Tuesday, April 1, 2008

What's up with the hell of cleaning?

When I was single, I would clean only before having company, and when I did, it was a quick intense effort that I didn't have time to moan about because it would get cut off when the guests arrived.

How come now, with my special lady around, cleaning up the place has to happen at least twice a week, it's a long arduous process, and she's in a terrible mood throughout, even if I help? If it's such hell, can't we skip it, at least half the time? No! It's apparently unskippable.

1 comment:

Trashcan said...

cleaning a room is just like cleaning the rivers of pollution. You have diminishing returns. To get it pretty clean is relatively easy and painless, but as you try and get cleaner and cleaner, to make it just a little cleaner involves a huge amount of effort. You should try to explain to special lady the economics of the situation. At some point the effort outweighs the reward and so you stop cleaning.

p.s. try explaining to special lady the economics of the situation at your own risk.