does your living person in the house do this?

katspixiedust · Mar 23, 2005

I'm very lucky with Brendan. Not only can he cook (and boy does he love to do it) and work well with his hands, but he cleans too! He does the dishes right away, picks up after himself, and once even changed Waffle's litterbox without me asking! He doesn't even live here! He just knew I was too busy to do it at the moment and just dove right in!! I feel like I struck gold!!

My actual roommate is pretty good about things too. The only thing she does that is messy is not wipe up anything that splatters from cooking, so our counters can get quite dirty. However, she will clean the whole apartment (which is why I don't get mad about the counters), vacuum MY room, do all of her own laundry and fold it, and never leaves anything in the living room.

I didn't realize how lucky I was on all accounts until writing this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I need to thank them more often!

I have dated and lived with some slobs though, so believe me, I know how annoying it is!

graykittenlove · Mar 23, 2005

Boy am I glad I live alone.
A) I can't stand anybody elses clutter, it drives me crazy when guests come over and leave the drink cups scattered around, how hard is it to put them in the sink really. Well that and leaving the toilet paper out where the cats can get to it and the toilet seat lid up. I really don't relish the tought of cleaning up after shredded toilet paper and wet cat prints from the toilet all around the apartment.

B) I'm kind of a clutter bug myself

, sometimes the point it bothers even me. I'm getting better though.

ugaimes · Mar 23, 2005

Originally Posted by katspixiedust

I'm very lucky with Brendan. Not only can he cook (and boy does he love to do it) and work well with his hands, but he cleans too! He does the dishes right away, picks up after himself, and once even changed Waffle's litterbox without me asking! He doesn't even live here! He just knew I was too busy to do it at the moment and just dove right in!! I feel like I struck gold!!

You really did strike gold (And I KNOW Waffle agrees). That was so, SO sweet of him to clean the Hussy's litterbox!!!

Bradley is pretty good about keeping my place clean. He even makes the bed most mornings since he gets up after me. Last week, I came home from work to find he had taken all of the trash out (which is an ordeal, carrying it all downstairs and across the grassy knoll to the trash bins).
He's even better at my mom's. Last Friday, she cooked a big Irish meal for my little bro and his girlfriend and 6 fraternity brothers, Bradley, and myself. Needless to say, there were a TON of dishes. After dinner, Bradley immediately cleared the table and did the dishes (I helped him) all without anyone saying a word about the dishes being done. Mom said he got Boyfriend of the Year for that little stunt

halfpint · Mar 23, 2005

Well I have to say my hubby spent almost 25 yrs in the navy so I was very overwhelmed to find out that he could fold underwear way better then I, and (that his were MUCH SMALLER somehow then mine)

He's overly organized, but I do say that if it came to cleaning, cooking setting the table He is a VERY lost sole, we have been married 8 yrs and in this house almost 5 yrs, he could not tell you where anything is yet

But bless his

he will do anything for you, but I hate that I always have to ask

katspixiedust · Mar 23, 2005

Originally Posted by ugaimes

You really did strike gold (And I KNOW Waffle agrees). That was so, SO sweet of him to clean the Hussy's litterbox!!!

Bradley is pretty good about keeping my place clean. He even makes the bed most mornings since he gets up after me. Last week, I came home from work to find he had taken all of the trash out (which is an ordeal, carrying it all downstairs and across the grassy knoll to the trash bins).
He's even better at my mom's. Last Friday, she cooked a big Irish meal for my little bro and his girlfriend and 6 fraternity brothers, Bradley, and myself. Needless to say, there were a TON of dishes. After dinner, Bradley immediately cleared the table and did the dishes (I helped him) all without anyone saying a word about the dishes being done. Mom said he got Boyfriend of the Year for that little stunt

Hooray for Bradley! Sounds like we've both got keepers!!

halfpint · Mar 23, 2005

Originally Posted by rosiemac

Isn't it funny though that the cats can leave their toys out all over the place, kick litter out the box everyday, drop kibbles on the floor when eating them, leave fur all over the place, and we don't complain!

