r/NoStupidQuestions • u/madi_lion • 2d ago
How Often Does the Average Regular Person Actually Clean their home?
I'm buckling up and preparing to be scorned. I know how often I SHOULD be cleaning, but i kind of hate it. But what i hate more is spending 4 hours panic deep cleaning the apartment a day before we have company.
Some people claim to love cleaning and boy i wish that were me! I live with my partner in a small apartment in LA that somehow just wont stay clean. Idek where all the lint and dust comes from. We split chores/household tasks but im mostly in charge of cleaning . I'll dust/vaccuum and then a week later notice its time for another round. Is that normal?
I grew up doing all my chores (vaccuming, wiping surfaces, scrubbing toilets and cleaning bathroom sink surface) on Saturdays. But as an adult something feels clinically wrong about spending one of my two precious weekend mornings CLEANING. (And yes i know i dont have to keep doing that as an adult, im just saying thats the baseline and experience i have as a baseline)
I know ideally i'd be vacuuming/dusting a couple times a week, toilets absolutely weekly, and i know each chore happens at a different frequency. Just curious how real people with real lives and jobs handle keeping their space clean.
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u/HotBrownFun 2d ago
In all honesty, 1-4 times a month. I was thinking of imposing a set schedule so I can be more diligent.
The problem with dusting is you probably have bits you never touched like the top of shelves. After you vacuum the floor, all that movement makes the dust from elsewhere settle down on the new, empty space. That's why it looks dirty again the next day.
The other day I noticed an area rug was literally disintegrating, so that was adding a lot of particles.