Am I crazy?

Ianina - posted on 12/13/2011

I was raised the same way. House have to be spotless when you have people over

Casey - posted on 12/13/2011

I always tidy before poeple come over - especially the MIL. My husband never used to care, but about 5 years ago his mum was coming over and he was running around doing dishes and picking up his shoes etc before she came. All I said was, see - you can be trained I didn't even have to ask!!

Jacqueline - posted on 12/13/2011

clean, who would want to invite people over to a messy house.

Stifler's - posted on 12/12/2011

yeah i make sure i've recently vacuumed up any crumbs. some toys out is ok but not every single thing out of the box tipped on the loungeroom floor

Katherine - posted on 12/12/2011

And like Kelly said ESPECIALLY the bathroom! EWWW.

Katherine - posted on 12/12/2011

Clean. You always clean before people come over, at least that's what i was taught. It's the respectful thing to do. I'm sure someone would actually be embarrassed walking into someone's filthy house. I know i would be, and it's happened to me before. I can understand toys and clutter and such. We do have kids after all. But I've walked into FILTHY houses. So I say clean.

Kelly - posted on 12/12/2011

My house is always pretty clean--I'm a sahm to one school aged kid, so I don't really have an excuse for it to be too messy. That, and too much clutter really messes with my ADD. So, I don't usually worry about it when people come. There may be dust under the sofa, and if they catch me on a Tuesday the polishing won't be done, but I don't care. Sometimes it's nice to walk into someone else's house and think "Good, I'm not the only one struggling to keep up with this stuff."

Oh, and I do always clean the bathrooms before people come. Not sure why, I'm obsessive about that--they gat cleaned every other day and anytime someone comes over.

Michelle - posted on 12/12/2011

I am glad to not be completely crazy. According to my husband I'm the only person he knows that cares enough to do it.

Stifler's - posted on 12/11/2011

I tidy up before people come. I don't want them to see the trashedness of blocks everywhere and dishes all over the bench.

Amanda - posted on 12/11/2011

I also had this attitude growing up, although my sister doesn't. Now it depends who is coming over and for what. I like to have the place tidy before my in-laws come over, but I have a feeling that even if I hired a maid, the house wouldn't be clean enough for my FIL. Oh, don't even get me started on him!

Kimberly - posted on 12/11/2011

I like my house clean when people come over period. If I know they are coming I really clean but in general I like everything to be clean. Yes toys get all over and dishes can not be done straight away but I try to do all the house three times a week not matter who is coming over

Johnny - posted on 12/11/2011

I'm a neat freak normally, but I get a little obsessive if we're having guests I know are coming. A lot of people do drop in on us unannounced, which is why I like things to stay tidy, but if we're hosting a dinner or something, I get a tad obsessive.

Denikka - posted on 12/10/2011

I clean. And I freak out about cleaning when my hubby tells me 5 minutes before they get here that someone is coming over XD.
I don't obsessively clean, but toys get picked up, dishes get put in the dishwasher (where no one can see) and the floor gets vacuumed and swept.
We never really have company over to visit for long, mostly just drop in for a few minutes, that sort of thing. So it's not as big of a deal :P

Shannintipton - posted on 12/10/2011

I agree with you Michelle. The only time we do spring cleaning is when we invite people over. Like for the holidays. I am lazy so generally I dont invite people over. And the ones that do manage to get threw my front door understand me and forgive my mess.

Jane - posted on 12/10/2011

I grew up with the clean before they come attitude. My husband didn't care, but he loved me so he played along.

Carolee - posted on 12/10/2011

Both my husband and I clean beforehand... usualy.

Jayce - posted on 12/10/2011

It's the oly time the place gets a real good cleaning. It gets cleaned at other times, I'm talking about the obsesive someone-may-find-a-dustball type cleaning that I only do when company is coming over. I really need to invite people over more often so it gets that good of a cleaning.