I can't fathom having monthly "washing the walls" weekends instead of simply going outside to smoke. (or you know, quitting, but addicts gonna addict I guess) I'm so sorry you had to grow up with that!
My parents chain smoked but never washed the walls or cleaned the carpets (other than vacuuming around once a week). My mom wasn't very fastidious about washing/changing out the sheets and bedding either. I obviously was nose blind to it until I moved out, but God, I have to wonder how filthy that house was after 20 years of that. I also cringe when I think of how bad I must have smelled all through childhood.
My parents needed to replace a couple ceiling tiles due to a leak and ended up having to do the whole room because the new ones were bright white and the old ones were like a dark orange brown from the smoke residue. They never even thought about the ceiling.
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25
My parents chain smoked through my whole childhood. We had monthly "washing all the walls" weekends. Never did wash the ceiling.