Monster mother-in laws
Research from Spontex shows that over 25 million women across the UK don their rubber golves more often when their mother-in-law comes to visit, and scrub places in teh home that they never normally clean.
- A third of daughters-in-law across the nation do the mother of all dusting, scrubbing and cleaning sessions before she arrives
- Over half of the 2,500 women questioned say they feel under pressure to clean parts of the house they don;t normally touch
- And it seems they are right to be worried as one in five say their mother-in-laws actually start cleaning the minute they walk through the door
- The poll also revealed that 14% of mothr-in-laws openly criticise the state of their son's home
Perhaps unsuprisingly women are far more worried about the in-laws coming to stay than their husbands. Over a third of wives feel under pressure to put in more effort in anticipation of the vist, compared to just one in five men. And only 32% of men would consider cleaning areas such as door frames, inside the oven and the ceilings - compared to a staggering 61% of the women.