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I'm posting here cuz this is likely gender-related.
How can I get an obsessive housekeeper to chill a bit?
Here's the deal . . . we live in the woods and on a lake . . . and we have laminate flooring throughout, so everything shows (unlike y'all who can hide years worth of filth in your carpets
).
DW has a little rechargeable floor sweeper, a big tool-time style vacuum cleaner, and a couple of handheld dustbuster styles. We're lucky to go a half day without one or more of them running. Then, of course, someone goes outside and tracks in a blade of grass or a speck of dirt.
How can I get her to let it accumulate awhile, say until it starts to pile, maybe to where you need a shovel
, or at least get her to cut back to once or twice a week.
Oh yeah, we have a dog and three cats, and do they ever get blamed for that speck of dirt???
I can hear her brother muttering, "I would never live in a house I couldn't walk in."
Or, when after cleaning she says, "You don't appreciate what I do around here," is there a tactful way to say, "No, in this case, No!"
How can I get an obsessive housekeeper to chill a bit?
Here's the deal . . . we live in the woods and on a lake . . . and we have laminate flooring throughout, so everything shows (unlike y'all who can hide years worth of filth in your carpets
).DW has a little rechargeable floor sweeper, a big tool-time style vacuum cleaner, and a couple of handheld dustbuster styles. We're lucky to go a half day without one or more of them running. Then, of course, someone goes outside and tracks in a blade of grass or a speck of dirt.
How can I get her to let it accumulate awhile, say until it starts to pile, maybe to where you need a shovel
, or at least get her to cut back to once or twice a week.Oh yeah, we have a dog and three cats, and do they ever get blamed for that speck of dirt???
I can hear her brother muttering, "I would never live in a house I couldn't walk in."
Or, when after cleaning she says, "You don't appreciate what I do around here," is there a tactful way to say, "No, in this case, No!"
and that is making you to want her to stop....take the high road, and instead of focusing on what she is doing, focus on the person who is doing it....appreciating HER will free you up from being bothered by her need for cleanliness.
shaggy
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