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The fact that it (housework) never ever ends.

[Mama Mia]

All of it, and the fact that has to be done over and over and over again.

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@Mama Mia wrote:

All of it, and the fact that has to be done over and over and over again.

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My sentiments exactly.

[SahmIam]

It looks the same the moment you're done/breathe/someone walks in and uses the place.

In other words, it's a thankless job that must be done constantly with no everlasting results.

[Nightowlz]

That I have been doing it the last 40 years & I'm sick of it all. LOL!!!!!!!!!

I clean some every day to keep up with it. After I clean & move on I go back where I have cleaned to touch up so it's all clean all the time. I'm a clean freak. I hate clutter, I cannot stand a dirty house so it's never that way. You won't ever see dirty dishes in my sink because there have never been any there.

[SeaMaiden]

My husband does not do housework....unless I ask...and then have to remind him so many times that I could have done it myself...so housework is on my plate.  What frustrates me most is that my house never really gets cleaned. I just keep up the best I can. I have some cobwebs, places behind sofa that have not been looked at for years....and things like that. I have some clutter( meaning to get to that!)  I manage to do most of the important basics....bathrooms, floors, change sheets, vacume, and such.  But a deep clean. Never.   I hang my head in shame......

[SilleeMee]

When I was young I used to be a super-clean-freak. It was an embarassing obsession I think . Whenever I saw dust, dirt...any mess...I'd be cleaning it up right away. Now that I am old and have old eyes, I can't see as good as I used to, I'm a happier person today...

[Spurt]

I am in the process of just putting the vacuum away only to find there's already more cat hair on the carpet. .....I love my kitties but they really shed in the summer......

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@Spurt

I feel your pain!!! My cat sheds every minute I'm like a nut job I run the vacumn everyday! Drives my spouse insane BUT I'd be insane seeing clumps everywhere!!! I think I'm going to wear the rugs out and take the finish off my tile floors -- no not really!

[libbyannE]

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@house_cat wrote:

For me, it's inconsistency. I rarely have time to clean the whole house at once, so it seems there's always a mess somewhere.  I consider myself a tidy person who hates clutter and dirt, but in reality, it's very hard to keep up.

What frustrates you most about housework?

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Exactly. I always had a housekeeper until I took early retirement. I thought we could fend for ourselves, but my husband and I clearly don't know what we are doing. He's better at it than I am, but I never learned to clean. I take care of important sanitary bathroom issues, he vacuums, then I get paper towels and try to figure out how the heck to wipe down an entire house! Not happy. I could spend all day every day trying to get the hose clean, and that is not what retirement is about!