Am I being OCD...

Valli

Justamum wrote: »

I wouldn't dream of putting my cleaning cloths in with the main wash :eek: I put them in with the tea towels/dish cloths on a hot wash.

yep - me too.

My cleaning cloths are either m/f ones or cut up old towels.

AnnieO1234

I cannot believe anyone would put this stuff in with regular wash! Eurgh.

For me, I use microfiber towels in kitchen mainly instead of oven gloves. These go in separately. I then have a separate wash that I put the steam mop covers and window vac things in. For me it's the same as if LO is ill, the clothes he's in get washed separately with disinfectant in final rinse. It's no different.

Dish sponges get used once and then binned. Cannot stand the flipping things. Everything else I use anti-bac wipes or those blue jay cloth things which again get binned.

Xxx

Cottage_Economy

I'm pretty strict about keeping cleaning stuff from normal clothes etc and tend to do two separate washes of cleaning textiles at 60 degrees, adding in some washing soda crystals as well as powder/liquid.

T-towels, dishcloths, oven gloves, potholders, sofa arm and cushion protectors etc get their own wash.

Micro-fibre floor mopping pad and floor duster, floor cloths, and dusting cloths, go in another wash. Sometimes my husband's car overalls go in there at the same time. My machine is one where it adjusts the amount of water to the weight of the load so I feel better about doing tiny washes.

heartbreak_star

Everything just gets chucked in together in our house - we have little enough time as it is without separating laundry!

We do use disposable cleaning wipes for floors and loo though.

HBS x

vixtress

everything goes in the same wash here except one boil wash of whites per week to try and get the kids school shirts clean.

i am a massive believer that people need a certain amount of bacteria in their lives to keep there immune systems working.
I think a fair amount of the increased illness iand allergies is due to everyone being too sterile these days.

unless you are immunio suppressed (or in hospital) then i really don't believe theres a need for everything to be sterile clean

the only thing that gets bleach clean in this house is the toilet and work surfaces after raw chicken. i also like to wash beddings and towels at at least 60

.......and I've been a nurse for the past 23 years

gayle1

on the other side though yesterday i cleaned a house for a friend that basically hasn't been touched for about 3 yrs the dustbunnies were massive see if a person didnt clean anything oven cooker fridge floors could she make herself really ill?

daisiegg

gayle1 wrote: »

on the other side though yesterday i cleaned a house for a friend that basically hasn't been touched for about 3 yrs the dustbunnies were massive see if a person didnt clean anything oven cooker fridge floors could she make herself really ill?

Well, is she really ill?

gayle1

no but she has health problems but i honestly thought that the whole point of cleaning was to reduce bacteria she just cleans what she uses and ignores the rest filled to blue recycling bins and sent her for a coffee twice x

Anoneemoose

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Poor.........

I agree but my OCD is shockingly bad at the moment so I am probably oversensitive!

You can have my OCD any day!!

Takeaway_Addict

gayle1 wrote: »

sorry x didnt mean to offend im a mum of too littles and sometimes i just wish i had a wee bit of the ocd x
i do enough but sometimes feel asthough theres not enough time in a day and when im done cleaning there back home and destroying my hard work but thats the joys of being a mum i suppose x

I appreciate there is no intention to offend but have a read of this

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm

It is a serious illness that to many people take flippantly, people don't joke about strokes, heart disease in the same manner so why do it with mental health issues?