cleaning house

Dirty Dishes

“Whose dishes are these in the sink?”
“Why doesn’t he ever pick up after himself?”
“How come I’m the only one who changes the toilet paper roll?”

Do these thoughts sound familiar? I hope not, but there’s a good chance that if you are living with other people at some point you will find yourself irritated with conditions you didn’t create. So what should you do? [click to continue…]

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