I am not a housekeeper. Never was, never will be. Ever since I was a small tyke, my mother always tried to make me tidy up my room. I was only occasionally convinced to do so even then, either by candy bribery or by the threat of having my assets, ie, my allowance, frozen. My mother, sweet blessed lady, rarely resorted to such extremes, and so I ended up cleaning my room for about twice a year at maximum.
Today, the motivating force in my life is my wife, but she just can't get me to clean the house. When she brings it up, I assure her that I do understand the value of a clean home, and would like to impart that value to our children. I just refuse to do it myself; as half the breadwinner of the house, I have more important, financial concerns.
So, for the most part, I'm enjoying the compromise; I see no cleaning, but during house-upkeep day, I have to fix whatever's wrong in the house, while the wife and kids focus on general cleaning duties. All I do is mind the plumbing, repair a few broken furniture, and work at a leisurely pace on house expanding projects. I don't need to clean at all.
However, I still reserve the right to volunteer cleaning. I know I just said I hated it, but no self-respecting husband would let his wife clean the dirty, mucked up bathroom floor. So whenever she starts picking up the bathroom cleaning tools, I stop her and insist on doing it myself instead. And so, twice a month I find myself scrubbing at bathroom grout.
I must let out my frustrations and say that grout cleaning is not an easy task. Not one product can remove the dirt with ease; one has to muscle it for the grout to even return to its normal color. See, once the grime sets in, it just stays there, as if it became one with the grout itself.
I hate bathroom cleaning. - 16492
Today, the motivating force in my life is my wife, but she just can't get me to clean the house. When she brings it up, I assure her that I do understand the value of a clean home, and would like to impart that value to our children. I just refuse to do it myself; as half the breadwinner of the house, I have more important, financial concerns.
So, for the most part, I'm enjoying the compromise; I see no cleaning, but during house-upkeep day, I have to fix whatever's wrong in the house, while the wife and kids focus on general cleaning duties. All I do is mind the plumbing, repair a few broken furniture, and work at a leisurely pace on house expanding projects. I don't need to clean at all.
However, I still reserve the right to volunteer cleaning. I know I just said I hated it, but no self-respecting husband would let his wife clean the dirty, mucked up bathroom floor. So whenever she starts picking up the bathroom cleaning tools, I stop her and insist on doing it myself instead. And so, twice a month I find myself scrubbing at bathroom grout.
I must let out my frustrations and say that grout cleaning is not an easy task. Not one product can remove the dirt with ease; one has to muscle it for the grout to even return to its normal color. See, once the grime sets in, it just stays there, as if it became one with the grout itself.
I hate bathroom cleaning. - 16492
About the Author:
William Borris eventually turned to Grout Cleaning to solve his woes. Visit Grout Cleaning and don't be a slave to your own dirt!
