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Nothing_WithATwist t1_ja91u4e wrote

Reply to comment by ItsJusticimo in LPT Request: How to keep a cleaner home by bschumm1

This really is the way to do it. You can’t consider yourself “done” with a task until it’s in the same state you started in. So if you’re cooking, don’t eat until you do the dishes (even if that’s just rinsing out the pan or letting it soak). That’s what I do with my roommates because it’s not fair to be keeping something dirty when others could be using it and it’s also not fair to make them clean your things. Obviously a romantic partner is different, but treating them like a roommate can be helpful for avoiding living situation conflicts since at the end of the day you are sharing a space.

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Vegetable_Dinner_524 t1_ja9lezf wrote

Sink of hot soapy water when cooking, as soon as something if finished with quick wash and on the draining board, pans washed before you eat ( food going to be nuclear hot anyway) then just plates and cutlery left to do ( they take 20 seconds) back to sitting on arse

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Joe_Spiderman t1_ja9e82e wrote

Don't eat until the dishes are done? Lolwut? So after I finish cooking, my family gets to eat while I'm washing cookwear?

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LorenzoStomp t1_ja9l26n wrote

Yeah that's one I have trouble with. I try to clean as I go while cooking, but sometimes stuff is left over and I don't want to eat my dinner cold. So the dishes have to wait til later, which is sometimes the next day when I have time for them.

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Joe_Spiderman t1_ja9m1yq wrote

Yeah, that sounds like what normal folks do. Growing up, my dad's rule was, whoever made dinner was exempt from dishes. Helped motivate my brother and I to cook for the family a couple times a week.

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sevenwheel t1_jaaf50r wrote

I'm a "don't eat until the pots and pans are cleaned up" type of person.

Once the food is on the stove, I get everything cleaned up and put away while the food is cooking.

When the food is finished cooking, I put my food on my plate and rinse the pots and pans hot off the stove after I transfer the food.

I've found that if I do this, before anything has a chance to cool off and set up, the food residue rinses right off the pots and pans instantly. It's so much faster that it's worth taking the extra minute or so before eating.

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