Gone to far? Cleaning?

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  • Newf77
    Newf77 Posts: 802 Member
    When I get to a good top to bottom cleaning this includes the doors {no kids so I do not have the hand mark excuse] scrub the baqseboards with a toothbrush. There is absolutly nothing wrong with doing these things.
  • sailorsiren13
    sailorsiren13 Posts: 460
    I wipe my doors and light switches down !!! they get nasty especially if someone in the house has been sick. usually i use mr. clean eraser. maybe she just isn't used to cleaning. I grew up in a dirty house and prefer to keep things neat and clean because you never know who will show up. Call it OCD or whatever you want but i want to keep a house to be proud of.
  • kissy28wv
    kissy28wv Posts: 74
    I thought I was the only one! I also wipe down the walls, light switches and door knobs. You don't know who washes their hands and who doesn't.
  • W0zzie
    W0zzie Posts: 262 Member
    Ok I'm certainly no clean freak but yeh - gripes me and I clean doors & things like light switches from time to time... But then I'm a man & I clean so I guess I'm definitely weird ROFL
  • FitRodr
    FitRodr Posts: 353 Member
    Ahhh, thanks! She's a little ****! I knew it, I just knew I wasn't the only one. I think one of you said maybe she doesn't know what clean is. I think you may have something there. I also know that I shouldn't care so much about her opinion but on the other hand... who doesn't look at themselves when someone says something like that.

    I'll tell ya... it's hard being a step-mom to a child that had almost no standards on any level. My parents were strict, they demanded manners, cleanliness and responsibility for the choices we made. I am thankful for that. Someday I hope that it'll rub off on her. Until then, I secretly chant "TWO MORE YEARS"

    :0).. I'm going to get thru this and live happily ever after
  • xXKatrinaXx
    xXKatrinaXx Posts: 234
    i think your normal...i wipe my door knobs down every now and then. and sanitize my cell phone. and you know how some people have a drawer of pens in their house...I sanitize all those too!
  • pelleld
    pelleld Posts: 363 Member
    Totally normal! My interior doors are raised panel doors, the panels collect dust so I clean them whenever I think of it. I LOVE to clean and am really excited to have started my Spring cleaning. I love the feeling of accomplishment. And I do walls, doors, windows, baseboards, EVERYTHING :)
  • Summer5555
    Summer5555 Posts: 104 Member
    I'm not fond of cleaning but I do clean the doors and handles regularly, particularly the high traffic areas. I go overboard somewhat though and if I'm not happy with how clean they are I strip them and repaint, I did that to my kitchen wall a few months ago. I hate cleaning but i do love painting.
  • Tangerine302
    Tangerine302 Posts: 1,509 Member
    Our doors inside are wooden the have some areas that are raised so they collect dust in those areas. Also things get more dusty when ceiling or floor fans run.

    If she doesn't appreciate that things get dirty, I would give her a white damp rag and have her do some of the doors. When her rag is no longer white, she will understand. Same with blinds, baseboards, and other areas that get dusty. :)

    Is is good to clean. Tell her the house looks nice because you care, not because your weird.
  • nikkijennings
    nikkijennings Posts: 130 Member
    I wipe my doors and light switches down !!! they get nasty especially if someone in the house has been sick. usually i use mr. clean eraser. maybe she just isn't used to cleaning. I grew up in a dirty house and prefer to keep things neat and clean because you never know who will show up. Call it OCD or whatever you want but i want to keep a house to be proud of.

    Ohhhh Yyeeessss!!!! Doors AND lightswitches!!!! My pet hates!!! I am one extreme or the other.... RIDICULOUSLY organised or total wreck!!!!
  • shadowkitty22
    shadowkitty22 Posts: 495 Member
    I believe I've only wiped down the physical door itself when someone got sick and some throw up landed on it (gross I know). I do however attack the doorknobs and various other surfaces with Lysol wipes whenever people in the house get sick since they're commonly touched household objects that can easily and unknowingly spread germs.

    I've actually been bitten by the cleaning bug this evening and I'm hoping to do a complete overhaul on my house while my husband is away this week to not mess it up for me. Haha
  • JadeRabbit08
    JadeRabbit08 Posts: 551 Member
    Are you kidding me? She obviously hasn't cleaned a house before lucky her. What does she thinks happens to all the dirty marks from peoples hands touching doors? Same as walls, door frames and light switches. Fairies dont come in the night and spot clean that stuff off. I am nowhere near OCD in fact I am an utter slob but even I clean those areas.
  • sandylion
    sandylion Posts: 451 Member
    Not weird. Totally Necessary. I'm obsessive about cleaning the lightbulbs and the dust on top of door frames. Speaking of which.... I need to do that... and maybe I'll wipe down the doors too.
  • creative1981
    creative1981 Posts: 182 Member
    Yup..along with the skirting boards and anywhere else the kids get their grubby fingers. I thought everyone did it!
  • AnarchoGen
    AnarchoGen Posts: 400 Member
    I just wiped down the doors a couple weeks ago! I wipe them every once in awhile with a magic eraser (the parts where hands touch and dirty smudges around the door knob, I also magic erase the door frames and entryway frames, my kids like to grab on to while turning corners in the house). I also purchased a Kirby last year, there's a lot of great attachments to it, so I Kirby clean the entire house once a week (walls, ceilings, ceiling fans, molding, baseboards, windows, window frames, doors, door frames, furniture) & vacuum every day. I love my Kirby.
  • trinitymel1982
    trinitymel1982 Posts: 38 Member
    I wipe down my doors, and door handles, and door jambs every weekend, especially the restroom ones.
    I do this :)
  • kristinlough
    kristinlough Posts: 828 Member
    Frankly, I don't have the cleanest house (I'm still learning that my mama isn't going to come clean my house, even after 5.5 years of marriage :smile:). I wipe down the doors. Even the outsides. Stuff gets dirty, people wipe their bodies, bump their hips, etc., on the doors. It's worth doing - and it can be done so quickly!
  • Trinketona
    Trinketona Posts: 190
    I wipe them because they do get extremely dirty especially with toddlers in the house. She's 16 being rude is her thing right now. Ignore her. Or make her grab a towel and help you clean them lol
  • LisamarieBond14
    LisamarieBond14 Posts: 133 Member
    I dunno about the doors thing but I have some very stange tendencies, not sure they count as OCD though!

