Comments on: How not to be a domestic goddess

By: Lisa I.

Lisa I. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:07:07 +0000

Read this post to my husband, laughing the whole way through it. I laughed even harder when I realized I was having to read it to him very, very loudly, because he was in the next room . . . cooking my supper.

My cooking has a bit of a reputation; Nuclear Spaghetti, anyone? (I do so love my habanero peppers!) The upside of this is I am rarely expected to do much in the kitchen except show up with a plate.

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:29:37 +0000

Well, hey, if he's good at both, he should totally get to DO both

And thanks – glad you like it!

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:29:05 +0000

It's definitely a good plan. I did the next best thing and married a Greek guy who'd been well trained in cooking

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:28:26 +0000

I suspect no one really *likes* cleaning vomit up I just can't stand it, though – I only need to think about someone throwing up and I'll be doing it myself…

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:27:27 +0000

Ha, yes, excellent saying! And oh my God, yes, the little scraps food that start floating around the sink and get caught in the plughole – those actually make me gag…

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:26:17 +0000

It surprised me about the duvet cover, too. But it was this really posh hall and I guess they wanted to make sure we maintained standards or something. I did try just storing up the clean duvet covers they'd leave and not changing them, but then they started hassling me to give the old ones back, so it didn't work out…

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:24:45 +0000

I was exactly the same when I lived with my parents. Now my dad always threatens to come round to MY house and mess stuff up, just so I know how it feels

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:23:37 +0000

Oh, I've been wanting a cleaning lady for YEARS. I'm too embarassed to get one, though, because we're at home all day, so she'd actually have to clean around us, which could be really embarrassing We don't have a dishwasher either because we don't have space for one, and I have honestly considered just buying paper plates. Or eating out of our hands…

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:22:09 +0000

Yes, you are a domestic God. Now go and do the ironing

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:21:44 +0000

My mum has had to do this, too. She's also probably going to have to come and deal with washing and ironing the curtains when that becomes necessary (actually, strictly speaking it's ALREADY necessary, but … meh) because I can already tell that's going to be the Task From Hell. I'm quite lucky in that Terry enjoys cooking, and also seems to have mysterious knowledge of how to clean glass and stuff because it totally defeats me…