Do you feel guilty if you don't get your housework done ?

i dont as my kids spend most weekends at their dads so i get the house to myself and i can do it without interruption

I always feel bad when i don't get my housework done. I have two kids and a and a husband at home. I also work a full time job and i am starting my own business. sometimes the housework is left behind. then i come home look around and i get so upset with myself for leting it go for so long. so i promised myself tonite i was going on to cook and clean the house.

I used to but since I am the only one living here it's okay...I still like the house all cleaned and I hate falling behind as then it seems like twice as much to do! Don't feel guilty...you are much more important then a clean house...health comes first!

I almost never worry about a messy house. But I was always a slob. Would you be able to hire someone to come in once a week or something until you are feeling less tired? It could just be one of the kids in the neighborhood or something rather than an expensive service. I don't know if that is an option for you, but it is a thought. Good luck with this!

I have BPD and I'm often to depressed to get any housework done. I have found that mindless work like being online sometimes helps me get through the day so I like to get on mylot and gather so it's not a complete waste of time. But, as far as cleaning up around here, it really doesn't get done but maybe once a week. I feel horrible about it because I rent and I feel that the landlord deserves better than that. But when I'm depressed I just have a hard enough time getting up out of bed in the first place.

Yes, I do. I feel guilty everytime I dont get housework done. I am a little busy and some point I really cannot put time to do chores. And if my asthma attacks, I just lie and do nothing even if I want to clean the mess.

Sweety, i so know where you are coming from. I've recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure and the condition called Pre-Diabetes. It's not full blown diabetes and we do have it under control with medication. I'm also overweight due to osteo-arthritis. I, too, become incredibly tired and have trouble getting out of a chair most times. Some days it's an effort putting one foot in front of the other. Yes, I am behind in the housework. Sometimes it is just too much for me and it is slowly accumulating and getting on top of me. I spend lots of time on-line because I think it keeps my brain nimble but that could be a moot point. Absolutely yes, I feel incredibly guilty for not doing my chores. Isn't that silly of us? I live alone too and I like things to look nice and to know things are clean.

I always feel guilty, if not finished my housework. And certainly, if my housework is not finished, and the house looks a mess, my husband will be very angry with me. Although I was sick, lazy, tired, I still have to finish all the housework, If do not want to scolded by my husband.

Hi sue. I do know what you are talking about. I have been suffering from back pain from the time I gave birth to my first child and it has almost been four years and still am not able to even bend properly without letting out a sound of pain. But then, now I have some more health problems and on top of all that, am pregnant. So, tiredness is not the word. Exhausted all the time, you could say. But still, finding time to finish my chores is a wonder. And sometimes, my house is a mess and I leave it that way. I do it the next day or whenever I have time. Cleaning takes up most of my time apart from cooking, taking care of my daughter etc and by the time I finish, I still have 70 to 80% of work left to be done which gets carried over to the next day. Hmmm. Nothing can be done now and I can do the cleaning and sorting only when my daughter is not at home or when there is no cooking work to be done. So you are not alone in this. I guess most of us are like that, especially ones who have a bad health. Good day.

It depends on what I did the whole day? Because if I was so busy with other important things then I wouldn't be guilty at all. But if I just sit in front of the PC or TV the whole day, it's a different story, I'd be really really guilty. :)

AS for me, because we dont have a house of our own and we are living with my inlaws, and i have a 7months old child, although i am not told to do the household chores still, i would feel guilty not to help clean up the house, specially when i get tired sometime taking care of our first child and some other things make me sick i cannot make it, but i do see to it that i help do wash the dishes and cook some rice before mealtimes, but if the other siblings of my husband are just here nothing to do, i don't have to do it, but i would always feel guilt because i'am not in my house you know, i feel uncomfortable not helping at all.

Yes I do too though my part is just my room. I clean it and then later it's a mess again. I don't really know what's going on. I think there's something in my room that likes messing up my room. Anyway I do it once a week. Sometimes I don't. Mom gets pissed and starts cleaning it herself sometimes. Anyway you take care of your health. Have a good weekend.

Oh I get the guilty feeling also. I have troubles keeping up with my 3 yr old. I work from home doing call center work and there's times I don't feel comfortable sitting at my computer working knowing my apt is a mess even though I'm sitting at the computer working making money. Right now we live in a very small apt the looks cluttered all of the time because I have no room. So I know how you feel and where your coming from.

It is not a feeling of guilt but unfinished housework makes you irritable because what happens is absence of orderliness most especially tasks untouched each day accumulates that you can no longer attend to it and therefore uneasy to move around the house that you can not even take a rest.

I know how you feel. I am ill and tired all the time and I feel guiltly about the housework that does not get done as regularly as it used to. My partner understands and helps me to get over the guilt. I am learning my limitations and I am learning to manage my energy. I do what I can when I can and am learning not to feel guilty about what I cannot do. My energy is variable so I do cleaning on days when I feel more energetic. The house gets cleaned but nowhere as often as it used to.

Yes, I do! Knowing that everybody is doing their own task.

Dirt bothers me, but being a little messy does not. An untidy house upsets my husband, but what I call dirt does not. He can't even see it.

Sure I do! I feel very guilty. I went up to the hospital due to over charge at house chores, since then someone comes to help me a little bit. Blessings!... DAiny

Like u I also suffer from thyoride and am tired all the time and my house is messy all the time as work in a office from 9 to 5. Early morning I am too busy to wake up my son send him to school cook food for breakfast and lunch also. These days my feet feel so tired that I am unable to stand to cook even.Normally I do not mind the mess in the house. But yesterday I had to clean the entire house as my sister is coming to stay with me for two days. When I am tired I start crying. My 10 years old son seeing my cry, helped me out in cleaning. Bless him. Any type of illness is bad, but there are medicines which help us to lead normal life. So do not worry with regular intake of medicines, your tiredness will go away.

Same with me also. I suffer from thyoride due to which I am tired all the time.Earlier I was very quick and alert in doing house work. But now a days standing in the kitchen and cooking has become a problem for me.My feet get tired and I start crying when tired. Any illness is bad. Most of the time I do only bare minimum but like yesterday I had to clean the entire house as my sister is coming today to stay for two days. I had to take help of my 10 years old son to clean the house. Thank GOd he is there to help me out.