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This is not directed at you personally, an open question if you like, so, what is not to like about washing dishes? What is it that you do like doing? Would tha

by tudorw 10y ago

This is not directed at you personally, an open question if you like, so, what is not to like about washing dishes? What is it that you do like doing? Would that still be enjoyable if you spent ALL your time doing that ? Perhaps happiness is as likely found in a stack of clean plates as a Pilates class...

charlesdm 10y ago
Clean plates are awesome, but I just don't like it. I'd rather take a walk outside in nature / read a book / etc. If I had more money, I imagine I would probably pick up a new hobby. When my cousin sold his company, he bought himself a helicopter because he has a love for flying (studied to be a pilot, etc). It's good fun, but obviously also not a basic necessity.
- tudorw 10y ago
  I agree, getting out into a forest is always more rewarding than I expect and something I aspire to do more of, as is reading books from fields I know nothing about (which gives me lots of options...). I have not seen creative output mentioned much either, I love to make music, write, those things take time, so it's a luxury for sure, a rewarding and low cost one too if it has to be.
test1235 10y ago
It's more that it's a chore. I don't mind doing the dishes, but I would also like the option to not do them, once in a while. In fact, that was what I did when I had a dishwasher and lived on my own: I would wash up by hand when it was just me and a few items, but would use the dishwasher when there was a massive load, or I had to do something else. I've found that having to do something (especially on a daily basis), very quickly makes a task a chore.
pbhjpbhj 10y ago
Not the OP. There are chores i don't mind but I spend a good part of my day cleaning up other people's messes. Washing up always seems so futile, you wash the dishes and within hours there they are again, needing washing; Sysiphean. I find it very hard to motivate myself for that. On the other hand, repairs i enjoy: both the challenge and the reward of using, and saving from the bin, something that was a challenge to fix, something that needed some ingenuity. Horses for courses though. I'd rather chop wood, service the car, fix the plumbing, re-roof the shed: pretty much anything instead of the drudgery of washing-up.
nunez 10y ago
Well in NYC we washed all of our dishes by hand because dishwashers were really hard to come by (for us). It's not the hand washing that bothered me, but using the same tired wash rag or wand that has accumulated soap or old water that got to us. Dish washers do an amazing job at washing dishes more sanitarily. I have always wanted one and am glad that we have one (and a garbage disposal) now. (Both of these things are standard with most apartments and homes in the DFW.)

by tudorw 10y ago

charlesdm 10y ago

Clean plates are awesome, but I just don't like it. I'd rather take a walk outside in nature / read a book / etc. If I had more money, I imagine I would probably pick up a new hobby. When my cousin sold his company, he bought himself a helicopter because he has a love for flying (studied to be a pilot, etc). It's good fun, but obviously also not a basic necessity.

tudorw 10y ago
I agree, getting out into a forest is always more rewarding than I expect and something I aspire to do more of, as is reading books from fields I know nothing about (which gives me lots of options...). I have not seen creative output mentioned much either, I love to make music, write, those things take time, so it's a luxury for sure, a rewarding and low cost one too if it has to be.

test1235 10y ago

It's more that it's a chore. I don't mind doing the dishes, but I would also like the option to not do them, once in a while. In fact, that was what I did when I had a dishwasher and lived on my own: I would wash up by hand when it was just me and a few items, but would use the dishwasher when there was a massive load, or I had to do something else. I've found that having to do something (especially on a daily basis), very quickly makes a task a chore.

pbhjpbhj 10y ago

Not the OP. There are chores i don't mind but I spend a good part of my day cleaning up other people's messes. Washing up always seems so futile, you wash the dishes and within hours there they are again, needing washing; Sysiphean. I find it very hard to motivate myself for that. On the other hand, repairs i enjoy: both the challenge and the reward of using, and saving from the bin, something that was a challenge to fix, something that needed some ingenuity. Horses for courses though. I'd rather chop wood, service the car, fix the plumbing, re-roof the shed: pretty much anything instead of the drudgery of washing-up.

nunez 10y ago

Well in NYC we washed all of our dishes by hand because dishwashers were really hard to come by (for us). It's not the hand washing that bothered me, but using the same tired wash rag or wand that has accumulated soap or old water that got to us. Dish washers do an amazing job at washing dishes more sanitarily. I have always wanted one and am glad that we have one (and a garbage disposal) now. (Both of these things are standard with most apartments and homes in the DFW.)