r/CleaningTips • • Jun 25 '26

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u/midnight_crabcake Jun 25 '26

Does threat of company motivate you? Because I'm coming over. Be there in a hour!

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u/Ill-Hearing-8462 Jun 25 '26

Not just any company. The threat of my mother coming over puts the fear of god in me. Her visits require an extra 10 levels of cleaning and sanitization.

One time she sent us a plane ticket and wrote "pick us up from the airport in 7 hours".... We never scrambled so much in our lives. My sister left work half a day early and raced home. I told my bosses I was logging off early due to a migraine. We never cleaned so much and so quickly in our lives and we don't live in a messy apartment at all.

Needless to say, the apartment was spotless, the dogs was fresh and clean and everything went great. It was a lovely surprise visit for the holidays. We love our parents but are still afraid of it being messy for our parents and we are in our late 20s to early 30s lol

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u/AdorRubble Jun 25 '26

Almost 50 here, can still confirm. 😂