loves to scatter every thing on the floor *smiles*
@lavenderbloom (1057)
• United Arab Emirates
21 Sep 07
I am the one who likes to keep the house clean all the time. I try to maintain the house clean. Some I feel so lazy and wait for the house to fully mess up and then clean it. I like to see the house organised and well set up. I like the kitchen always clean and neat. I cannot tolerate a place full of rubbish. I want the house clean and fresh and tidy.
@mooncakemooncake (66)
• China
21 Sep 07
i am lazy so i always make the mess,the one who cannot suffer from the mess will clean them at last.
