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

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.