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My house is falling apart around me and I don't care! Am I crazy?

  Author:  21376  Category:(Discussion) Created:(5/8/2001 2:45:00 PM)
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Well Its not falling apart, really but its a mess right now! And I just don't care. It took me a long time, but its kinda something I needed to do. You see I am a clean freak! Beds have to be made, nothing out of place,Nothing on my counters or tables,Everything has to be Just right!Ok so my Ex did this to me for years. Our house was never clean enough for him, No matter what he would pick me appart. (Yet he never even took out the trash.) I would Vaccunm 3 times a day,clean and re-clean all over again! And I worked full time.Until a few months ago whenever people would come over I would still say, "Excuse my house, Its a mess and I haven't had much time lately" They would all tell me how nuts I was and that I should see theirs... I came to realize that this had to be a crazy thing with me and It was now My own home and if I didn't want to clean it I didn't have to. I desided its kinda going to be a self therapy for me. First I desided not to make the bed, It was the hardest thing I ever did! LOL I had to make it to get in at night I just couldn't deal with that one...But do you have any Idea how wonderful it felt for me to realize after liveing as a single woman,for 4 years that I didn't have to be the perfect woman with the perfect house anymore? I feel so good and it doesn't bother me any more.And its ok, Its ok to have a messy house once and awhile! For me its a huge step...Is there anyone else with this mental cleaning thing? My Kids have called me(Pysco cleaning Mom) on occation... Ok so the mess does get to me a little, But I feel great!I know this is a silly post but I am feeling pretty good right about now!... Diana

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Date: 5/8/2001 2:58:00 PM  From Authorid: 34703    I wish I had the motivation to be cleaner. But clutter is ok not dirt. That's what most people look at anyways. I like clutter I don't feel at home without it and I like my bed messy too!
Date: 5/8/2001 3:03:00 PM  From Authorid: 24963    Hey good for you!!! *hugs* I wish I could be a "psycho cleaning mom" LOL I just wish I had more energy and time to clean my house. Sometimes I am just so sick or tired I can barely get up in the morning. Let alone clean my house. My kids are big mess makers because they have learned by watching daddy that mommy will clean it up. I've been yelling at my husband to at least pick up after himself, and most of the time he doesn't. so now alot of times, my kids walk in the door and just throw down thier jackets in the floor and leave them there!! It drives me nuts!!! Luckily my kids are still very young and I still may be able to break them of these bad habits. You have a right to be happy! It sounds like you really had a breakthrough! ~Ferret  
Date: 5/8/2001 3:05:00 PM  From Authorid: 8224    Opps - sorry for the type-o.  
Date: 5/8/2001 3:05:00 PM  From Authorid: 8224    Congradtulations - not many can do what you did - know the feeling and thank heaven's I also kicked that habit in its "southern hemisphere" yes, my house is clean but when it get's messy, all I do is smile and tell myself I'll clean tomorrow - tomorrow being the weekend or maybe the middle of the following week. Neat feeling isn't it?  
Date: 5/8/2001 3:07:00 PM  From Authorid: 30621    We'll have to share that name your children call you. I cant stand my house a mess. I know it has to be some kind of a mental problem. I am glad you over came it. Is there a group I can join or a pill I can take to stop my cleaning insanity?LOL luvs...SOMEDAY  
Date: 5/8/2001 3:07:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 21376    Yes!Antonia! I do My mom always said..." Just leave it it will be there tomorrow to do" And that just made me more freaked, But when I really think on it now!!! I say! Ahhhhhhhh So what, I don't care and I don't have to! Diana  
Date: 5/8/2001 3:12:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 21376    LOL Someday! and more Giggles! I have been a clean freak for way too long! My kids are now the ones freaking out and think something is wrong! LOL I have come to realize I am entitaled to be tired and to come home afterwork and lay on the couch and relax! It was torture and still is, but its great therapy!  
Date: 5/8/2001 3:12:00 PM  From Authorid: 24924    What you describe is: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I know. I had it for many years. I was a clean FREAK! There are many varried degrees. My sister is the worst case I've ever come across. She drives people crazy with her constant cleaning. I still am very neat, and orderly, but it is not anywhere near as bad as I USED TO BE.
There is a HUGE difference in being messy and being dirty. Once you get that in your mind, and accept it, it is a whole lot better. I congratulate you on reaching this level, this place, where you can RELAX and not let this obsession control you. YOU are not alone.
The Thinker
  
Date: 5/8/2001 5:08:00 PM  From Authorid: 24732    If you looked at my room you would be shocked. Everyone always is if they see it. Clothes all around, there is a computer somewhere on my desk. (it's hard to find LOL) but I can always find every thing. Some people have a perfectly clean house but are still looking for stuff.

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Date: 5/8/2001 6:59:00 PM  From Authorid: 26717    Oh my gosh Diana, YOU sound exactly like me.!!! I was raised like this by my mom and I had to keep house from the age of ten. My father died and my mom was left with the last four out of eight kids to raise. I was the only girl and I took my moms place in the home. She worked and had a vegetable garden and rose garden. my mom taught me that when your feet hit the floor, the bed gets made. You never get on that bed again until bedtime or unless you were sick and i do mean sick in which you did not get out of bed!! I am everybit like her and raised four kids in a spotless house. I got teased a lot and still do. Every three months, I pull out my fridge and range and washer and dryer and clean them and behind them. I take my bed apart and clean under them and sun the mattresses. I will not allow anything under my beds, or my closets to be dirty. My clothes have to hung up in a certain way, short sleeves together, shirts with collars together, etc., color coorodinated. I just have it bad. I wore out a Rainbow Vacuum in two years. I just buy cheaper ones now and throw them away when they die. I vacuum a lot and I mop my tile on my kitchen about three times a day. I have let up some since my grandson came along, but it eats at me. I think it is a mental problem but I cannot live in a messy house! I could go on and on but no one wants to hear it. I think if I lived alone, I would be just a bad. Is there hope for me, since I read your posting, I said YES YES YES, maybe there is hope for me. CORA
Date: 5/8/2001 7:05:00 PM  From Authorid: 26717    I want to add this, my favorite places to go is my friends houses that are cluttered and messy. I just relax there, is that not odd? My friends tell me that my house is like a museum, they don't feel free to touch ANYTHING. I like theirs because no matter what I do its ok. CORA
Date: 5/8/2001 10:06:00 PM  From Authorid: 29526    hehe,well this is kinds weird but i LOVE messy houses,i like it messy,LOL once i coulnd't find my sheltie!but my friend is a clean friek & her aunt has some kind of disease think where she thinks EVERYTHING is dirty!moon angel  
Date: 5/9/2001 3:04:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 21376    LOL oh Cora! I go through Vaccumns as you do and yes buy the cheaper ones now!!! LOL I thought I was the only one!!! Well I am getting out of this if it kills me...  
Date: 5/9/2001 6:03:00 PM  From Authorid: 26717    Diana, when you accomplish your goal, remember me and let me know. I really don't like being this was but I think I am too old to change! I wish you luck. CORA
Date: 7/20/2002 7:35:00 PM  From Authorid: 6418    SOunds like my old house
-Phoenix Flames Risin

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