My house is a big mess! - Page 4

monster · 01-27-2009, 08:59 PM

(pur home has been messy for 20 years, and we have nooo problems relaxing

It's all a matter of state of mind. And mine is certainly a state

)

Cloud · 01-27-2009, 09:01 PM

I agree to a point. But if it's causing you distress, or if you feel things are out of control (never a good feeling); or keeping you from having people in your home, even just to fix stuff or do necessary things, then--make a plan, take some steps. If it's not perfect, so what?

Aliantha · 01-27-2009, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids.

Don't listen to her! She's crazy!!!!

monster · 01-27-2009, 09:04 PM

oh yes, distress is bad. but sometimes it's easier to fix your distress triggers than your house....

after all, pets don't care, so it must be a learned behaviour.....

SteveDallas · 01-27-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids.

I just wanted to post that again because it was so good.

Cloud · 01-27-2009, 10:07 PM

aim for "lived in" but not slovenly

monster · 01-27-2009, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

aim for "lived in" but not slovenly

why?

why not aim for the bext you can do given the time and willing avaialable? (you may assume a positive correlstion between distress over mess and willingness)

Nirvana · 01-27-2009, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids.

I love you Monster!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2009, 10:48 PM

God damn! There sure are a lot of people that want to tell other people how to live. If you don't like it, don't let the door hit you in the ass, ya judgmental pricks. :p

Aliantha · 01-27-2009, 10:49 PM

What is it with all the pricks around this place this arvy???

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2009, 10:50 PM

They're too damn judgmental.

Cloud · 01-27-2009, 11:02 PM

because lived in is comfortable and slovenly is a health hazard. I would never be comfortable or happy in a too-clean house or a Martha Stewart type house.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2009, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

because lived in is comfortable and slovenly is a health hazard.

Bah, those clean freaks never build up any resistance... the terrorists will wipe them out in the first wave.

Aliantha · 01-27-2009, 11:52 PM

That's why you get your kids to play in the dirt. It's just better if they don't have to live in it.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2009, 12:03 AM

Clutter (mess) does not equal dirty/unhealthy... that's a connection too many people (my mother) incorrectly make.

01-27-2009, 08:59 PM	#46
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(pur home has been messy for 20 years, and we have nooo problems relaxing It's all a matter of state of mind. And mine is certainly a state ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2009, 09:01 PM	#47
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I agree to a point. But if it's causing you distress, or if you feel things are out of control (never a good feeling); or keeping you from having people in your home, even just to fix stuff or do necessary things, then--make a plan, take some steps. If it's not perfect, so what? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-27-2009, 09:04 PM	#49
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oh yes, distress is bad. but sometimes it's easier to fix your distress triggers than your house.... after all, pets don't care, so it must be a learned behaviour..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2009, 10:07 PM	#51
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	aim for "lived in" but not slovenly __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-27-2009, 10:48 PM	#54
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	God damn! There sure are a lot of people that want to tell other people how to live. If you don't like it, don't let the door hit you in the ass, ya judgmental pricks. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2009, 10:49 PM	#55
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What is it with all the pricks around this place this arvy??? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-27-2009, 10:50 PM	#56
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They're too damn judgmental. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2009, 11:02 PM	#57
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	because lived in is comfortable and slovenly is a health hazard. I would never be comfortable or happy in a too-clean house or a Martha Stewart type house. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-27-2009, 11:52 PM	#59
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's why you get your kids to play in the dirt. It's just better if they don't have to live in it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-28-2009, 12:03 AM	#60
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Clutter (mess) does not equal dirty/unhealthy... that's a connection too many people (my mother) incorrectly make. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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