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In reply to the discussion: What is your most hated chore? [View all]cksmithy
(536 posts)40. Any type of house work, I was slave labor as young as age 8, until I married and moved out at 20.
I love working in the garden, pruning, planting, edging the small amount grass in back yard, hand watering, adjusting the water features for the birds that stop by. I do the cooking, clean the pots and stove top, husband does the dishes (load the dishwasher and a few hand wash item) and vacuuming. I do the laundry and folding. He does the mowing, I do the trimming, pruning, he picks it up. I have arthritis and other autoimmune issues, it works out great. We are in our mid 70's. He has clean laundry and I have a freshly mowed lawn. Life is good.
Dusting, polishing, vacuuming, ; these are the things I hate to do.
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Some years ago, we were in Germany, visiting my husband's son from his first marriage.
3catwoman3
Saturday
#47
GMTA. I, too, really dislike cleaning house, particularly vacuuming and dusting.
3catwoman3
Saturday
#43
LOL! I like those. I have cats, too. They are gray and their fur shows on both dark and light surfaces.
Ocelot II
Saturday
#44
I can remember my supervisor saying "that's great, but I'm not paying for it."
milestogo
Saturday
#23
Folding laundry -- all that time wasted messing around with something that's already clean!
Ponietz
Saturday
#11
I have semi-joked many a time that if I were raising our sons again, I wouldn't bother...
3catwoman3
Saturday
#46
Unloading/loading the dishwasher. I'm in a retirement community so I don't have the awful housework I used to have.
CTyankee
Saturday
#24