I'm just wondering if there are any other clean freaks out there??!

What does your schedule look like? Do you worry about germs or just general tidiness? Why do you like things to be clean? How do you feel if you can't clean? Do you think your neat-freakishness is healthy or does it cross the OCD line?

For me, I just like things to look and smell nice. I cannot relax if things are out of place. It's not a germ thing, particularly, although I've been a little more concerned about that since having DD (I wash her toys etc) - for me, it's a perfection thing. I like the house to LOOK perfect.

For me, it is most definitely not OCD. It drives me mad when people suggest that - OCD is a very real, serious condition that can ruin lives. Plus, if I had OCD, my house would probably look a damn sight better that it does now!!

If you're a clean freak, do people criticise you for it? People are always telling me to relax my standards - my inlaws bought me a birthday card with "A clean house is the sign of a wasted life" on it!! I took it in the spirit it was meant (I framed it, actually!) but come on people!!

Come on, make me feel less alone..... come out, come out wherever you are!!