    The volume on the TV, some people have to have it on an even number or a multiple of 5, etc. I have specific numbers, usually 5, 7, sometimes 8, 10, sometimes 12, sometimes 13, 15, 17, sometimes 18, 20, 22, 25, etc... it depends on how it feels (I totally understand "the feeling"!) It truly makes me feel sick if it's not on a number I can have!

    Also, and this one has haunted me all my life, as long as I can remember. I have to have equality and balance. So say, my left hand touches something, I have to touch it with my right hand too. Even to the extremes, so if I actually hurt myself, maybe I cut my toe, I have to have the same sensation on the other foot, not necessarily cutting it, but just pressing it against something sharp so that I get the same sensation. My family think it's funny and tap me on the knee or something and wait, in hysterics, for me to touch my other knee... it's so upsetting because they don't understand (even though mum "claims" to have OCD!) Sometimes I spend hours in little whirlwinds because I can't get the same sensation right and I'm there, tapping both arms on different objects because it's not the same sensation, so then I've got to equal it back out and still try to get the original sensation! Does that make sense?

    I'm not as bad with objects, but I do like to have things spaced equally (The coathangers spaced equally on the rail when I worked in a clothes store caused me some trouble as I spent too long tidying!)

    Some days are worse than others... But I don't think it counts as OCD - maybe I just have a strong sense of balance (crazy, as I can't balance to save my life!)
  • blv0267
    blv0267 Posts: 100 Member
    I wipe down doors on about a monthly basis. They get dusty!
  • belladonna_3k
    belladonna_3k Posts: 36
    Yes I do.. doors get touched constantly, so no only do they build up dirt and stuff, they accumulate dust and pet fur (if you have pets). I don't think it's OCD at all to give them a wipe down once in awhile. OCD would be if you were wiping them several times a day, like as part of a "must do" routine, I believe. You're just cleaning. :-)
  • giggles1973
    giggles1973 Posts: 143 Member
    Wash down doors, and the moulding on the top and bottom of the walls and the walls all about once a month :)
  • stormy_eyez742
    stormy_eyez742 Posts: 37 Member
    Wow...No way! To me that is routine. We have hardwoods through out our home. They seem to be especially good at breeding dust bunnies and dirt. Plus I have 3 kids - 2 of which are boys and a husband. I get doors, light switches, scuff marks on the walls, baseboards, mouldings, etc..Anywhere hands touch - I try to keep clean. If I only have a few minutes to wipe down door knobs/light switches, I spray a light misting of white vinegar or Lysol.

    My family tells me all the time I have OCD...I think they have OCD for feeling the need to tell me that all the time. :smile: Cleanliness is my zen. Do what makes you feel better. There are far worse habits you could have.
  • kwest_4_fitness
    kwest_4_fitness Posts: 820 Member
    I wipe down the doors at least once a year if not more. Doggie noses, people prints, kid stickies...oh yeah, at least once!! I have pattern OCD to where certain aspects of my life must be patterned. Change the pattern and chaos ensues, lol. I once gave up grocery shopping because the store changed the aisles around and I couldn't find anything. My husband tried to test my statement by starting us in the dairy section instead of produce like I normally do. Needless to say, he doubts me no more, lol!
  • bhalter
    bhalter Posts: 582 Member
    Oh definitely! Especially if they have grooves in them (the old-fashioned styled doors), they can collect a lot of dust and dirt. I Lysol or Clorox ours when we're sick, and in college, I used to wash our WALLS all the time.
  • LauraJWStevenson
    LauraJWStevenson Posts: 55 Member
    Yes...doors, walls, door frames. My DIL came in the other day...I didn't hear her because I was washing my Washing Machine!!! I hate a dirty washer and dryer!!!
  • marcia724
    marcia724 Posts: 180 Member
    I do it, if I notice that it looks bad. But that's it. I'm really bad at cleaning thoroughly.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    My hubby is OCD and I am not, about cleaning and keeping the house perfectly spic-n-span, so yes, I wipe down the doors, and occasionally the walls if they get scuffed, or unused areas in the house, even the walls tend to get dusty...
  • breezymom81
    breezymom81 Posts: 499 Member
    umm...if once a month makes you weird i am totally crazy because i do it once a week on our big clean of house, every Friday night! They get dirty of course I clean them
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    oops, double post
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