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smuglator t1_ja96ck2 wrote

Reply to comment by RehabilitatedAsshole in LPT: If you react emotionally about someone else using one brand or technology vs. another, you should take a step back and evaluate your priorities, or "touch grass" as the kids say these days. by RehabilitatedAsshole

If you own an iPhone, you're immune to the apple fanboys, and vice versa. Here's an example: my ex gf's coworker used to make fun of her android phone being big. A month later the first "large" iPhone was released in the iPhone 6 plus, and the same guy wouldn't shut up about how great it was that it was big (like my ex gf's large android phone).

Fanboys are shit.

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MarTheStar t1_ja96376 wrote

Reply to LPT Request: How to keep a cleaner home by bschumm1

This can go beyond the actual assigning/completion of tasks. There’s a mental load that is carried by the person that ‘notices’ the things that need to be done and then is responsible for getting the materials from the store, planning to do it or assigning it to another person. There’s these ‘fairplay’ cards that ive been seeing a lot lately. They help people cohabitating realize and communicate about ‘all’ of the things needing to be done around the house, and each person takes on ‘set tasks’ from start to finish.

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ContemplatingPrison t1_ja95mi2 wrote

Reply to LPT Request: How to keep a cleaner home by bschumm1

Every 2 weeks? Damn I imagine that it's pretty dirty by the end of that second week.

I couldn't imagine. I am like your partner. I clean all the time and then deep clean once a week.

My GF is like you she has trouble noticing things in the moment unless she is actively cleaning.

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thehermit14 t1_ja95m2p wrote

Reply to LPT: If you react emotionally about someone else using one brand or technology vs. another, you should take a step back and evaluate your priorities, or "touch grass" as the kids say these days. by RehabilitatedAsshole

Not a LPT.

I don't know about "touch grass" I would rather touch cloth than read this drivel again. You did finish with the panache you have so adeptly shown throughout "as the kids say...". Priceless.

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vicariousgluten t1_ja9456r wrote

Reply to LPT Request: How to keep a cleaner home by bschumm1

I’ve recommended the Tody app so many times. It splits down each room into different tasks with different frequencies. You could go through and set it up together. It’ll take a while but then you have a schedule you can (hopefully) agree on and each day it gives you a list of the tasks to be done that day to stay on top of things.

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paper_wavements t1_ja92fth wrote

Reply to LPT Request: How to keep a cleaner home by bschumm1

When you are the kind of person who doesn't notice mess, you have to have routines. For example, no need to notice whether or not the living room needs picking up if you just do it every night before bed. No need to notice whether or not the bathroom needs cleaning if you clean it every week.

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Nothing_WithATwist t1_ja91u4e wrote

Reply to comment by ItsJusticimo in LPT Request: How to keep a cleaner home by bschumm1

This really is the way to do it. You can’t consider yourself “done” with a task until it’s in the same state you started in. So if you’re cooking, don’t eat until you do the dishes (even if that’s just rinsing out the pan or letting it soak). That’s what I do with my roommates because it’s not fair to be keeping something dirty when others could be using it and it’s also not fair to make them clean your things. Obviously a romantic partner is different, but treating them like a roommate can be helpful for avoiding living situation conflicts since at the end of the day you are sharing a space.

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