Doing all the washing up before you go to bed

@jugsjugs (12967)
April 15, 2010 5:41pm CST
I like to ensure that there is nothing to wash up when i get up in the morning.My dishwasher broke down and they could not mend it for a few days so i had to wash up.With having a large family it was a never ending job.I like to ensure there are no dirty cups or anything else laying around when i get up, so just before i went to bed i washed up, are you the same.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
15 Apr 10
Hi, jugsjugs. I am the same to a certain point too. I like to wash up any dishes that are in the sink before the next day. When I clean the dishes up, I usually will clean them around 8 or 9 at night. That way, it won't be any dishes in the sink from that previous day. It really helps out a lot when I the dishes are washed so that I won't have to clean in the mornings. It saves a lot of time.
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• United States
15 Apr 10
well for me it takes me like a week after my dishes stack up then i become dirty and i sorta kinda hate that so i wash them and stuff but usually my girlfriend would just come over and get mad at me blah blah blah and then she ends up doing my dishes
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@oxio10 (135)
• Philippines
16 Apr 10
My boyfriend do the same, he often leave his dishes stack up even for a week. I hate it, its just so dirty to look at especially when I started seeing insects, its so disgusting. I always get mad at him, even if I don't want to nag him but i just cant help, but his answer would always like" you're like my mom, shut up." Its always the same answer. so that's it I end up doing his dishes.:(
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
16 Apr 10
oxio10 if my husband had ever said something like that to me he would soon not be my husband, or if a boyfriend told me to shut up when I was doing him a favor I did not have to do, I would slap him silly and walk out,nobody tells me to shut up but once,bam I do not like that term, and I never tell anyone to shut up either,rude 'oh so rude.
@zim1fW (285)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
It is wiser to do that before going to sleep. It feels more efficient to do that; you are tying up all your day's work. My family always had the dishes and used cooking utensils up before going to bed. At times though when I sleep late and need to have a snack and a few drinks, I would be getting new things out. But most of the time I wash them before going to sleep; there are times the a glass will be found in the washing bin.
• United States
16 Apr 10
i usually wait til morning,but it depends on how many dishes there are. it's just better for me because the light is better during the day in that room and i can see all the yuk.
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@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
16 Apr 10
this is really good to keep away bugs and everything. we have to make sure everything is in good condition, clean, etc. before we go to bed. we have no dishwasher so we have to do the washing manually. the kids have to do all of them but with the supervision of my wife.
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@arunmails (3011)
• India
16 Apr 10
[b]Absolutely yes... before go to bed I wash all my small clothes like inner wears etc.. But, my shirts, t-shirts, jeans, pants I wash once in 3 days... because, washing everyday will waste more water..[/b]
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@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Apr 10
As far as I am concerned, I think I agree with you so much. For me, I usually try my best to have myself washed just before the sleep,which I think will do a lot foo to our body health. If there is one day that I do not have my self washed, I will feel it is so terrible to sleep, just want to get up to get myself washed. I can not bear the felling that I have not washed myself. I think clean and tidy is the part of my daily life. I can not be short of it.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
13 May 10
we try to but seems llike they get up thru the night and I wil have cups or a glass in the sink.
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
16 Apr 10
Always go to bed with a clean and tidy kitchen, but cannot say the same when I was younger. Nowadays, we always clean up before bes, no matter how many guests, or what time we finish entertaining.
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• Philippines
18 May 10
my mother is the one who wash our dishes. We don't have dishwasher so she wash it by hand. That is my favorite household chores before not until I began working. Sometimes my mother left the dishes wheneber she is tired to wash it. the only bothering me are insect that will crawl on the plate when you let it there on the sinck overnight. That is why itis adviceable to wash all the dishes before going to sleep.
@doormouse (4599)
15 Apr 10
i wash up twice a day,once after breakfast and again after tea,,in the evening before bed i put the dirty cups in the washing up bowl so my sideboards are tidy,and that's where they stay til morning,,i'm lazy i don't like to wash up more than i have to,twice a day is enough for me
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@hexeduser22 (7253)
• Philippines
13 May 10
We wash the dishes manually in turns. We don't have a dishwasher machine here and I think it would never be a hit in my side of the world because we are used to do the dishes manually. At first I thought you were talking about washing up your body before going to sleep
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
16 Apr 10
I live alone so I don't have too many dishes, but the ones I do have I try and wash before I go to bed. I hate having things to do the next day. I get my clothes out ahead of time, and do whatever I can so that I won't have as much to do the next day. Another reason I like to do the dishes every night, is so they don't attract ants and other pests, especially in the summer.
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@newtalent (1112)
• United States
16 Apr 10
We do the paper plate thing, lol when the dishwasher goes out. Odd schedule make it difficult to keep up with daily events, so we try to make it easier on us. We like a clean wake too.
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@hofferp (4734)
• United States
16 Apr 10
Fortunately, my dishwasher is still functional. I do the same thing as you. Every night before I go to bed, I load up the dishwasher and let it run while I sleep. I hate having dirty dishes in the sink in the morning (or any other time).
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
17 Apr 10
Yes I am the same Even when I was working no matter what time I used to get home I would do the Dishes I will also tidy the Living room before I get to bed which means putting the Cushion straight and things like that lol
@eshaan (6188)
• India
19 Apr 10
I have a maid for this work....she cleans dishes and brooms the house and mops it...so i don't have to worry about it...i too have big family and for me also its the work i dislike mos to do.....and when she is on holiday and has not told me about it earlier....then its very problematic for me...as she comes 10am and if i wait till that time and she doesn't come then its too late for me to complete all the work in time and also have my bath etc....and make food ready in time for everyone...so if i know already that she will be on leave tomo...then i do it at night...or else have to face the punishment
@jezzmay (1845)
• United States
18 Apr 10
Most of the time, I wash everything before I go to bed. I do leave them some times, if I am out late at night. I just want to go to bed, then I leave them to the next day.
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
20 Apr 10
That is a nice feeling to get up in the morning and have your kitchen all clean and you don't have to do anything, but alot of times mine isn't..lol. I hate washing dishes, I think thats the most hated chore that I have. Don't get me wrong, my kitchen is clean most of the time, I think if my kitchen and bathroom are clean, then my house is clean and I feel good about it. I just don't like doing the dishes, I end up doing them when I get tired of looking at them..haha.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
19 Apr 10
I don’t have a dishwasher. I usually joke and say that my husband is my dish washer! I don’t like waking up to dirty dishes because I have too much to do in the morning to worry about doing dishes and I really hate the idea of coming home at the end of the day to a dirty kitchen especially when it’s dinner time!
• United States
24 Apr 10
Yes I can not stand dirty dishes in the sink or around the sink or even all scattered everywhere and I do not like clothes laying around everywhere either I just can't stand it anything dirty I have to have things clean and my husband is the world's worst after I clean there will be coffee cups all over and dirty dishes right after I cleaned!!