Comments on: Noise

By: Heather O.

Heather O. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:17:45 +0000

Let’s house swap.

By: Adri

Adri — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:09:16 +0000

Thanks for making me laugh today.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:31:33 +0000

I spent the first 5 years of married life stressing out any time my parents came to visit us (a couple times a year). My mom is tidy. Her house never shouts at her because she is so on top of it, even when we were kids.
Then we moved to the same town. I’ll never forget the first time I realllly looked at her house. I noticed the same things I notice in mine…crumbs in the corners of the kitchen, hard water stains in the shower, little stuff. And then my house stopped shouting. It’s still pretty sassy at me, but not nearly to the extent it had been.

By: Dalene

Dalene — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:31:25 +0000

You know I keep waiting for those dust bunnies (are they cousin to the Easter bunny?) to visit my house and take care of the dusting, but they keep passing me by. It’s kind of depressing really.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:29:26 +0000

Oh no. I can see myself writing this exact essay in just a few years from now. I’m already going insane thinking about it. Is there any hope for peace??!! Maybe I will just have to escape once in a while to the public library after everyone has gone to bed..that might give me the quiet I need!!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:45:45 +0000

Yep, mine yells at me too. I’m always amazed that everyone else in the family can walk right over the clutter without it yelling at them. When it seems really bad I make sure my room is clean first so I can go there for quiet. (Of course it is only quiet in my room if I keep the kids out!)

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:41:24 +0000

My house is screaming its head off right now. I’m in for visiting somebody else’s house. My ears hurt.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:40:42 +0000

My house is quiet as can be. The dust and stains just lay there. They are quite at home. Clutter as long as it stays out from under my feet can have a long shelf life.

Others peoples’ houses yell at me. They say really unkind things about the people who live in them but don’t pick up a few things. I don’t want much just one chair enough stuff moved out of the way so that I can sit down. I would rather not be greeted by dust bunnies on the stairs in the entry way or find clothing that belongs in the closet on the kitchen counter.

But, I don’t mind a few dust bunnies in my own corners in my house as long as someone doesn’t drop in and get yelled at by them.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:07:18 +0000

Let’s all switch houses for a while. I would love to come to Vienna .

Not sure what to do for real, though. I hate the yelling, and I hate that I’m the only one that hears it, and I hate that because of it, I start yelling too. It feels sometimes like I am the energy force behing everything that happens at home. Seriously, my kids know how to tell time, but do they make even one move to get dressed in the morning until I tell them to? No. Do they even notice the dishes or realize their capacity to fold laundry? No. I have to ask them. Even after multiple conversations about it. I guess I should enjoy my nothing-happens-until-I-say-so omnipotence, but it just makes me tired. No wonder we are supposed to not be compelled in all things. I’m sure we just wear God out.

By: maralise

maralise — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:07:48 +0000

Yes yes. I hear it. And my husband doesn’t. And it feels so good to know that I am not alone. But, what do we do about it? Keeping the house clean 100% of the time is not a feasible and sane option for me but in lieu of that, what’s else can we do? You can’t ignore it. You can’t “forget about it.” Does anyone have any advice?