# It's a weekend night. You just had a homecooked dinner. When are the dishes getting done?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 2, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weekend-night-you-just-had-a-homecooked-dinner-when-are-the-dishes-getting-done/753708 "2016-05-02T20:30:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weekend-night-you-just-had-a-homecooked-dinner-when-are-the-dishes-getting-done/753708/42 "2016-05-06T22:06:22Z")

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I live alone and have no sense of smell, so the next day… mostly.

Unless I use one of the cast iron pans; those get cleaned as soon as they’re cool enough to wash safely.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weekend-night-you-just-had-a-homecooked-dinner-when-are-the-dishes-getting-done/753708/43 "2016-05-06T22:19:10Z")

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Usually, my wife cooks and I clean. But she generally cleans up the pots and bowls as she goes. I ueually soak the dishes immediately and then load the dishwasher and empty the dish drainer an hour later so that I don’t have to dry what is draining. The sink is clear before bedtime.

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**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weekend-night-you-just-had-a-homecooked-dinner-when-are-the-dishes-getting-done/753708/44 "2016-05-06T23:22:03Z")

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Any of the first 3, depending on the day. We’re trying to develop better housekeeping habits, and we have an unlucky combination of no dishwasher or counter space, we _try_ to do it at least the same evening, ideally as we go and finishing up the pots before we sit down to eat, but sometimes they go a day or three. I guess on one hand the lack of counter space is a good motivator, since even one dinner’s dishes looks like a huge amount sitting in the sink.

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