Cheryl, who spends 15 hours a day cleaning.

divadee

This has got me thinking how much cleaning a day is 'normal' for most people?


I would estimate i spend approx 8-9 hours cleaning and doing the laundry in a day is that not normal?

ManAtHome

15 hours a day is quite normal....... every Feb 29th.

aliasojo

divadee wrote:

I would estimate i spend approx 8-9 hours cleaning and doing the laundry in a day is that not normal?

No it most certainly is not. You need help. You have an obsession.

:rotfl:

Becles

I wonder if it's my ex-husbands mother? She must do that in a typical day!

The kitchen benches and bathroom are scrubbed daily.
The whole house is hoovered and dusted daily, even the spare bedrooms that nobody uses.
The kitchen is hoovered after each meal.
Shoes are banned in the house. You must leave them in the hall or she tells you off.
Clothes are worn for 1 day. The next day they are washed, dried, ironed and returned to the drawers/wardrobe.
She doesn't like freezers, so she goes to the shop everyday and buys the food she needs for that day.

She's the only person I have ever met who dusts her Christmas cards :eek:

On the downside, it was a nightmare stopping there. The sofa was covered in those embroidered over back covers and arm covers. You were scared to move in case you creased them or creased the cushions.

Nobody was allowed in the kitchen but her, as she doesn't trust anyone elses cooking apart from restaurants. All offers of help were refused, and if you fancied a coffee, you couldn't go and make one and had to wait until you were offered one.

If I went in the bath, I was reminded over and over that I was only allowed 4" of hot water, and she'd be waiting on the landing to clean the bath, the minute I left the bathroom. I once didn't wash my face properly and got a brown smudge of eyemake up on a towel. It washes out easily but she went crackers about it!

Sofa_Sogood

divadee wrote:

I would estimate i spend approx 8-9 hours cleaning and doing the laundry in a day is that not normal?

It's bordering on OCD imo divadee ...:eek:

divadee

you lot have got me all worried now, making me think i am crackers!!!


I have a lot of washing that needs doing, washing floors etc.... hoovering skirting boards washed weekly etc... polishing. am i doing to much of this?

divadee

I have just sat down and wrote out exactly what i have done today and how long it took me. (sad aint i!! :rotfl: )


Must of had a quite day today as i spend 6 hours 15 mins in total doing the housework.ironing and washing.

Jay-Jay_4

divadee wrote:

I would estimate i spend approx 8-9 hours cleaning and doing the laundry in a day is that not normal?

What do you do that takes 8-9 hours of cleaning a day to put right? I mean, when you're making cereal do you chuck the milk into the bowl from the other side of the kitchen? Do you do finger painting with the kids on the living room walls? When frying an egg do you flip it like a pancake thus spreading oil all over the ceiling? Do you encourage your children to 'roll' home from school making sure that they hit every puddle?

WHY do you need to do that much cleaning


Wierdo!!!

aliasojo

divadee wrote:

skirting boards washed weekly etc...

Someone help this poor woman.......:D

Sofa_Sogood

divadee wrote:

I have a lot of washing that needs doing, washing floors etc.... hoovering skirting boards washed weekly etc... polishing. am i doing to much of this?

Is someone in the family asthmatic or something dividee?

Nine hours is at least 5 hours too much ...imho.... and that's on a busy day.