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genkieveryday t1_ja80dzn wrote

I feel for ypour wife, In a couple, the one with the best cleaning standards always suffer.
Just like you, I am cleaning deep every 2 weeks, however i like to keep the house tidy.
And my wife is incredibly messy, nothing is ever put in its place, wraping are left in the sink instead of the trash, there is constantly some cisors out with food on it, clothes on the floor in every rooms, and so on.

She feels like we need a cleaning lady, no we just need to keep things tidy up every day.
To her its an insurmontable challenge, like i am talking about doing an marathon.

Well, i just end up cleaning up, a lot, every day.

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0-768457 t1_ja9nkjs wrote

Honestly this sounds weird but have you considered a couple of things to make the tasks less steps?

Small trash cans with no lids. (Small forces it to be taken out regularly, no lids means fewer steps to the task)

Have a couple of laundry baskets, also no lids. If she knows that she won’t reliably go to the bathroom and put it in that hamper, then have a couple of hampers in the house. She’ll be much more likely to put things in the basket if it’s right there than she would if it was two rooms down.

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