What does your living room look like right now? Would you be brave enough to post a photo of it online, as is?
Well, my living room contains a Christmas tree (what month are we in again?), a bag of rocks (for an art project), a toy dragon wearing a child’s underpants (clean) and 53 books stacked in piles in front of the TV. And no, I wouldn’t be brave enough to post a photo of it online and ask people for their opinions.
One woman on the UK website Mumsnet, calling herself WildFeralLife, was brave enough. Heading her post “Is my living room a mess by your standards?” she wrote, “No matter how much I tidy it, it always seems to end up at this point. To me it’s neither tidy nor messy.”
The photo shows a living room with a four-year-child snuggled under a doona on one couch, and a deerhound on the other couch. There are a few things on the floor.
The thread went bonkers. Almost 500 people replied (roughly 400 times more responses than most Mumsnet posts get), and some of them didn’t hold back.
“Sorry, but that is so messy,” posted one. “I couldn’t live like that!”
Top Comments
I think it's more the room itself that people are unknowingly taking offence to. It's small and old so no matter what it will make it look dusty, dirty and more messy than it actually is.
That said, it was verging on being not normal messy. Better after clean up.
if thats 'a tip' or 'so messy' id hate to hear what mine would be called. thats a palace compared to mine