Honestly how often do you clean...

[shootingstar]

I think I'll start calling you "Silver" and him "Mr. Silver" The ongoing joke in our marriage is that I like things "clean and tidy". Silver doesn't care about "untidy" as long as the untidiness is on top of something "clean".

His tidy habits probably stems from long string of childhood sicknesses which included tuberculosis, ringworm, etc. of which the latter he nearly died from. This was just after WWII, when Germany was trying to rebuild itself and its infrastructure (sewage, water) was still not in good shpae.

He was a boy that did not enjoy playing in the mud.

[firenze11]

I'm still in school, grad school now (finally! I'm almost done!), and am living in an apartment with two other girls. We have a schedule for cleaning and garbage and everything gets cleaned weekly. I also change my sheets weekly. I can't imagine it any other way.

At my old school I lived in a house with four other people. One year we had two of my guy friends living with us. And get this. . .they cleaned their bathroom once. The whole year. (thankfully the 3 girls had a nice clean one upstairs) And only because we begged, pleaded, then threatened them. And then, out of spite, they cleaned it using our dish rag, then put the dish rag back on the sink. I'm so thankful I was there to witness it and then throw the towel away. Ah, I still love them though.

When they moved at the end of the year, the three girls went down to clean the bathroom for the two girls moving in. We had to wear bags on our feet, gloves on our hands (should have worn masks, too). Everything we cleaned came up nearly black. It was incredible. And disgusting.

[spindizzy]

OOO Firenze! I could tell you stories that would make your skin crawl about my DH when he was "living with the boys." But I won't.

Housekeeping is something that DH and I have had disagreements about for a ridiculously long time. I finally hired the most fantastic cleaning lady...She's retired now. The one I have now pales in comparison..but it helps.

Towels get done weekly (or daily- we have lots so everyone is free to help themselves.) Bathrooms deep clean weekly - tidy up and quick wipe down every other day.

Sheets - weekly. Google "dust-mites" and you will want to deep clean your house immediately and figure out ways to stop shedding skin cells!