In Between

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@marlina (154131)
Canada
December 14, 2017 9:31am CST
I am cleaning this morning and coming here on Mylot to take much needed breaks here and there. I find it more and more difficult to do the cleaning. I can see that I will need a cleaning lady down the road, sooner than I wanted. Who would have thought that I would be needing a cleaning lady one day? I always did everything by myself and that for decades and decades. And the everything included the cleaning, the cooking, the laundry, the mowing lawns, the shoveling of the snow. And when we had the pool, I did the cleaning there also. (It was fun). Also raised 2 sons with my husband. My husband did a lot of overtime, so we could afford for me to stay home with our boys. I sure miss those good old days. My mother in law was so right: getting old is no fun, no fun at all.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
14 Dec 17
I'm sorry your having trouble doing it on your own. I do not look forward to that part of life either but better to get older rather than have a short life.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
Enjoy your youth and your family while you have the energy.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
14 Dec 17
@marlina Thank you, I am. =)
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
14 Dec 17
Getting old is not for the weak of heart for sure. I am finding it harder and harder to keep everything caught up and clean. Oh well, the alternative is not what I am ready for quite yet.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
@HazySue , Yes, the alternative is worse. But I still think that getting old stinks.
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@sheetalnr (586)
• India
7 Mar 18
I can understand that it gets harder and harder. But do remember that if you are still doing it, then you have not given up and that tells me that you are mentally strong. Keep Going :)
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• India
10 Mar 18
@marlina I understand. Keep Going :)
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
10 Mar 18
@sheetalnr Trying my best.
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Mar 18
I am mentally strong, but unfortunately the body is weaker.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 17
I've had a cleaning lady for years, not because I couldn't do it myself, but because I didn't want to. A treat to myself.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
I don't like the idea of having someone in my home and maybe telling other people.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
@jaboUK My sister tells me that I am silly for thinking that way,. but that's the way I am.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 17
@marlina For me the pros outweigh the cons.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Dec 17
No, it's not fun, but sooner or later we have to admit we can no longer do what we could before.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
@just4him Not easy these days.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
Admitted already but still upset about it.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Dec 17
@marlina I get upset too when I need to figure out alternative ways to do things and still accomplish my goals.
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@JudyEv (341824)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Dec 17
Here, once you are a certain age, you can get a cleaner for a couple of hours at a very reasonable price from one of the government agencies. They only do the bathroom and floors but even that would be a help.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
Glad that you can have that help over there.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
@JudyEv That's a good thing!
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@JudyEv (341824)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 17
@marlina It's part of the government's plan to have the elderly stay in their own homes for as long as possible.
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@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
14 Dec 17
If we could afford to have someone come in and clean, etc. we would. With my Health the way it is, it makes it almost impossible to do the things we need to do to keep our house up. I would Love to even have someone come in once a month once we get it back in shape, but even then would probably be too expensive. It is really hard to know at one time I could do so much more, and be proud of it.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
@KrauseHome, Yes, it is difficult to accept that.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 17
It certainly isn't fun but at least you can afford to hire a cleaning lady, I am thinking I will be getting one as well.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
24 Dec 17
I can afford it but very reluctant about it.
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
Life throws us curve balls that we certainly don't understand. I want to stay in my 40s forever... but body isn't listening! I don't pay attention to birthdays any more and for good reason. ;)
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
@Hate2Iron, For me, everything was fine until I turned 49. Then.
@Juliaacv (51498)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
No, getting older isn't any fun at all, my Dad used to tell me that all of the time. I guess those words are handed down in every family. Would it help if you had someone in once a month or every other week and you just keep it up in between? I know of people who do that as they can still manage, just the heavy cleaning gets to be too much. And then in the spring you can figure out a lawn maintenance package, let them cut the grass, cuz that's no fun, and you continue to go the gardening, which I know that you love.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
All good advice. We already have lawn maintenance and snow maintenance. It is the cleaning lady that I am reluctant to have. But I guess I will have to come to my senses and do it.
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• United States
14 Dec 17
they say these are the golden years but as my friend says it's more like lead I agree that the older I get the harder it is to do it all
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
A double load of lead!
@sallypup (61575)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Dec 17
You sound like you have earned a rest and then some. I get a work out when I clean the bath tub!
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
I find the bath tubs awfully difficult to clean too.
@Kandae11 (55131)
14 Dec 17
You did it for decades - now it is time to get that cleaning lady.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
I know, but I am so reluctant about it.
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
@Marty1 I am so glad that your life has improved so much.
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
@Marty1 Wonderful!
• United States
15 Dec 17
No, and it still seems like it shouldn't happen for a long time, but it snuck up on me.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
It sure does snuck up on people.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
15 Dec 17
Sorry to hear this. I do get that at some point help may be needed. Even just someone to come in once a week or so and clean may help.
@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
14 Dec 17
My grandmother used to say the same "getting old is no fun", I used to reply "think to the alternative".
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I do not mind@marlina.Take it with a grain of salt there.You are old only what you make of it.Your not old marlina
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
My body is telling me the opposite these days with all the health problems I am having.
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Dec 17
I started having my lawn done once a month last summer since they edge so well and then I did it weekly the rest of the month.
@andriaperry (117138)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Dec 17
No its not and although I am just 52 years old I am beginning to get more and more minimal so I do not have to clean so much stuff, although I am doing a homestead now I am thinking about how to manage it when I am old, I may give it up and move to a small place.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
7 Mar 18
I know that for a fact because I am no longer young and I will tell you it isn't fun.