Ā and what sucks is i CANNOT bring any of this up to...
Yeah, in terms of boundaries, discussing the particulars of their nonsensical cleaning methods isnāt the way to go. What about something like āI know that youāre preoccupied with these things and you feel distressed, but this is my space too and Iāve gone as far as Iām willing to accommodate your preferences. Iāll clean as I see fit, taking your preferences into consideration. If that doesnāt work for you, weāll need to make other living arrangements in the futureā
thing is, this Very Reasonable suggestion is a nonstarter for them, iāve tried, i told them iād find scent free bleach cleaner or something but was told no, that that list and protocol would do.
i thought one of them getting staph and being forced by the doctor to buy bleach for the first time in the year iād lived here would convince them to consider what i said when i first moved in, that with a windowless bathroom and a shitty vent like that, three adults in a house meant for two and a child couldnāt be cleaned with just vinegar and melamine sponges, some kind of disinfectant would be needed.
and their big compromise with the doctor - THE DOCTOR THAT TOLD THEM THEY GOT STAPH AND HAD TO DISINFECT COMMON AREAS MORE THOROUGHLY - was getting bon ami and hydrogen peroxide.
the latter they donāt buy anymore and the former iāve had to buy more frequently as of late since that was never part of their routine or whatever. oh yeah, they insist on buying cleaning products themselves so āthe wrong onesā arenāt picked. i once got laundry detergent that was unscented, since they hadnāt bought a new one before leaving out of town, but i guess it was the wrong kind of unscented because that wasnāt a permissible detergent and i had to throw the rest out.
