What's the one job you absolutely hate and how do you get it done?

I loathe folding washing. Really really loathe folding washing. Thankfully we generally don't bother with ironing unless it's particular items, as I hate that too. I'd sooner scrub the bathroom or clean the loo or do just about anything else than sit folding washing.

So I wind up with a house that is mostly clean and organised except that there is this massive mountain of washing in one corner underneath which is a washing basket somewhere, and several small piles of various partially folded items. It's always there and drives me crazy!

So how do you lessen the pain of tasks you hate so it actually gets done?

Cleaning the bathroom and shower! Luckily DH usually gets sick of it before I do and does it, lol. Plus at the moment not being able to bend over very easily is a good excuse.

I find with any arduous chore, a bit of good music to listen to while doing it really helps!


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I hate cleaning bathrooms so much, when we renovated the bathrooms recently, I designed them specifically to be easy to clean, made such a difference, too

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Im with you CK, I loathe folding washing too.
Actually washing it, hanging it out, bringing it in, no problem but the folding! I regularly have competitions with myself on just how high I can get my 'to be folded' pile before I risk losing a child (or two) under it! And with 5 of them (kids that is) I can finally get rid of said pile and its back with vengence mocking me the very next day!
However I have found a way that speeds up (well seems to) the hour plus job it is when I finally decide to tackle the pile.
I stand to do it at the kitchen table, I guess the not sitting helps with not getting distracted and I put my Ipod on so kids cant distract me and I go hell for leather till its all done.
It doesnt help with the hating it but it makes the experience a little less loathesome :)

Shower. Cleaning the shower. Ugh, so disgusting. Maybe because we let is get disgusting but eww I hate it.

ETA: To get it done, I make DH do it :rofl: Seriously. Its the one thing I do not do.

Folding the washing however, love it! Feels like I'm accomplishing a little task every item that is neatly folded and stacked. Sense of achievement!

Maybe you gals could come clean my shower and I'll fold all your washing?

Grocery shopping...so stupid, you take the item off the shelf put it in the trolley, take it out of the trolley put it on the conveyor belt, take it off the belt thing put it back in the trolley, then take it to the car, take it out of the car put it away.
Too much handling, totally exhausting!

Cleaning the shower because I basically have to stand in there and clean it. So annoying.

I'd rather clean the toilet, which is dead easy. After I mop I just pour the bucket down the toilet. It's got either demestos or pineocleen in it.
Makes the toilet all sparkly!!

Cleaning out the fridge! How do I get it done? Dh does it!

Cleaning the high chair. I despise it, how one child can hide enough weetbix to feed a small army amazes me. Just when I think I'm finished, I discover another section of wedged in food (sadly, usually from at least 2 days ago). I spray the crap out of it and wipe it down just before his next meal. And feed him on the floor/outside whenever I can. And chuck a huge tanty so DH takes it outside and hoses it down. I'm going to have the only child that goes ''noooooo, not another picnic!"

Definately the shower! I'll clean everything else, do the ironing, mow the lawn, wash the outside bins all to avoid doing the shower!

Mopping the flooors. We have huge amounts of tiled floors and combined with two kids, a cat and a dog they are constantly covered in muddy foot/paw prints, sticks/leaves the dog brings in, fluff, fur and who knows what sticky stuff. I wouldn't mind doing it so much if it actually stayed looking clean for longer than, oh, I don't know, 3.5 minutes!!! Most of the time it gets done cos I'm worried we're going to catch bubonic plague if I don't

CK - I'm MUCH closer to you than OP. I'll happily fold your washing if you wash my floors ;-) Love folding the washing. Find it a bit therapeutic.

Doing the housework.
I use the reward of a clean house to sit in as a motivation.

Ironing- How do I get it done? I dont!! I refuse to iron unless it is a shirt for DH for a wedding/silver service dinner.

Washing- I dont really fold, just pop it on a hanger or in the correct drawer. We have lots of hanging space :lol: If Im in the mood I sometimes put the shirts and tops on hangers when they are weet then hang them on the washing line, easy to put away then

Filing bills and sorting mail. I have now made the majority of our bills ebills so I dont have the bits of paper sitting in my paper tray in the study waiting to be sorted

I'm with Onyx. Housework. I hire a cleaner.

BUT I'll admit I still do a bit of cleaning around the place, and the thing that makes it bearable is GADGETS. Having the right "thing" to clean with makes all the difference. Shower-cleaning haters, you need one of those diamond shaped shower scrubber tools on a stick. So much more civilised than climbing in there to clean.

Here's a tip to help you sort the laundry:

Dump all the washing on your bed (so you have to sort it before you can sleep again) and sort it into quick piles, your stuff, Dh's stuff, the kid's stuff and the linen/towels.

