What household chore do you hate the most?

We already had our own laundry baskets - and doing our own laundry was added to the long list of chores when we were 12.

I also remember the rule that anything found in the washing machine was the operators property. Change, money, etc.

I pretty much hate 'em all, but was reminded today that it has to be cleaning the fridge. Hands down.

I'm not sure if this counts or not but, Yard Work!

If this is limited to indoors, Hanging a Picture. I can't tell you how many times Graytonbound and I were headed to Divorce Court over hanging a picture

Didn't you two live in luxury. I remember when my mom took us to Wal-Mart to buy us our very own laundry baskets. That was her hint that it was now our problem.

Once I got into high school I was pretty much on my own. My parents were gone weekends and most of the summer so I had to do everything for myself. It sure was not a pampered upbringing.

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

You win the prize! No chores for you today! ;-)

You win the prize! No chores for you today! ;-)

What a sweet person you have to be! Thank you.

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

Similar to how my family looked at it - "could be worse, you could not HAVE a lawn to mow, bathroom to clean, driveway to shovel" etc.

I had my son working all day a cleaning. He asked me why we were going all out and working so hard. I said, "because Grammy is coming to town to stay with us." He said, "Mom, she already knows us, we don't have to worry about making a good first impression." hmmm, is he a genius or what!

laundry and unloading the dishwasher

I am not going to fit in this thread at all but I can put another slant on "Chores." My husband and I both had demanding careers for thirty six years, while showing and selling homes we lived in and raising two wonderful kids, whom we tried not to burden with too many household chores. Like you all, I wished for time to do the chores besides late at night. I retired four years ago and then my dad got really sick so I stayed in another town with my mom until the esopoghial (sp) cancer finally took Dad. I cleanned and sold her older home that we had all grown up in and got her moved into a smaller easier place and came HOME. I love my "chores" today. They mean I am healthy, at home and have time to do them.

I am SO down with that. Chores can become pleasurable domestic arts when one has the time to do them regularly, well, and carefully, rather than trying to just barely keep up between lots of other demands on time and responsibilities/obligations/choices. I look forward to a time when I can return to a pace of life such that keeping house is once again a pleasure rather than one more dang thing to get done.

Having a smaller house and yard will also help -- we're hoping to start on our cottage at Eden's Landing real soon!

I love having a clean, comfortable, well-organized home. It is just so important to us and we work hard to keep it up. Most chores are mindless and can be meditative. But there are those that I avoid at all cost: vacuuming and mopping. uuuuggggghhhhh....

other than that - I find household chores a damn relief compared to office work especially 8-5 hours IN an office or place of employment. I did that for 25 years or so AND cleaned. that is when chores suck because there is never enough time to keep up.

My mom (typical Italian) did all the work when we were growing up in a house of 4 children - it was her work and she was totally dedicated to it - and we had the best meals ever every single day, every single meal time - and she totally spoiled my Dad and all of us. She wouldn't let us near the laundry but we did help with dishes and vacuuming now and then. we were responsible for the upkeep of our bedrooms. No, we weren't exactly prepared to go out and keep clean dorm rooms and apartments in college but we learned eventually. ahhh... those were the days when moms had time to actually do it all and do it well.

Having worked maintenance in dorms I can tell you that the spoiled kids are easy to spot.

They are the ones with the clean rooms like above, huh. That is not a dirty dorm room, it is just lived in. I have seen WAY worse than that!

SWGB, that is what my sons' rooms look like immediately after they've "cleaned" them.

Having worked maintenance in dorms I can tell you that the spoiled kids are easy to spot.

We've discussed posting pictures of my house on Sowal! :nono1:

Having worked maintenance in dorms I can tell you that the spoiled kids are easy to spot.

heck, could be a spoiled kid, or could be a kid who is ready to not give a damn for a while. I've seen both types. who cares as long as everyone is having fun, being somewhat responsible, staying healthy and making good grades in school. the above mess is as about as bad as it needs to get for young adults in college, imo.

However, there does come a time when keeping a decent home is part of an adult's responsibility..

I know a few moms & dads whose homes need to be condemned. Now that kind of situation bothers me a great deal, for the kids - if you are going to get married and have children then you need to know how to take care of a home and provide a clean/healthy home for your children - dumbarses! there are just no excuses.

Hey, wait a minute....there are NO BOOKS in that room! No beer cans either. Are you sure that is a dorm room?

Here are some cramped living quarters in Tokyo. The guy who lives in the apartment in the second photo has four cats.

Here are some cramped living quarters in Tokyo. The guy who lives in the apartment in the second photo has four cats.

wow. the book guy needs to donate some of those books to the library.

Anything that requires me to get in the attic between the months of May and November.

wow. the book guy needs to donate some of those books to the library.

Those are actually CDs and videos. The weight is causing the floor to bow.

Those are actually CDs and videos. The weight is causing the floor to bow.

you're right! I just opened it in a bigger photo and I can see these are cds and videos - hundreds!!! freaky. he needs to just donate these to the library too..

That photo doesn't do justice to what I saw when I worked in housing. The worst ever was a kid who managed to get a single, I think he ran off the other roommates, and it was so bad he was evicted from the dorm. We hauled out over 20 bags of trash including beer cans, liquor bottles, pizza boxes, assorted food wrappers, and a dead parrot.

His parents moved him into an apartment off campus where the same thing happened. One of the RA's had to sit down with him to give him a final warning in the dorm and asked why he didn't take the trash to the chute down the hall. The kid honestly stated that he had never had to do it in the past. Turns out mommy and daddy weren't rich, mommy just waited on him hand and foot. He wore flip flops or sandals even in the winter, because, and I'm not joking, he had never learned to tie his shoes.

You've done a lot in your young years! Impressive, SWGB!