“I Refuse To Be Like My Mother”: Woman Shares 29 Things She Will No Longer Do Like Her Mother

Bleach has been proven to only lighten disperse mould spores not kill it, and is horrendous for the environment. Where I live, council cleaners are not allowed to use bleach, even if the customer provides it, for health and safety reasons. If you are worried about mould or germs, double-strength (cleaning) vinegar should be used, according to British scientific studies. Mould specific cleaners can be used if it is an established problem.

This whole post is basically about throwing stuff in the garbage...

In my country, you can take expired or surplus medication to a pharmacist, and they will safely dispose of it. It's is not a good idea to put it into the bin/trash.

This ones stupid she's just throwing away perfectly good socks because they don't have a matching one. Just match them up with a similar sock, if they have different coloured soles than it doesn't matter if your wearing enclosed shoes, no one will see them.

I wear a wallet chain! I never lose my wallet because it's clipped to my pants! Though I do have to remember to switch it to whichever pair of pants/shorts I'm wearing that day from the previous day's pants XD

Omg amen!! I feel this one

Maybe try not to use ‘single use items’ if you don’t like landfill.

What a lovely photo!

Anyone else think the tree behind her was her hair sticking out? 😂

The Millennial urge to keep the boxes that our cell phones came in. I was born in '84 and I still have no idea why I do this. But, thanks to the Internet, I know I'm not alone.

I agree in case the old one is not used or it is not wearable anymore.

So if the driver was driving like a f*****t you wouldn't tell them to stop? Okay.

I see you don't have kids.

And her kids will. Be Not Like My Mother by avoiding being an uptight, a**l chick who organizes everything into the ground.

Why label everything like that? You don’t know cleansers are cleansers?

I have kids and anxiety/depression, etc. I will do this. Just for me!

I don't have enough skincare that labeling it would be anything but ridiculous...

This is smart though, Some products expire quicker once opened whether we seal them tight after use or not!

I tasted just a little bile come up into mu mouth..... before I screamed.

You must have a BIG house w loads of storage space and obviously you don’t have children.

This smacks of being ocd

Organized = OCD

OCD in overdrive

I cleaned my student tables with donated baby wipes. Same thing. Those wet soapy sponges look like they are cleaning but until you wipe the table after with a baby wipe you have no idea how dirty they still are. Art class. At the end of every class. An article I read of where kids get germs in school prompted this. It was a precovid article.

Thank you! I hate that people still won't carry something to drink with them . Don't leave home without it.

I wash and reuse ziplocks, occasionally I need them. Don’t need to hoard but easy to wash and reuse, I don’t use half wrap

how strong was her vacuum?

An alternative, if you are not using the washing machine every day, is to have bucket of water, with some disinfectant in the water. When you use a cloth drop it into the water. When the bucket is full, or you're doing a load of laundry, add the rags. If you are using a front loading washing machine, put the rags into a laundry bag.

Aaah the optimism in this... sure, when someone tells the same story you've heard a few times before, go on and listen it out. And don't interrupt someone who is having a monologue and making wrong assumtions along the way. And when they say they believe their hause is haunted and it should be burned down, believe it and encourage them... Point being: It's a nice concept but not good to use always.(Or maybe she means when people talk about certain subjects?)

That's nice, but what if you need to make a note when you're upstairs, or in the garage, or on the other side of the house from where your notebook is? XD There's nothing wrong with using random scraps of paper to write down memos and notes, as long as you dispose of them accordingly once you don't need them any more.

WHO SAID IT IS A GENDERED JOB??? Where did this woman come from where changing a f*****g lightbulb is a "gendered job"???

I still like going to the store or the market, because when ordering, it's a gamble, so I like to have the choice of which potato or whatever I take home.

To be fair, there was a marketing push through the 70s and 80s as to how bad butter was for you and how much healthier it was to use 'plant oil' margarine.

Just don't start to breasfeed them, change their nappies.... That would be weird.

my mom: just change your mindset! it's easy to just be happy!!!

Oh this whole thing must be fake I guess, that's not possible

One little tear in the rubber and she's throwing it away, does the rest of it not work?

What did she even inspect it for? Just curious.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with have emergency food. In fact, it's recommended.