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    Posted: 12 July 2011 at 2:15pm
My DH left Monday morning for 5 days work away from home. I'd asked him to leave the kitchen clean as I can't bear being in there. Unfortunately he didn't really do that, but, bless him, he did do loads for me whilst he was here so can't be mad.

Anyway, the couple of times I went into the kitchen yesterday I kept wondering when I'd be able to stomach cleaning it.

I went to a friends at about 4pm and got home at about 8pm. Went into the kitchen and was startled by it's relative cleanliness. Being unsettled, I wandered the house just checking the rooms (like a loon) for possible intruders!

I eventually sat down in the lounge to forget about it. Later, I thought maybe I could manage some soup so went back to the kitchen and, once again, was startled. Looking at the draining board, I remembered earlier putting a plate there and removing a dry one. But now, there was a pyrex dish over the top as well as the saucepan I remembered rinsing but not washing all clean and draining.

I freaked out. Who did this?? I rang DH and he blamed baby brain, but I rejected it. I would remember doing all that, especially when feeling so rubbish...but there it is, all clean.

If this is memory loss...has anyone else experienced anything similar in pregnancy? I'm quite unsettled by it all, be it friendly poltergeist or memory fluffiness!!

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Wow that is very strange. Unfortunately I have no explanation. But if you don't want a kitchen tidying ghost feel free to send it my way lol
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lol! Yeah, it doesn't sound that bad does it? I did find myself this morning saying, (to the air) 'er, thank you, but you're kind of freaking me out!' ... just in case
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Any relatives live close?
My mum does secret cleaning at my Grandma's house when she's at bowls.
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It's my kitchen fairies! They've gone on strike here - must have moved to your place. Damn I miss them

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Baby brain! Seriously, yesterday i got a facecloth, wiped DSs face and put it on the coffee table for some unknown reason. Then, three hours later i found said wet facecloth and freaked out because i hadnt used a face cloth, and if i did i'd use it in the bathroom not in the lounge and i wouldnt put a wet cloth on a wooden table anyway! I was seriously beginning to wonder if someone had broken in and done it to trick me. Took me about 3 hours to remember wiping DSs face...so i reckon its totally possible you're cleaning and not remembering it
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The mystery was solved! Whilst I was at my friends house (they're a couple) he snuck over the road to my house to tidy the kitchen because he didn't want me unable to eat! How sweet! And I'm not crazy!

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I bet they laughed when you told them you thought it was either a ghost or you were forgetting cleaning lol.

how nice of them to do that for you. (especially that it was the man who tidied )
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Yeah, he laughed and we have all laughed about it since!! He's a really good guy and they're a fab couple. Wish we didn't have to move away from them, they'd be great to have around throughout preg and beyond!
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Apparently I keep saying things to Mr Rose that I've already said minutes earlier.


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I got a bit excited at the fact kitchen fairies may actually exist!!! cos if they exist then food fairies have to be next right??

Originally posted by kelzie_rose kelzie_rose wrote:

Apparently I keep saying things to Mr Rose that I've already said minutes earlier.


even now I say to DH 'did I just say that out loud or in my mind' sometimes I repeat myself and others its that I said in my mind first... but DH always knew I was a bit mad...


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Originally posted by sbeach sbeach wrote:


even now I say to DH 'did I just say that out loud or in my mind' sometimes I repeat myself and others its that I said in my mind first... but DH always knew I was a bit mad...


I do this all the time!!

This thread gave me a laugh. Glad you solved the mystery Reffinej. How sweet of him to do that!
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very strange. I think you are kidding..
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Originally posted by _Deb_ _Deb_ wrote:

Originally posted by sbeach sbeach wrote:


even now I say to DH 'did I just say that out loud or in my mind' sometimes I repeat myself and others its that I said in my mind first... but DH always knew I was a bit mad...


I do this all the time!!


Lol, me too!! And I'm glad that you found out what happened, I would have driven myself mad trying to figure it out! It was such a sweet thing to do
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Hahaha about repeating! I was forever repeating myself and unfortunately it's continued since the birth 17 months ago! DP just goes 'You said that x minutes ago!'
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