Wolf, I don't think anybody LIKES keeping the place clean. At least I don't. BUT I must admit I get satisfaction from a clean house (or a clean room or a clean-up closet) once it's done. I always said I'd let my cleaning lady go when I retired but at that point her husband had just lost his job and I didn't have the heart to do it. Boy am I glad now! She comes once a week for four hours and I do very little in between. I do our bedroom and the whole upstairs myself but the upstairs is not used. My son goes spider collecting up there when he comes. <grin>
Jeanette - my son has two kittens and he is trying to teach them to go after spiders. This is a 34 year old former Marine who has always been terrified of spiders! His sister loves any creature great and small. Go figure!!
My DH went through several electric razors. I cleaned them when he said they weren't working. I tried to shave him but could not do it. DH is tactile defensive with me. The day I noticed him holding the shaver upside down and swiping it across his face, I put it away (lost it) as I had to do with safety razors. Our son shaves him when he is here and his nearby barber does it with electric. I even found a barber shop that still does hot towel shave, but it is about an hour's drive away. We go once a month as a special treat and have lunch at a diner on the way home.
Speaking of electric razors...and the more time I spend reflecting now that John is gone, the more early "signs" I can pinpoint. I recall that it used to thoroughly drive me NUTS, the fact that he'd go to DollarTree, Family Dollar, The Dollar Store with such frequency (when he could still drive). He'd come home with BAGS and BAGS of stuff we didn't need nor did we ever use. A case of Spam, a case of corned beef and ALWAYS vienna sausages. And canned vegetables. Sometimes gadgets, all kinds of stuff. I used to mark it all up to the fact that he was just bored and he liked to "shop" to get away from here....and to feel like he was doing something for me. I just let it go....and I always had something to donate to food pantries. HA! Now, I'm a RECIPIENT of those donations in my community!!! Unbelievable. Anyhow, now when I look back, I realize it was yet another "symptom" he was exhibiting.
Interesting thought. SG* above,( just a wee bit of short hand) You got me to thinking..my DH, when I let him drive, would make the grocery store runs and generally got everything on the list. I never gave it much thought because he always loved the grocery store and to compare prices..and he had a memory for those prices and how much something cost 10 years ago..But he also started coming home with things we didn't need now and my pantry got so out of order it drove me bats. The other thing he would NOT do is sort out his work bench and now I will have to do that..and I was griping about it to a friend whose advice I took which was leave it and he will get to it..well he never did and that was 5 years ago. Mess is still there and it is not at the top of my to do list.