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This is a poll about reactions to messy houses. I don't mean "hoarder" messy, where the house is literally unsafe, but the kind of messy where things are not put away, the counter might be a little sticky (even if there are no kids), the sink is not polished, cobwebs are seen, etc. The people could be too busy to clean, or they might not even notice that it's messy.
I know a lot of people who are very critical of such homes. If there is a woman living in the house, they usually blame her. So I decided to create a poll about it. For the poll, I am limiting the choices to a house that has one man and one woman living in it. Nothing against other types of household arrangements - I just wanted to keep the poll simple.
Also, for the purposes of this poll, let's assume that the people in the house are not suffering from mental illness, dementia, etc. They could make their house neat and tidy, but they don't bother.
When you step into a messy house, what is your reaction regarding the mess?
I like things tidy, but there's just the two of us, so I don't stress about constant perfection. I regularly leave the dishes until morning. I think my husband is tidier than I am, but he has his issues and so do I. I can't stand the way he likes to place things on any available flat surface, like the mail or the contents of his pockets. I am worse about not hanging up my clothes, and not getting rid of clothes I never wear.
Anyway, our company "face" is tidy, but the private face is casual.
I recognize people as being responsible for their actions, but if I walk into a house and it is messy it is not my house and I am there as a guest. Good guests don't "blame" their hosts.
I think there is a happy medium.
I have been invited to some houses that were so perfect I was afraid to sit on the furniture.
I have been invited to some houses that were so grungy I was afraid to sit on the furniture.
A house should look 'comfortably lived in' for guests to feel at home.
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