Put the kids stuff back in the basket. Now fold and hang your stuff and put it away neatly. Then shove Dh's stuff away, inside out and unfolded because I guarantee he wont even notice, and then fold the linen and put it away, then take the kids stuff to their rooms and hang out with your kids while they play and you fold and hang their stuff, somewhat neatly but don't overdo it because they'll have their cupboards in a mess in 3 minutes anyway.

Tada, job done

Ps. Who can be bothered ironing?

Im another one who doesn't like folding so my folding magicly appears on the dinning table when mums comes to visit ;) Im pretty sure that lady loves folding :D

I like folding washing ... I put it all on the couch, with 4 baskets on the floor in front of me (DH, DS, me, linen/towells) and I put on a DVD, and it's 90 minutes of me time :)


But I hate vacuuming. No idea why, but I truly hate it. The way I get it done is by asking DH to do it. He hates cleaning the toilet, so I think it's good swap (toilet takes 2 minutes, vacuuming can take an hour!! but he hates it so much he doesn't care about the time - he just doesn't want to do it ...). I don't think I've done a full vacuum in our new place more than once or twice, and we've been there for about 4 years.

I hate gardening.

Those of you who are my FB friends will know how much I love clean floors.

I also hate cleaning the shower. And ironing.

I fold my washing straight off the line or out of the dryer. Then it goes away straight away. My mother has Mt Foldmore and I hated it growing up.

Gardening. Bah.

I HATE vaccuuming. I really hate it. I don't like doing it quickly and feel the need to shift furniture and shake out mats etc. It is just a really annoying job. I also hate sitting on the lounge looking at dog fluff on the floor so I do actually do it each week but it's always the last job and I always make sure I sit and have coffee and a choccie when I'm done.
I think perhaps I hate it because the Dyson we have is a big clunky upright thingy which I find hard to manage......

I hate everything to do with washing except putting it in the machine. Solution? I am still working on it as mt foldmore will attest. But I try to use a cup of tea or a moment in the veggie garden afterwards as a reward.
I hate dishes too but I make DH do them mainly....

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I'm with Onyx. Housework. I hire a cleaner.

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I'm so envious. DH has issues with hiring a cleaner. He seems to think there is something morally suspect about getting someone else to clean your house :(

The only thing wrong with a cleaner is not being able to afford one!

I don't mind the folding bit. It's the getting those neatly folded piles into drawers that irks me. I hate doing it. If I'm feeling really virtuous I fold one person's things at a time and then put them away before I start the next person. It's more trips but more steps is good for me and it breaks the monotony. Plus it means I'm not standing in the heat for so long at a time.

That and unstacking the dishwasher, but that's usually a case of 'suck it up princess, no fairies here and it only takes 5 minutes'.

Taking the rubbish out! I tend to avoid it, so the bin them ends up on the brink of overflowing... 4/5 times DH will do it, but gee when I get stuck with it...

On a brighter note - DS loves helping DH takes the rubbish out. It's actually quite cute he takes the recycling and puts it in the big bin piece by piece. Guess who's chore it will be in a couple of years time - can't wait!

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Here's a tip to help you sort the laundry:

Dump all the washing on your bed (so you have to sort it before you can sleep again) and sort it into quick piles, your stuff, Dh's stuff, the kid's stuff and the linen/towels.

Put the kids stuff back in the basket. Now fold and hang your stuff and put it away neatly. Then shove Dh's stuff away, inside out and unfolded because I guarantee he wont even notice, and then fold the linen and put it away, then take the kids stuff to their rooms and hang out with your kids while they play and you fold and hang their stuff, somewhat neatly but don't overdo it because they'll have their cupboards in a mess in 3 minutes anyway.

Tada, job done

Ps. Who can be bothered ironing?

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That is pretty much my method ;) I just add music.

Just dislike housework in general. My main problem is deciding. So deciding what to do and how to do it. Along with finishing anything. Can start it, but rarely finish it 100%.

I fold the washing as I take it off the line (unless I'm rescuing it from the rain).
If you hang linen on one section and your cloths on another it is easy to get stuff semi-sorted as you put it in the basket. My sister divides up her hills hoist so that each person's cloths are in one section so she ends up with her basket almost 100% sorted.

Great thread! U have reminded me to clean my showers, so off to get some Shower Power or something tomorrow morning. I keep putting it off. I usually spray it, then when I'm ready for my shower, will go in there naked and scrub/rinse.

Also hate mopping. Hate it with a passion, so don't do it until I absolutely cannot stand it (the stickiness, why does it get so sticky, cos I have two kids that's why!).

DH always whinging that I don't clean enough. Its going to get dirty again so why bother????.