I don't believe in it, but . . .

[pegkerr]

I gotta tell ya that if I were a spanking mom, there would be several people in my family with mighty sore tushies tonight.

Like, all of them.

I'm just sayin'.

I. Am. So. Goddamn. Sick. Of. Chores. Not. Getting. Done.

Comments

[rachet.livejournal.com]

*wince* *hides the wooden spatula*

Hope the night gets a bit better. :(

[aome.livejournal.com]

No pie for them! (The Little Red Hen approach. ;) )

Happy Thanksgiving - I hope tomorrow is better.

[amymcauley.livejournal.com]

Yup. I hear ya.
Signed,
Fellow Non-spanking mom, who had two "bonus" glasses of wine this evening...

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

Go on strike, like Marmee.

[dreadmouse.livejournal.com]

The difficulty with the strike approach is that the person who would be most bothered by it is probably Peg herself. It's difficult to be the person with the highest standards in the family when the others won't pull their own weight.

Peg, you absolutely deserve better than to be an indentured servant for the rest of the family. That's not fair.

[volkhvoi.livejournal.com]

Yes, the challenge of going on strike is not breaking first -- you have to wait for somone else's tolerance of the mess to break first. As my husband put it, you have to be willing to go to the point of saying, "hold out your hands so I can serve you dinner" because there are no clean dishes. (My husband went through this with an awful apartment-mate once, and carefully kept one bowl, one spoon, and one cooking pot hidden in his closet so that he could ignore the rommmate's mess and still eat.... not necessarily an option in this event, but it might be entertaining to be the only one with a spoon and plate as a starting point for a discussion of responsibilities. :) )

And then hammer out a settlement with enforcable penalties - and be prepared to go back on strike at the drop of a hat.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

That's why I just don't think it would work. Rob's tolerance of mess is INFINITE.

[carbonel]

How is their tolerance of peanut butter (with or without jelly) served on paper towels for every single meal until chores get done? It's nutritious but boring.

[littlecatfeet.livejournal.com]

My mother used to have similar problems, but it's gotten much much better since my sisters and I have grown up a bit and are now bothered by the mess as well.

My mom and my dad will look at the same room, and she will say "This is a disaster area. This is just a step or two away from being a superfund site." My dad will say, "What are you talking about? It looks pretty clean to me."

My youngest sister is the same way. Clutter and dirt bother her not at all, and getting her to do chores is like getting a cat to voluntarily jump into a pool of water. Impossible.