The truth: it hurts
Beth watched as I Windexed the big window in our living room, something I haven't done in months. But we're having company for dinner tonight, and I wanted the house to actually be clean.
"It's hard to do all these chores when guests are coming over," Beth said.
"Yeah, but really I need to do a better job about keeping the house clean even when guests are not coming over," I said. "That way our family could have a clean house all the time, not just when people come over. I need to do a better job about that."
"Yep. Like every other mom," Beth said.
So...apparently every other mom of Beth's acquaintance keeps her house cleaner than I do. Ouch.
"It's hard to do all these chores when guests are coming over," Beth said.
"Yeah, but really I need to do a better job about keeping the house clean even when guests are not coming over," I said. "That way our family could have a clean house all the time, not just when people come over. I need to do a better job about that."
"Yep. Like every other mom," Beth said.
So...apparently every other mom of Beth's acquaintance keeps her house cleaner than I do. Ouch.
6 comments:
Or maybe she was saying that other mom's need to keep their houses clean too! :-)
HA! A great lesson... other moms only clean when visitors, like Beth, come over too! Its a great moment with an old friend when you finally let them see your house in its natural state... a friendship milestone.
I think she meant that every mom has to work hard to keep their house clean, not just you.
Nana
She hasn't been over to my house obviously. "Love" those little hand smudges all over our windows.
I'm with commenters #1 and #3 - I think she meant EVERY mom has this problem!
That said, I think your girls, like mine, are savvy about what deep-cleaning means: Company's coming! That's just a universal truth.
I think I like you guys' more charitable view of her comment better than my own.
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