House rules: Cleaning up after yourself?
Not just for children, but for the adults as well.
I understand chores such as cleaning the bathroom and cleaning your own rooms.
But what about messes you’ve made? Do you expect whoever’s home at the time to clean it up if you have to leave? Would you be upset upon returning to see that your mess was not cleaned up?
On the other side, do you not clean something up if it is not your mess?
This is a survey on responsibility I’m taking. Thought I’d put it to Fluther for more insight.
Thank you!
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I don’t live with anybody at present, except a small child. I would think, if living with an adult, it might depend on the arrangement previously made. Sometimes one partner/person will cook and one will clean. Sometimes one person works full time and one stays home and might do the majority of the housework.
I would think, if it were roommates, that if one person made a mess but maybe had to run out the door, there would be some forgiveness from the other person, unless it was a huge mess or it occurred often. Maybe one person cooked and left the mess, but also left dinner for the other one. There are a lot of variables so it’s hard to make hard and fast rules about this.
I’m the parent, no one’s picking up after me unless I do it. And i am the one who continually reminds the kids to pick up after themselves.
When my husband and I both worked full time we each cleaned up after ourselves and we split the chores. Now that I don’t work I do 90% of the housework, including things like taking the trash out. Previously, he would put his dishes in the dishwasher, now he rarely even does that. He does put his clothing in the laundry and generally does still put things away after he uses them. If I ask him to help me with something he does it. Washing the dishes, trash out, vacuum, but I rarely ask. If I started working again the household needs would get split up again.
I am the neat freak so I clean up after hubs and the dogs & birds. Hubs does try to help and clean up after himself MOST of the time (so he doesnt have to listen to me complain.) :)
Well, I have a line that I draw. Since I am unemployed I feel it’s my job to just get the house clean every day, so I do. However, when my husband cooks (for himself…he eats so late) sometimes he fills the used pan or pans with water….and just let them sit. By the next morning, when I clean the kitchen, they are so slimy and disgusting…I refuse to touch them.
I’ve tried to talk with him. I told him that I’ll be happy to wash the pans if he’d just leave them be, without putting water in them, but he just has this thing about letting them “soak.” When he does that, I just let them sit until he takes care of it. Could be a day, could be a week. It’s redonkerous and gross.
I am a big believer in cleaning up any mess I find.
Basic rule,
leave it the way you found it
and there will be no problem.
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