Please Don't Flame me but....

[twinklebug]

Bathroom chores rank right up there with the days of cleaning slimy dog poo off the rug when my aging pup was having difficulties controling his movements.

I know it's expensive, but I'm seriously considering getting a house cleaning service to stop by once a week just for the basic stuff (floors, bathrooms, counters) I don't care if they do windows as I love that chore.

DD loves cleaning the toilets though so I'm all for her picking up that job until I can get said service.

 

[Luv'sTink]

I am the only female too, and I can not understand how you miss that big of a target! I told them they are going to have to start sitting if they cant "get it"

Oh well, I guess I will go clean the bathroom....

 

[Tiffer]

I hate cleaning the bathroom! It is my least favorite housecleaing job and I have to do it all by myself. I just feel so bad for me, I'm a SAHM and I think I do enough that I should not have to do this anymore. Can I go on a bathroom cleaning strike? Oh and if it helps my cause, I'm the only female in the house.

Just kidding of course. I'll clean the darn bathrooms.

Why would anyone flame you? Who intheir right mind LIKES cleaning the bathroom.

If you are that one peculiar person who does like cleaning the bathroom and you live in or around the NY area, pm me. I'll give you my address so you can come and clean mine.

 

[pearlieq]

I don't get it. Why would anyone expect flames for this?

I have never once in my life heard anyone rhapsodize about the joys of bathroom cleaning. No one likes to do it. It's a necessary evil. If you're lucky you can pay someone else to do it.

Am I missing something here? Is it just titled that way to get more traffic?

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I HATE cleaning the potties & I'm a SAHM...i don't do them! My DH does them every weekend. I Just can't do it..i've never been able to! haha! He doesn't mind, so we work well together! He hates putting laundry away, so that's my job

 

[meandtheguys2]

I abuse my children...all boys...they clean the bathrooms. There are 4 bathrooms. If one of the boys complains about cleaning his, he gets the extra. Otherwise, I pay for the last one. Someone always needs a buck.

 

[jbmom]

I don't get it. Why would anyone expect flames for this?

I have never once in my life heard anyone rhapsodize about the joys of bathroom cleaning. No one likes to do it. It's a necessary evil. If you're lucky you can pay someone else to do it.

Am I missing something here? Is it just titled that way to get more traffic?

I thought people would say "that's part of the job duties of a sahm". I didn't want people to think I was trying to pawn it off, although dh will do occassionally. He did it more when I worked outside the home.

 

[Cass]

They have some cleaners that make the job a bit easier, like the disposable toilet brushes (just the head is disposable) and the handle keeps you far enough away!

We have our own business(s) and I used to work 4 days a week and use my day off for cleaning, now I am in the office 5, sometimes 6 or 7 times a week - I get Molly Maid in to clean my house 3 times a month. It's been a long time since I've had to clean a toilet - and I think it was an 'emergency' case lol

 

[SamIAm21]

I think it is from leaning over to flush mid-stream so they can watch it swirl around

I HATE THAT! OMG!! You have just touched on my biggest pet peeve! Why in the world do they flush when they aren't done???

Don't they know that some of "that" will be left in the bowl and then sit there all day and not be a very pleasant scent to come home to after 8 Hours. God men are just icky!

Oh and I think the "don't flame me" part is a joke. So many threads now start with Don't Flame Me But... It was actually refreshing to open a Don't Flame Me thread and not find someone in the throes of personal crisis.

 

[LadyShiva]

I thought people would say "that's part of the job duties of a sahm".

I don't think that would be safe to say. AT ALL.

I'm definitely not going to tell you your job. Just like you don't tell me how to write my baseline or how to fix my server.

Brandie

 

[pgsahm2]

Oh and I think the "don't flame me" part is a joke. So many threads now start with Don't Flame Me But... It was actually refreshing to open a Don't Flame Me thread and not find someone in the throes of personal crisis.

 

[pearlieq]

I thought people would say "that's part of the job duties of a sahm". I didn't want people to think I was trying to pawn it off, although dh will do occassionally. He did it more when I worked outside the home.

Gotcha. Here's where some fuzzy math comes in handy. I figure a SAHP's job is to put in as many hours as the WOHP. So if he puts in 45 hours a week, you're responsible for 45 hours. Anything work that needs doing after than 45 hours is split 50/50. No law says the bathrooms can't be part of that "extra" work that you two split!

 

[jbmom]

Gotcha. Here's where some fuzzy math comes in handy. I figure a SAHP's job is to put in as many hours as the WOHP. So if he puts in 45 hours a week, you're responsible for 45 hours. Anything work that needs doing after than 45 hours is split 50/50. No law says the bathrooms can't be part of that "extra" work that you two split!

I love your math!!

 

[LadyShiva]

I love your math!!

She left out the overtime... For every time you get interrupted in the bathroom (WOHP gets to go to the bathroom without observation, remember?), you add 15 minutes to recoup.

Then you get hazard pay... diapers, eh? Biological waste, in need of special handling.

If you eat with your children, you get OSHA prescribed off hours after your shift.

I can go on for hours, I'd bet...

Brandie

 

[cardaway]

IOh and I think the "don't flame me" part is a joke. So many threads now start with Don't Flame Me But... It was actually refreshing to open a Don't Flame Me thread and not find someone in the throes of personal crisis.

Or something that they should be "flamed" for and just want to try and control the replies. It's amazing what people think they should be able to post here and not get honest feedback in return.

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

I've actually found some on the cabinet next to the toilet. Would some man like to explain to me how things go that far awry?

Off the toilet, past the TP, off the plunger handle into the cabinet. Nothing but net?

 

[mishasmom]

Why shouldn't a SAHM have to clean the bathrooms? I work out of the house and I have to clean them! SAHM's always complain about how much they have to do...those of us who don't stay home have a lot to do, too!

 

[coles1mom]

Three pages about a flaming toilet Ok I've read it all.
Judi

 

[clm3]

Does anyone watch that invention show with George Foreman? Someone wanted to market a tube like thing you attach to your toliet for the male gender to use so there are no "misfires". He was no billed ..... I tell ya I would have bought the thing. I make the boys and DH clean up after their messes and if they forget to lift the lid. YUCK !!!!

 

[coles1mom]

Does anyone watch that invention show with George Foreman? Someone wanted to market a tube like thing you attach to your toliet for the male gender to use so there are no "misfires". He was no billed ..... I tell ya I would have bought the thing. I make the boys and DH clean up after their messes and if they forget to lift the lid. YUCK !!!!

Would the men not find another use for the tube ..Just Askin'

Judi