Do you use a dishwasher? Do you think dishwashers are a bit silly?

We don't have a dishwasher. The kitchen would be cramped if we put one in. We wash dishes by hand. I hate washing dishes. But we're only two people, so it's doable. Do you use your child clients as slave labourers in your kitchen?

Yes, my hands are my dishwashers. They don't require electricity.

My daughter uses the dishwasher. She has a lot to do so this is good for her. I always did most by hand. I think that the dishwasher is a great thing when there is sickness in the house.

I think I can wash dishes faster by hand than using the dishwasher.

I have had a dishwasher in the past. Currently my kitchen does not have one. I can manage quite well without. What I do have difficulty with is my apartment size stove. It is the most inconvenient thing in my kitchen.

My dishwasher has been busted for 6 years now, I still hand wash mine with the headphones blaring me ear tunes!

I have a dishwasher, but it broke and I prefer to wash my dishes by hand

I dislike dishwashers. Our 'new' house already has one but although we've lived in it for a year we have used it three times so far. I could give you a whole list of why I dislike it - and anyway I quite enjoy washing dishes unless there are a really huge number of them.

I have been without one at times, but always used it when I had one around. We eat well and end up with a lot of dirty dishes, pots and pans, etc, so the old dw gets a lot of use.

I was raised without one and have only had 1 as an adult and that one was only used to sterilize canning jars for when I made my own salsa's and jams @TheHorse . I see no point in washing dishes only to put them in a dishwasher.

We don't have dishwasher here. we wash dishes by hand :D

I have a dishwasher and I absolutely LOVE it. There are only 2 of us but I cook everything from scratch so I make a ton of dishes, pots, pans, etc. I can easily run 2 loads a day. I HATE hand washing dishes.

We don't have a dishwasher. I do everything by hand.

We don't have a dishwasher in our home--it's not really a popular thing where I live, I think! It's a very American thing. It also perplexes me... how do you make sure you've gotten every bit of food and smear of sauce cleaned?! I don't even use kitchen gloves (it's not a popular thing here either) because I can't feel the plate if I missed some dirt...

For me, It`s good having a dishwasher..Atleast I don`t have to wash with my hands using heavy dishwashing soap

I wash my dishes by hand I am the dishwasher in our house

I have never wanted to own a dishwasher. I wash my dishes by hand.

@TheHorse - I have always had a dishwasher and pre-washed the dishes before using it. You are right. It is silly. My sister, who has owned several restaurants, showed me what she does and it is very easy. She pours a small amount of bleach into a dishpan with some soapy water. She lets it sit all day. She washes her dishes in the water all day, as they get dirty, then rinses them in warm tap water and puts them in a drainer or dries them. The bleach disinfects them, so she doesn't even worry about hot water. It is just as quick as pre-washing the dishes, and they are clean and disinfected. That's what I do, now. It's so quick and easy!

Both, but only because we have pots thats cant be dishwashed.

I am one that has never had one in my house, well I did in a couple houses I stayed in, rented, between buying but I never use them. Most of the time I can hand wash them faster than rinse, load.... well ya know. Plus I do not have to many because I wash dishes as I cook. And if I am feeling really lazy I will use paper plates, for a sandwich just a napkin. I am training to get off the power grid and on to solar power so I try to cut use of appliances that are not necessary.