When I started Lazy Lady, I was single lady, living alone for the first time in my life. I had no roommates to hold me accountable, no family either. So my lazy, messy and unhealthy habits reached maximum grossness. I needed accountability to keep myself in check. So I started the blog and gave that power to the internet, hoping that publicly shaming myself for being a lazy slob would give me the checks & balances I was lacking.
Fast forward a few years, and the now Mr. LL came into my life. We dated, moved in together, got married. Now I had someone else sharing my living space. For awhile, in the beginning of our co-habitation, my cleaning habits improved...slightly. I mean, who doesn't try to hide their inner slob in front of a significant other? I was, and still am, a bit of a hoarder, but everything was at least tidy. Plus, it didn't hurt that Mr. LL would get up early on the weekends and clean while I "slept" (sometimes, I'd hear the vacuum and just pretend to be asleep to avoid being self-guilted into cleaning...I know, my laziness knows no boundaries).
That schtick didn't last long though. Mr. LL was on to me and called me out on that very selfish behavior. In fact, we've had a handful of fights about me not being what one might call a "clean" person. Mr. LL is no neat-freak either though. We'd spend an entire weekend cleaning the entire apartment only to have him come home the next day and leave a trail of dirty clothes from front door to the bathroom. We acknowledge that we are both human and that we both value our personal hobbies and interests just slightly more than doing the day-to-day chores. However, Mr. LL is more willing to get what needs to be done more regularly than I am. I'm more of a "someone's coming, quick hide everything!" type of cleaner.
