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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a neat freak home.  I’m not a total slob, but definitely a lot messier than my parents. [b]I wish my mom had spent more time chilling out with us and less time keeping the house perfect.[/b]  [/quote]

We had a very clean house, but my mother did very little. She was a SAHM who did almost nothing. She did a lot of ordering around. I have vivid memories of her sitting on the couch with her feet up, sipping a Coke from a straw, while saying, "You missed a spot," or "Did you remember to dust BEHIND the tv?"  I got punished all the time for not cleaning well enough.  As far as my brother and I can tell, she cooked dinner (up until I was in around 7th grade) and cleaned up from it. Laundry, ironing, other meals, dusting, sweeping/vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, cleaning mirrors, changing sheets, shoveling snow, raking leaves, setting the table, emptying the dishwasher, emptying the garbage, walking the dog, feeding the dog - all of that was done by the kids and my dad.

It left us all very bitter and resentful. My brother and I talked about it a few times and agreed our mom wanted to be seen as the queen who just gave orders.  We run our respective homes differently. We both married people who believe everyone just keeps doing tasks until nothing else needs to be done. [/quote]

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