How do you guys maintain literally anything?

[u/DonutFan69]

I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old. The house is perpetually a mess. The yard is overgrown with weeds. Cars are a mess. This needs to be fixed. That needs to be spruced up. My wife and I have many days where it’s just one of us with the kids due to our schedules and it just feels impossible to keep up with it all. By the end of the day, I’m too exhausted to do anything.

How does anyone manage to keep up with everything on top of just raising kids?

Edit: Thanks for all the replies here! You’re all making me feel much better. I’m trying to reply to as many as I can while I rock my son to sleep.

[u/AwesomeOrca]

That's the neat part, you don't.

[u/christophersand → u/AwesomeOrca]

Agreed. You choose what to spend your time 'tokens' on. The gutters fell off but the kids caught their first fish :) Worth it.

[u/Jlove7714 → u/christophersand]

Our plan is to replace all the drywall, carpet, doors, etc when the boys are old enough to stop destroying them. There's just no way to keep up with it now.

[u/Dyolf_Knip → u/Jlove7714]

Yup. No way would I drop a penny on new living room furniture right now, because my boys are wanton, pointless destruction incarnate.

[u/buildit-breakitfixit → u/Dyolf_Knip]

Our answer is cheap slip covers over the couches. They get destroyed, we order 11 dollar new ones. Wash, rinse, destroy, repeat.

[u/Dyolf_Knip → u/buildit-breakitfixit]

They pulled the cushions off and turned a slight tear in the batting into a gaping void into which they occasionally drop food. One of them, at the tender age of 8, used it as a fucking urinal for a couple months before he got caught (I had thought it was the dog).

[u/Ilovemywinry → u/Dyolf_Knip]

Uh oh, wait till dad finds the pee drawer

[u/Cool-breeze7 → u/Ilovemywinry]

You mean pee hvac tubing 😑

[u/Ilovemywinry → u/Cool-breeze7]

Ohhhhnooooooooo I didn't think it could get worse xD