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Are you a slob or neat freak?

PinkEarthMama
PinkEarthMama Posts: 987 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I admit it... I'm not naturally a neat person.

I can clean and organize with the best of them, but in between - things fall quickly into disarray. My husband lovingly jokes about Mount Washmore, our unending supply of laundry. I don't have a wardrobe : I have a floordrobe.

I'm cleaning up ( slowly, on crutches ) from a month long hiatus of housecleaning, and wondering about you.

Neat freak? Slob? Somewhere in between?
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  • DeborahStanley
    DeborahStanley Posts: 90 Member
    I would be a neat freak if I wasn't so lazy :)
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I'm in between.

    There are some spots in the house that I keep more organized than others. I hate laundry, so my laundry room can sometimes be a disaster :)
  • sassyshook
    sassyshook Posts: 213 Member
    I would be a neat freak if I wasn't so lazy :)

    What she said^^^^^^
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    OCD Neat Freak. I clean my house almost daily.
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    I'm in between.

    There are some spots in the house that I keep more organized than others. I hate laundry, so my laundry room can sometimes be a disaster :)

    Same!
  • fatgirlslove
    fatgirlslove Posts: 614 Member
    I'm weird. My room can look a mess, but when I go into my brother's room I find myself tiding up lol
  • marieautumn
    marieautumn Posts: 928 Member
    i'm a slob, so i cough up $65 a week to have a lady come clean my house. money well spent in my book.
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    I'm a total slob and everyone I ever lived with will vouch for that. My fiance's a neat freak. You could walk in my bedroom and easily point out which side is mine.
  • jenncazares
    jenncazares Posts: 27
    Lets put it this way- im a lazy neat freak.
    if I had $100 in my bank account then $80 of it would go to my house cleaner. She's awesome.
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    yesterday i noticed a full on spider web on one of my lamps. it was all dusty so it had been there a while. my husband and i take turns doing the dishes and the laundry. my husband vacuums once or so a week. i hate cleaning the bathroom, but i do that at least once a week. i also make the bed every day.

    other than that, we're pretty messy. if i wanted to i could keep the place organized. but i'm lazy and there are other things i want to do, so it waits.
  • countrygirlatheart0717
    countrygirlatheart0717 Posts: 83 Member
    OCD Neat Freak. I clean my house almost daily.


    Same here! :)
  • bytemeeeeee
    bytemeeeeee Posts: 173 Member
    OCD Neat Freak. I clean my house almost daily.

    Same...so bad that my colleagues at work screw with my paper clips on my desk because I line them up like soldiers..LOL
  • Sox90716
    Sox90716 Posts: 976 Member
    Neat freak to the point of OCD. :):laugh:
  • KimbaJL
    KimbaJL Posts: 10 Member
    I'm a complete neat freak and luckily my boyfriend is even worse than I am so it works out :tongue:
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    Total slob. Tidy people freak me out.
  • merie08
    merie08 Posts: 114 Member
    OCD Neat Freak. I clean my house almost daily.

    Me too. I actually get kinda annoyed when someone else offers to clean the house. I like to clean and on top of that I like things to be organized and cleaned MY way. I hate not being able to find something because the house is not in order..
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Total slob.
  • jiigglybutt
    jiigglybutt Posts: 345 Member
    I'm a neat freak with my kitchen and bathroom... the rest of my house will be a mess until somebody else decides to clean after themselves!!!
  • MystiqueASAP
    MystiqueASAP Posts: 747
    Somewhat of a neat freak, with a tad bit of OCD. However, my mail is always in organized chaos.
  • KaciWood19
    KaciWood19 Posts: 396 Member
    I am a recovering total slob! Still have relapses and let the house get out of control but try my best to stay on top of it and keep a clean tidy house! Why you ask did I change? My boyfriend, his 5 year old son and I moved in together.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    different areas get different levels of attention.

    kitchen = clean ALWAYS
    bedroom = pretty clean
    dining table area = messy (I sit here all the time working on school stuff so there's books, papers, etc)
  • kurenaikumo
    kurenaikumo Posts: 271 Member
    On the slob side, BUT there are certain items that I'm overly anal about their organization- Art supplies are always in a specific color order, Cosmetics are organized by type and color in small bins...
  • JenAiMarres
    JenAiMarres Posts: 743 Member
    I was a complete neat freak until the gym took over my life...now the house seems to get pushed to the back burner...
  • Maude_Lewbowski
    Maude_Lewbowski Posts: 395 Member
    Neat FREAK! I clean before and after the cleaning people come. I'm mental.
  • Donnacoach
    Donnacoach Posts: 540 Member
    Total SLOB when it comes to my clothes being put away. Totally Anal about stuff on my desk and such being out of place.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    I live by the old adage "A clean house is the sign of a wasted life" well that's my excuse for not doing my housework anyway. I am messy at home but OCD at work. Can't stand a messy desk. Weird.
  • KayakAngel
    KayakAngel Posts: 397 Member
    My husband is a slob, which has pushed me into being not just neat, but pretty OCD about it. The money I pay a housekeeper to clean every 2 weeks is completely worth it and allows me to live in the same house as my husband (I am SO not joking).
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    I go through neat freak phases..but for the most part I'm regular. House is untidy sometimes but never ever dirty. Huge difference.
  • Masq
    Masq Posts: 191 Member
    slob and packrat... bad combo. :ohwell:
    I have a horizontal filing system on my desk at home.... you can not see the desk for all the stacks of paper on it.
    I bought a Neat scanner to organize all of my papers..... it doesn't recognize things like they advertised so I perceive it will be too much work to get organized.... ugh what a vicious cycle. :noway:

    My husband is a neat freak and some how has learned to tolerate my mess for 19 years. :heart:
  • linbaby4
    linbaby4 Posts: 96 Member
    I'm neat everywhere else in my house except for my room. My room looks like a bomb and tornado hit it. It's a mess but every time I try to clean it I end up finding things that I thought I lost and get distracted. It's a never ending battle :p
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