How do I inspire my spouse clean our house?

Answer 1

bribe her with something special
show her how its done

Answer 2

i have know several couples that have gone threw this same problem.the fact is you cant inspire them to clean. does she have a job, or does she have friends that she spends time with? if she just sits at home all the time then maybe she has low self esteem.and don't really care what she looks like or the house. this is more common than you might think. maybe if you tried to get her up and out of the house so she can begin to feel better about her self then she will make more an effort to do things around the house. if this is not the case you need to give her a ultimatum, tell her that you can not live in this filth another min. and if she does not get her act together then you are leaving. by the way, what do you do around the house? its not all up to her. if you think that it is maybe she is protesting!

Answer 3

I'm old fashioned and I believe a womens place is in the home. Does she work outside the home? If she doesnt work outside the home what does she do all day?? I can't imagine a woman not wanting to have a nice clean house. Try making her a list of things that she needs to get done, she really needs to learn her role and the responsibility of being a house wife. Good luck and pray about it

Answer 4

You show her that your cleaning then come to her and let her know that your not the only one that lives there. She needs to help. Thats really lazy for a spouse to not help around the house. Bottom line Communication!!!

Answer 5

you didn't say if or not she works.
is this the situation? she stays home and she cleans all day. he comes home and clomps on her newly mopped floors with his boots, all the way to the bedroom and over the carpet, leaving dried up mud footprints all the way. he gets in the shower and leaves his clothes on the floor even though the hamper is 6 inches away. he leaves his shoes in teh middle of the floor and drops paper on the floor and never picks it up. she
finds dirty dishes all over the house. now you tell me, would you think he appreciates all the work you do? and if not, would you do it?
you didn't give us much information so i'm going to go against the crowd and assume she's a stay at home wife. it is a brain numbing experience for some women. if she can't sit down at the end of the day and say, "my, my house looks clean!" because she's picking up after you, who just came in and ruined all of the hard work she did today, where's the motivation? you obviously don't appreciate her hard work and she's going to stop doing it in favor of doing something she enjoys. housework is called work for a reason guys.
anyway that's one theory. like i said, you didn't give a lot of info to go on.

Answer 6

Well, since you said it's "our" house then why don't "we" clean it...grab some cleaning supplies (like the vacuum and a dust rag and furniture polish), go to her and say "honey, we need to tidy up this place...do you want to dust or vaccum? I'll do the other" and then y'all can get busy and clean the house together, that you dirtied together. :)

Answer 7

Set a good example! Praise her efforts & help her out when she needs it. If you both work the jobs should be shared equally. If you have children, they should help out too. If you work & she stays home you should still share some of the chores, housework can be very demoralizing if you have no other pursuits!

Answer 8

Why can't you clean your own house? Maybe she will be inspired from that.

Answer 9

tell her how nice it would be to come home to a clean house an a cooked meal. if she works , i can see how she don't feel like doing it. but if she is a housewife there is no sence in it.

Answer 10

EXPLAIN WHY you can NOT get off your backside and split the cleaning chores 50-50?

Answer 11

You may not like it but try having your mother-in-law move in. My wife NEVER cleaned before but now she does