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Be honest. Do you do the dishes right after every meal?
- Thread starter FernandoRocker
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We have too many people home to leave them. It'd be a disaster if no one kept up with it. Drive me crazy to be honest if they were left out.
Dont own a dishwasher, so yeah wash them immediately .
just gets it out of the way. Plus fuck trying to wash dried food on a plate or just living it in the sink and letting it fester.
just gets it out of the way. Plus fuck trying to wash dried food on a plate or just living it in the sink and letting it fester.
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Not necessarily right after each meal but the dishes are usually done before dinner (kitchen must be clear before prepping for dinner) and after dinner (where there are tons of things to clean). We hand wash, no dishwasher.
Edited: Changed my vote to when the is sink is full because it's more accurate in my situation. We dont do dishes based on time of day. It's based on whenever we need to clear the sink. Note that we define a "full" sink as a few bowl/plate and utensil so in the end we might be doing dishes as much as after each meals.
Edited: Changed my vote to when the is sink is full because it's more accurate in my situation. We dont do dishes based on time of day. It's based on whenever we need to clear the sink. Note that we define a "full" sink as a few bowl/plate and utensil so in the end we might be doing dishes as much as after each meals.
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No, not generally. I'd have to take that on myself if I wanted that done, as there's zero chance I could get my wife to help with any consistency. Just how she was raised, I guess—for her, cleaning up after anything seems like it's always some separate activity that takes place at some indeterminate point in the future, and not a part of "completing" the activity that generated the mess. And after the evening meal specifically, is usually when when we relax together for a while. Dishes piling up was definitely an issue in the past before we bought a house with a dishwasher—if I was in that situation again, I'd probably stay on top of them, as my mess-tolerance has decreased over the years.
I do most of the cooking these days, so I try to do as much cleaning and loading of the dishwasher while I'm cooking as is feasible, to minimize the post-meal cleanup. Outside of that, any dirty dishes accumulate throughout the day either in one of the sinks, or on the counter space beside the sink and above the dishwasher, or get put right in the dishwasher. The dishwasher gets unloaded, reloaded, and run on average once a day, and I'll wash anything that needs hand-washing (e.g. certain pots & pans, knives) at that time. We might do that at some point in the evening, or I'll do it first thing in the morning while making coffee.
I do most of the cooking these days, so I try to do as much cleaning and loading of the dishwasher while I'm cooking as is feasible, to minimize the post-meal cleanup. Outside of that, any dirty dishes accumulate throughout the day either in one of the sinks, or on the counter space beside the sink and above the dishwasher, or get put right in the dishwasher. The dishwasher gets unloaded, reloaded, and run on average once a day, and I'll wash anything that needs hand-washing (e.g. certain pots & pans, knives) at that time. We might do that at some point in the evening, or I'll do it first thing in the morning while making coffee.
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Yes, and I hand wash everything.
My Filipina mother instilled this with my sister and I as kids.
My Filipina mother instilled this with my sister and I as kids.
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It changes, I've been living alone with no outside help for 4 months now (since the lockdown started) and I'd sometimes wash once per day, sometimes once every 2 or 3 days, but sometimes I'd let the sink get almost full and spent like an hour and a half on a Saturday doing the dishes while listening to music or watching random YT videos. In fact I'm about to do them right now after 2 days.
Edit: Oh yeah, I wash them by hand.
Edit: Oh yeah, I wash them by hand.
Empty the dishwasher before breakfast, put dishes in during the day, turn on the dishwasher after dinner. Rinse and repeat.
I won't do it after every single meal but definitely once a day, usually after 2 or 3 meals have been prepared. I'll obviously do what needs to be used for the latter meals of the day if it got used the first time, but collectively I only do dishes once a day.
Have a dishwasher but wash by hand 99% of the time and use the dishwasher as a drying rack, basically.
Wash them once before bed every night.
Wash them once before bed every night.
Most of the time. Sometimes if I've cooked a big meal and used a lot of shit then I'll just do next morning.
Yeah, this is definitely me--gotta wash 'em after every meal. Every time I pass by the sink (if I don't wash 'em) otherwise, the plates...haunt/taunt me. Plus it's just me, so I've no need for the dishwasher; I hand wash them.
I don't have a machine dishwasher. But I like to clean the dishes after a meal if I can. Depending on what I'm making, I like to clean my cooking items as I'm done using them, too. If I don't do it right away they will sit for usually a day before I get to them.
When the dishwasher is full. Usually every 3 days or so.
I rarely wash stuff in the sink apart from a few items.
Well, you rinse them off in the sink before you put them in.
I rarely wash stuff in the sink apart from a few items.
Well, you rinse them off in the sink before you put them in.
I have a dishwasher so I run it when it's full. But it's one of those half sized dishwashers because a full size didn't fit. So unfortunately that's like once every two days at the most. It sucks.
For big pots and pans that don't fit I wash them right after. I get this uses more water and isn't even the most effective way to wash pots and pans where you can let them soak, but my wife is anal about that stuff and has gotten it into my head to wash everything as soon as we use it.
For big pots and pans that don't fit I wash them right after. I get this uses more water and isn't even the most effective way to wash pots and pans where you can let them soak, but my wife is anal about that stuff and has gotten it into my head to wash everything as soon as we use it.
While cooking, I clean as I go. We don't have much counter space and I don't like the mess or clutter. After dinner, the person who didn't cook always does the remaining dishes right away, that's like the unspoken agreement our relationship has always had. 🤷♂️
I've only used a dishwasher one time in my life!
I've only used a dishwasher one time in my life!
Most people are lying. We absolutely would love to be the kind of people that do this but nope. We end up waiting too long and have to do a giant pile of dishes every few days.
My SO and I are weirdly functional adults who both incredibly HATE doing the dishes. So we take equal turn in doing it, and we wait until the sink is kind of full in order to do the dishes. It kind of happens twice a week (or more if we cooked a lot), we both do it, taking turns in doing it. Granted, we have the luxury of doing so because there's only the two of us. It would be a very different ordeal if we had children, for sure.
Ultimately, buying a dishwasher is something we want to do because goddammit, we do fucking hate doing the dishes so badly!
Ultimately, buying a dishwasher is something we want to do because goddammit, we do fucking hate doing the dishes so badly!
Am I weird in enjoying washing a full sink load of dishes? It's a good repetitive task to relax and listen to podcasts with.
For me it's not immediately after, I usually bring my dishes to my computer desk to watch stuff or browse the net while eating. But usually the next time I go downstairs I'll bring the dishes down to wash. I don't like to let it pile up so I usually let it go before the next meal.
This is wildly wasteful.
Edit: Missed the part where you ask your dates / SOs to do your dishes. What the fuck?
Fuck no.
I'm lazy as hell when it comes to dishes, but it helps that I don't have a lot and at worst, my sink might get a quarter full. Usually just spoons and forks in there and a cup.
I'm lazy as hell when it comes to dishes, but it helps that I don't have a lot and at worst, my sink might get a quarter full. Usually just spoons and forks in there and a cup.