Well Rosiemac don't you kinda think that's like if someone broke something you would be a whole lot madder then if you did

februa · Mar 24, 2005

I cant wait until Im living by myself! I suppose if I were *in love* Id be able to let a LOT of things slide, but as it stands, a lot of standard housemate things drive me INSANE. A couple of my biggest pet peeves are 1) as someone mentioned earlier, the act of carrying dishes over near the dishwasher, but NEVER putting them in. The people in my house would probably die before unloading the clean dishes as well.
2) This one I admit, is more my craziness than anything, but it drives me up the wall when people do a huge amount of laundry and do not empty the lint trap! Never mind it being a fire hazard, it prevents some of the "lint" from being removed from my drying clothes.
Heh

jennyr · Mar 24, 2005

Having been married twice, had a daughter and a host of lodgers, roommates etc, I have to say that other people's clutter drives me mad too. The cats also do bad things - last week there was a broken plant pot and this week I have had to deal with a live pigeon and a VERY dead vole that were brought in, but somehow they are doing it out of love and instinct and it is all right!

catman7766 · Mar 24, 2005

Us men (at least me) are very lazy. I expect it all taken care of for me, But of course, thats probably why my room mate looks like she never got any rest the whole day. Thats also probably why nobody likes me lol

leli · Mar 24, 2005

I have messy roommates and that's worse, because I have NO power over them....at least when I move in with my boyfriend I'll know that I can make threats lol.....actually, I don't think it'll be too much of a problem, because he's seen how much my roommates mess has been stressing me out lately and has been saying that I only have to deal with it for a little longer.

jessy · Mar 24, 2005

I live with my big bro, he's 38 and sooo messy! I don't know why as our parents always taught us to clear up after ourselves! His plates don't even make it to the kitchen, they sit on the floor nearby wherever he just ate! He does not clean up ever! he's like, cleaning, what's that?!

I think one of the most annoying things is one of the smallest - leaving a spoon on the draining board from his cup of tea. Then my dad makes a drink and does it too - and before you know it, there's a spoon mountain! I do have a dishwasher!!
My boyf is not too bad actually

he dusts, (but I think that's so he can see the t.v. better!) and I have seen him clean out Villy's litter tray.

gailc · Mar 24, 2005

My hubby was the baby in the family so his mother did lots of stuff that is hard to get him to do.
He does need dishwasher lessons.
He does mow the lawn and snowblow/shovel in the winter, but that's his tasks that he does my himself.
I basically do all the cleaning unless I really prod him to help me.
Sometimes I think it was the way he was raised.

ilovecats · Mar 24, 2005

Ugh! My mom does that! My desk is covered!

me-n-my guys · Mar 24, 2005

I got lucky with Mike. He does dishes more often than not, & can cook, too. We are a team around the house-we both have our certain things to take care of. It leaves us both happier & with more time to be creative. My work can be a little more detailed..he won't clean the bathroom, but I'll trade that for dishes ANY day! My ex wouldn't do ANYTHING. I was constanly cleaning up after that guy, doing everything around the house. And if we would plan a road trip, I would clean the whole place, so I didn't come home to a mess, pack, get everything together, remember everything. It would stress me out so bad. I resented the heck out of him for it, too.
Thank God for sweet men!

katl8e · Mar 24, 2005

Bill throws his beer cans in the trash, does his own laundry, vacuums, cooks, takes out the trash, replaces the toilet paper, puts down the seat and cleans up after the dogs. He also feeds the dogs and sets up the coffee maker, each night. I just have to flip the switch, in the morning.

golden_moon_luv · Mar 24, 2005

Ok hopw about your guy leaving the toilet seat up and yopu rushing to the bathroom and go to sit down and BAm!!! Your Bum is all wet. Has happend.

Ashley

eatrawfish · Mar 24, 2005

I'm the one that leaves the toilet paper roll empty, empty cups everywhere, clothes on the floor, and the mail all over the place.

But I also do more cleaning and cooking (he pays my rent and utilities and often works late, so I try to make things nice).

ghostuser · Mar 24, 2005

I seem to have the opposite problem of everyone. I hate it when my mom cleans. See, she has this horrible cleaning addiction, that borders on being obsessive-compulsive.

An example: I set down a half-full can of sodapop on the coffee table, use the restroom, and when I come back I've found that she's taken upon herslef to pour the pop down the drain, "because she thought I was done with it." She does this a few times a week. I've taken to bringing the pop with me to the bathroom so she can't get to it, and she still reaches in the door for it, shakes it to see if it's empty, then walks away.

Or my favorite: She sees I'm reading a book. I set it down and say I'm going to cook something to eat. I come back, and she has put the book away in my room.

Most of the time when she starts doing this stuff, I just move to my room and stay there all day. And she honestly has no clue as to why.

jazzy · Mar 25, 2005

Oh, my husband is a trained proffesional doing that. LMAO!

He will leave all his beer cans, clothes, plates and stuff every where. I tried to tell him, but he always forget til I get mad. I guess I just have to pick it up myself and just smile.

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