I have two. Cutting my kids’ nails. They both act like I’m going to cut their arms off. And going to get waxed. Love it once it’s done, but can never seem to find the time to go do it.
Getting my hair cut and colored. I hate it. It’s not relaxing for me - it’s just a big time suck.
YES. Takes like 3 hours, you end up in an awkward posture talking about inane crap, and they never believe you when you ask them to skip all the styling at the end. "But you wont be able to see how nice the cut looks" - Girl, I'm going home to fight a toddler into taking a nap, this blow out is not surviving.
My big one is plunging toilets. I HATE it. Luckily (?) I have gotten good at it - our “old” house has some challenges and the plumbers we have out have just said it happens and have taught me how to plunge properly and efficiently. I did it this morning and was relieved that I averted a really gross overflow.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jan 16, 2018 9:38:33 GMT -5
Cut and color of my hair is a good one.
Taking stuff to donate is another. Although I guess there are certain charities that will pick it up for you right? I need to look into that. The one we prefer to give to does not do house calls.
Post by covergirl82 on Jan 16, 2018 9:43:58 GMT -5
I have two: Making/packing lunches (DH won't do it right, and when my parents cared for the kids for a few days last Fall while DH and I took a long weekend trip, I sent pictures of the packed lunch boxes to my dad, and my parents STILL had questions), and cleaning out and sorting old kids' clothes. I sort into a couple different piles to go to a couple different consignment stores, and then all the worn/stained stuff goes to a local community service center that shreds them and uses the shreds for something.
I've been going to a friend who does hair in her home and a cut and color takes 1.5 hours max. She only has one client at a time. Once I started going to her, I felt like I got so much time back and I didn't hate going to get my hair done anymore.
I love getting my hair done. I don’t color it and only go twice a year or so so maybe that’s the difference.
I hate dishes. Not really doing them but the repetition of it. There are always more and I have to do it daily. I have a dishwasher but hate emptying that too.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jan 16, 2018 10:09:09 GMT -5
I hate my bedtime routine. It doesn't take that long, and I only wash my face, put lotion on and brushing and flossing. But I just want to get into my pjs and crawl into bed at that time instead of my 10 minute routine. But if I don't, my face breaks out.
Getting my hair cut and colored. I hate it. It’s not relaxing for me - it’s just a big time suck.
How pathetic am I? My hair place sets up a table so I can work on my laptop while my color does its thing. Because I HATE wasting time. I wrote that into my 5 Star Yelp review. They have such exceptional service that I will never go elsewhere.
mommyatty - I used to work from home 2x a week. I never took lunches, but I would jam in appointments - hair, dr, dentist. My stylist would always tell me to put down that phone and just relax. I would want to scream “ARE YOU CRAZY??? I don’t have time to relax!!! I’m on the clock!! Get that color on and stick me under the dryer so I can get out of here!!”
Post by traveltheworld on Jan 16, 2018 11:06:33 GMT -5
Practising piano with DS. As a former piano teacher, it's just so painful to work with someone who has zero talent. And he whines a lot about how hard it is. I'm secretly hoping he'd just quit, but despite the incessant whining, he keeps claiming that he wants to continue. We tried getting him to practice on his own, but he can't get it if he just works on his own and then gets really upset, so we end up working with him every day. The ironic thing is - DS thinks he is awesome at piano because he plays better than all the other kids in his class. DH and I don't have the heart to tell him that "yeah, but none of the other kids have former professional musician parents that practice with them every day!"
The other would be playing pretend with my kids. I hate playing pretend.
Figuring out what to make my family for dinner. Everyone is so picky (including myself), although DH doesn’t claim to be picky but he wants to lose weight so if I make pasta or homemade chicken nuggets, he won’t touch them. My stepson would eat anything I made. I miss that!
After reading the responses, I’d like to add cut and color, although I love the blow dry because then I can get 1-2 extra days of not having to do it myself (I have a lot of hair).
+1 on the cut and color. Hate small talk and it takes too long.
Helping Dd with her homework. She wants you to basically tell her the answers. I didn't read the chapter kid, you did, and no I don't remember from 30 years ago. Even if you give her the answer, she usually doesn't like the answer you give. Usually ends in tears or me throwing up my hands.
Kindergarten homework. It's really easy for my daughter and honestly doesn't take that long, but getting her to do it is a daily challenge. It doesn't help that DD1 (2nd grade) rarely has homework. Her teacher doesn't believe in daily homework for elementary kids and only sends home supplemental work occasionally (I adore her!)
Washing windows. I hate doing it so it rarely gets done.
Having DD read to me. Its painful as she doesn't like to read and would rather I read. This was so much easier when we did it before 4 now trying to do it after 7 when she is done for the day is murder. I'm trying to get after care to take over the job by calling it homework.
I love having my hair brushed and played with. Getting my haircut is a pain as I have both DD and mine done in the same slot so it isn't relaxing and my hair lady spends way more time on DD's hair and then rushes through mine. Good thing we only get our hair cut a couple times a year.
leap, reading is our daily homework. Homework folder gets sent on Friday and is usually 1 page of math that they already did during the week but need extra practice. K homework was a pain as it was a packet they wanted you to do 1 page per night. I always had DD do it in one sitting as it was just writing her name, tracing letters kind of stuff.
mommyatty - I used to work from home 2x a week. I never took lunches, but I would jam in appointments - hair, dr, dentist. My stylist would always tell me to put down that phone and just relax. I would want to scream “ARE YOU CRAZY??? I don’t have time to relax!!! I’m on the clock!! Get that color on and stick me under the dryer so I can get out of here!!”
So what I'm gathering here is that what you guys really need is for someone to sleep for you? Need my number?
I wish someone else could help DD do her homework. On some days, she has no desire to get it done in any timely fashion. This past week has been rough because she has a research project on an animal that needs to be completed. She had to look up facts about an animal of her choosing, create a report, make a presentation board, create a power point slide show, and make a costume. On Thursday, she has to give a presentation to her class. This project has been going on for 2 weeks now. Getting to so anything complex is a painful process. If something is hard, she doesn't want to do it.
I really dislike packing lunches. DD now unpacks them and loads the dishwasher. Which she hates, but I’ve threatened that if she doesn’t, it will be school lunches from here on.
Dealing with mail/papers. I loathe going through all the junk mail, deciding what to keep, how to organize it, and going through the kids' backpacks every day. Ugh.
Post by thatsfancy on Jan 16, 2018 19:33:16 GMT -5
Bathing my children. I love clean kids and they apparently love 'mommy's bath night'. (DH and I rotate who cleans up dinner/who gives the bath.) I often gift the boys (myself) a skipped bath if my night falls on a Friday.
ETA: I also loathe getting my haircut. I usually manage it once a year.
Post by sandandsea on Jan 16, 2018 19:56:11 GMT -5
After today’s dr appts I’m changing my answer. Ds1 has his 6 year check up and was jumping around the room like a crazy animal and cried with his shot. Ds2 had his 18 month appt and was hungry, pooped, and needy then lost it with his shot. Both have low iron still and Ds2 has to go to an ENT. I’m sending dh alone with them next time because I’m soooo done.