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45. Oh, gawd, I used to have to help my mother wash walls when I was a kid.

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:21 PM

Jun 27

Haven't done it since moving out in 1976, and never plan to do it ever again.

Did you know that you should was from the bottom up rather than the top down? The way my mom explained this "rule" was that if you started from the top, the dirty water from the first pass of washing up high would trickle down the walls and leave streaks that wouldn't wash away.

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What is your most hated chore? [View all] milestogo Jun 27 OP

Making the bed CanonRay Jun 27 #1

My parents made me make up my bed everyday when I was 5 years old kimbutgar Jun 27 #26

I too make my bed every day LogDog75 Jun 27 #32

Some years ago, we were in Germany, visiting my husband's son from his first marriage. 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #47

All of them. I hate housework and it shows. Ocelot II Jun 27 #2

GMTA. I, too, really dislike cleaning house, particularly vacuuming and dusting. 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #43

LOL! I like those. I have cats, too. They are gray and their fur shows on both dark and light surfaces. Ocelot II Jun 27 #44

We have one black and brown tabby, one tuxedo... 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #48

Excellent! Ocelot II Jun 27 #49

Cleaning baseboards!! That little edge near the floor where dust accumlates..torture BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #51

Vacuuming. House of Roberts Jun 27 #3

Paperwork. Girard442 Jun 27 #4

Even worse was back in the days True Dough Jun 27 #13

Back during the era of Windows NT milestogo Jun 27 #17

I know that feeling as well True Dough Jun 27 #18

I re-imaged a machine that belonged to an engineer. milestogo Jun 27 #21

Wow! True Dough Jun 27 #22

I can remember my supervisor saying "that's great, but I'm not paying for it." milestogo Jun 27 #23

Have you worked in the field long enough True Dough Monday #50

No milestogo Monday #53

I know that feeling as well True Dough Jun 27 #19

Peeling garlic cloves, de-seeding lemons. Drum Jun 27 #5

Cleaning the grill... Mark.b2 Jun 27 #6

Cleaning the cat's litter box Sanity Claws Jun 27 #7

This. Times 100. 🙀 vanlassie Monday #61

Clipping my toenails! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo Jun 27 #8

This is why True Dough Jun 27 #14

That's Floyd R. Turbo Jun 27 #20

House cleaning, period. Diamond_Dog Jun 27 #9

Decluttering Grim Chieftain Jun 27 #10

Folding laundry -- all that time wasted messing around with something that's already clean! Ponietz Jun 27 #11

Ironing was worse. milestogo Jun 27 #12

It's not the folding I hate, it's putting the folded clothes away. Polly Hennessey Jun 27 #37

I have semi-joked many a time that if I were raising our sons again, I wouldn't bother... 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #46

Dusting. Aristus Jun 27 #15

Beat me to it! Mme. Defarge Jun 27 #29

Mrs. Aristus and I are summoning the courage... Aristus Jun 27 #41

Cleaning the bathroom... 2naSalit Jun 27 #16

Unloading/loading the dishwasher. I'm in a retirement community so I don't have the awful housework I used to have. CTyankee Jun 27 #24

Ha! Mme. Defarge Jun 27 #30

Weeding bif Jun 27 #25

Dusting or changing the sheets happybird Jun 27 #27

Washing dishes. I don't have a dishwasher Phoenix61 Jun 27 #28

I don't use a dishwasher either Skittles Jun 27 #33

There's so many, its hard to just pick one..... Bayard Jun 27 #31

Cleaning the outside of a toilet LogDog75 Jun 27 #34

Washing walls Endlessmike56 Jun 27 #35

Oh, gawd, I used to have to help my mother wash walls when I was a kid. 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #45

I don't want to cook schnitzel, ever again. Zackzzzz Jun 27 #36

yard work of any kind mike_c Jun 27 #38

Changing the sheets CozyMystery Jun 27 #39

Torturous..for some reason. I hate putting on the fitted sheet BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #52

Any type of house work, I was slave labor as young as age 8, until I married and moved out at 20. cksmithy Jun 27 #40

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I'm old i don't like or find chores necessary. I belong to the I Don't Care* generation. Srkdqltr Monday #54

I have 2. bamagal62 Monday #55

It was wiping my ass after a dump at140 Monday #56

Taking my trash to the recycling center. littlemissmartypants Monday #57

Taxes.... Even knowing I'll get a refund, I despise doing them. Norrrm Monday #58

Organizing anything u4ic Monday #59

I don't like to vacuum. I don't know why. I think the noise fuels my anxiety. I know how dogs and cats feel skylucy Monday #60

Cleaning leftovers and spoiled food from the fridge jmbar2 Monday #62

Changing my bed linen. Makes me wish I slept in a twin-size bed. LoisB Tuesday #63

Cleaning the oven. zanana1 Tuesday #64