Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I think my undergraduate and graduate degrees, my six-figure salary, my savings, my general disinterest in earning or holding such a stupid label disqualify me.

DH and I keep a nice home and like to cook. I think that makes us people who keep a nice home and like to cook, and doesn’t make us “domestic gods.”

OP here. I have all those things above, too. I also have a sense of humor.

I guess I don’t find Misogyny Olympics to be humorous.

I assume you don’t find anything humorous.

Sure I do: funny things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot fold a fitted shot, and really, I have no desire to learn. I wash the sheets and put them straight back on the bed.

I *can* fold a fitted sheet, but I always wash the sheets and put them back on the bed. I never understood why anyone would not do that.

My SIL has a huge linen closet with several sets of sheets for each bed in her house. What a waste of space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot fold a fitted shot, and really, I have no desire to learn. I wash the sheets and put them straight back on the bed.

I *can* fold a fitted sheet, but I always wash the sheets and put them back on the bed. I never understood why anyone would not do that.

My SIL has a huge linen closet with several sets of sheets for each bed in her house. What a waste of space.

I was like this for a long time, but now we have a biweekly house cleaner (bless her) and she’ll put fresh sheets on if I strip the bed. So I need the second set ready for the mad scramble before she arrives. I fold the fitted sheet so that the set fits in the under bed box where I keep them. It doesn’t have to be perfect but if you get so the elastic shows all the way around before you fold it, it takes up less space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot fold a fitted shot, and really, I have no desire to learn. I wash the sheets and put them straight back on the bed.

I *can* fold a fitted sheet, but I always wash the sheets and put them back on the bed. I never understood why anyone would not do that.

My SIL has a huge linen closet with several sets of sheets for each bed in her house. What a waste of space.

I was like this for a long time, but now we have a biweekly house cleaner (bless her) and she’ll put fresh sheets on if I strip the bed. So I need the second set ready for the mad scramble before she arrives. I fold the fitted sheet so that the set fits in the under bed box where I keep them. It doesn’t have to be perfect but if you get so the elastic shows all the way around before you fold it, it takes up less space.

Also it’s good to have an extra set in case of illness, accident or exuberant fluids.

[Anonymous]

I can cook, I do cook most dinners, but I hate it, resent every minute devoted to food.

[Anonymous]

I’ve given up on my windows.

[Anonymous]

I loathe meal planning.
Hate loading the dishwasher.
I like to cook, but hate cooking for kids and husband. They are too picky.
My husband does laundry.

[Anonymous]

Laundry. Everything gets washed cold. I don't see the point of doing it any other way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Laundry. Everything gets washed cold. I don't see the point of doing it any other way.

You can do this now because detergents have surfactants that are effective in cold water. In the past, it was worth it to use warm/hot water when possible because it was much more effective. It still helps when you have something stained and you want to soak it in oxiclean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot fold a fitted shot, and really, I have no desire to learn. I wash the sheets and put them straight back on the bed.

I've looked at the youtube videos for that, but those involved fitted sheets that have elastic on the ends only, not the sides. Mine all have elastic all the way around. I actually hang my sheets to dry, and I line up the seam corners, but there is no way to "fold" the suckers.

I veer between washing all the dishes, sweeping, mopping kitchen (microfiber pad type mop), etc etc daily and ignoring it altogether.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot fold a fitted shot, and really, I have no desire to learn. I wash the sheets and put them straight back on the bed.

I *can* fold a fitted sheet, but I always wash the sheets and put them back on the bed. I never understood why anyone would not do that.

My SIL has a huge linen closet with several sets of sheets for each bed in her house. What a waste of space.

I was like this for a long time, but now we have a biweekly house cleaner (bless her) and she’ll put fresh sheets on if I strip the bed. So I need the second set ready for the mad scramble before she arrives. I fold the fitted sheet so that the set fits in the under bed box where I keep them. It doesn’t have to be perfect but if you get so the elastic shows all the way around before you fold it, it takes up less space.

Also it’s good to have an extra set in case of illness, accident or exuberant fluids.

I love the use of "exuberant" as an adjective here!

I use the 3 sets rule (which I think in the dark ages was also the bra rule)--one set on the bed, one clean set, one in the laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anyone remember erma bombeck? I’m she.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I channel nearly all my energy into figuring out how to have childcare so I can get away from my children. I have childcare 7 days a week (but not all day).

When we are facing a weekend with no childcare, I feel raw dread.

I’m leaving one of my children with a nanny and traveling at Christmas time with DH and the other child.

I have threads on this board where I’ve been told I’m literal trash and should have had an abortion.

So I guess I’m a clear domestic failure.

My kids seem to love me and I provide a good life for them. My DH doesn’t really help and it turns out my energy levels are probably below average. I didn’t realize these things til after the 2nd kid.

Kudos to you for lining up the help you need to be able to spend positive time with your kids.
It’s all so hard and so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember erma bombeck? I’m she.

I do and am still a fan!

Bonus points for your grammatically correct sentence. I love you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot fold a fitted shot, and really, I have no desire to learn. I wash the sheets and put them straight back on the bed.

I've looked at the youtube videos for that, but those involved fitted sheets that have elastic on the ends only, not the sides. Mine all have elastic all the way around. I actually hang my sheets to dry, and I line up the seam corners, but there is no way to "fold" the suckers.

I veer between washing all the dishes, sweeping, mopping kitchen (microfiber pad type mop), etc etc daily and ignoring it altogether.

You just need to tuck one corner into the other and then follow the elastic all the way around and tuck the other two corners. So you can see all the elastic in a big C. That’s the key. Also there are a zillion videos of this.