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Same here. I have saved many times for high end items I needed. I remember, which to me was a necessity at the time because I worked 12 hour days for 6 days a week, my dishwasher went out during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. My daughter, who SHOULD have been my dishwasher but suffered ADD and washed one dish for 15 minutes, asked me why I didn't go ahead and buy a new one. I told her that once I got all the holiday fixings and gifts for everyone in our family, that once the holidays were over I would buy a new one. So I had to literally FORCE her to try and keep the dishes washed while I worked. It was a nightmare but I suffered through it. And I started the New Year out with a new dishwasher; a very welcome Christmas present to myself.
Good for you! While I was working I asked my then teenagers to keep the house neat and clean so I didn't have to come home to a mess. One of them was supposed to sweep the family room floor. She swept it and left a nice pile of debris right in the middle of the floor, and didn't understand why I was a bit angry. She then stated that she did all of the hard work and all I had to do was pick it up.
Don't you just love the answers kids come up with. My granddaughter sweeps only the parts of the floor that she sees anything on; forget the whole floor. I haven't asked her to mop yet.
Seems fair, if she can't see it, it's not there.Just so you know, mopping will require a fair bit of sulking and talk of unfairness on her part. Make her do it anyway, it'll be fun to watch.
I have custody of my 3 oldest granddaughters; two of which are 15 and 13. Neither had been taught to do anything. It literally takes an act of Congress to get them to clean their rooms, their bathroom, and one ferret cage which I didn't know I was taking custody of at the time. The 15 year old is much more lazier than the 13 year old, but the 13 year old is the one I was telling you about the floor. Also they complain that I don't let them do anything; then when I ask they give me the third degree. I finally started letting them do their own laundry "which the 15 year old swears she knew how to do" but threw everything in without sorting, turning decal shirts inside out, or straightening out rolled up socks or pants. Then she declared I was too picky when I showed her the right way. It has been an argument that is more of a battle than doing myself; but I know I must teach them. You're right, mopping and doing dishes (by hand) is next on my list. Can't wait to see how that turns out.