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Kali

(55,043 posts)
5. pretty much all of them
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:22 PM
Aug 2012
Cleaning the toilets - oh yeah, this one is always fun - and always my job - "they" think all it involves is pouring a little clorox in the bowl. um no you have to clean the rim and outside (and floor) AND use a brush where you soaked that clorox water

Laundry - tiresome, but sometimes I can get into it - plus we use a line so at least you are outside

Vacuuming - so rare that my 10 year-old vacuum cleaner has only been through about a dozen bags

Dishes - ugh - pretty much hate this job and force others to do it

Ironing - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! packrats chewed the cord off my iron 20 years ago

Mowing the lawn - I use equines, kind of fun but a bit of work to keep them on the grass and not eat my potted plants and fruit trees

Cooking - when it is the fucking 3 meals a day chore, I HATE it. When it is fun, creative play for people that know the difference between fresh herbs and a package of ramen "flavor" I enjoy it. Otherwise it is just feeding animals mass quantities and is a pain in the ass.

Pet matters - brushing, litter box emptying, pooper scooping - one cat uses a box some of the time and it is out on the porch. it is a plastic bushel bucket and gets a half 20 lb bag of litter when ever the stench gets too bad then the whole thing gets dumped in the "cat litter dump" - nobody around here is into "scooping" and the cat isn't too picky about the matter. (although she will walk all over your pillows after using it if you let it get really bad). The macaw spends most days outdoors so his inside corner gets the feathers and body lint vacuumed up about as often as I vacuum (not often). The dogs aren't the grooming types although when the little one rolls in something gross she can be bathed in a sink.

Beyond the housepets are several horse bums that need feed and care

grocery shopping - I like shopping if I have money, hate it when I don't (which is most of the time, I am still good at it and even when I do have money I shop mostly on the cheap, but being free to grab some extra of that whatever that is on sale is nice)


Awful domestic household chore poll..... [View all] NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 OP
If I had the wherewithal to farm out a household chore, it would be laundry Burma Jones Aug 2012 #1
Cleaning the kitchen... Phentex Aug 2012 #2
Yep. I especially hate kitchen surfaces. woo me with science Aug 2012 #11
Actually, mine isn't any of the above. Denninmi Aug 2012 #3
For every hour of yard work I do rrneck Aug 2012 #4
pretty much all of them Kali Aug 2012 #5
Do men spray outside the bowl? marzipanni Aug 2012 #26
Feeding animals...hahahaha pipi_k Aug 2012 #32
Cleaning toilets. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2012 #6
Cleaning the shower! ohiosmith Aug 2012 #7
I know what you mean... pipi_k Aug 2012 #31
tie between the cat box and grocery shopping fizzgig Aug 2012 #8
I like grocery shopping Kaleva Aug 2012 #17
Whichever is next up on the To Do List. Lars39 Aug 2012 #9
Dusting. elleng Aug 2012 #10
Cleaning the oven. Ineeda Aug 2012 #12
Weeding - GoneOffShore Aug 2012 #13
vacuuming - IT'S TOO DAMN LOUD IcyPeas Aug 2012 #14
I hate ironing. femmocrat Aug 2012 #15
Same here zanana1 Aug 2012 #40
I hate ironing, too! GermanDem Aug 2012 #47
Most hateful chore for me pipi_k Aug 2012 #16
i love cooking fizzgig Aug 2012 #19
I think pipi_k Aug 2012 #33
i completely hear you fizzgig Aug 2012 #35
I don't mind household chores. Kaleva Aug 2012 #18
What is this thing called ironing? HERVEPA Aug 2012 #20
I hate to mop susanr516 Aug 2012 #21
This... one_voice Aug 2012 #23
I hate all housekeeping, actually. luv_mykatz Aug 2012 #22
I don't really hate the inside chores, it's the mowing/yardwork I hate. Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #24
Laundry: because I have to run up and down the stairs. DebJ Aug 2012 #25
I also dislike the up and down the stairs thing laundry_queen Aug 2012 #30
Congrats! And I am green with envy. DebJ Aug 2012 #36
Churning butter Major Nikon Aug 2012 #27
I'm totally with you on the vacuuming laundry_queen Aug 2012 #28
The one I always could not stand at home ButterflyBlood Aug 2012 #29
Laundry NV Whino Aug 2012 #34
Wiping out whole civilizations growing in my vegetable bin, SOteric Aug 2012 #37
I'm a man in his 30's who lived alone for the past several years. harmonicon Aug 2012 #38
I hate carpeting because it has to be vacuumed. nt zanana1 Aug 2012 #39
In all humility, I think I win the prize for poop scooping -- I have ten cats Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #41
Cooking. After 27 years married and 2 kids I AM SICK OF COOKING! mnhtnbb Aug 2012 #42
I am sooooo with you on that one! GermanDem Aug 2012 #48
All of the above. geardaddy Aug 2012 #43
Cleaning toilets it top of the list for me csziggy Aug 2012 #44
We ripped out our carpet years ago. hunter Aug 2012 #45
cleaning the toilets. hkis5269se Aug 2012 #46
Windows Mr.Bill Aug 2012 #49
Other- Broken_Hero Aug 2012 #50
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