
Pregnant mum-of-4 trolled for being ‘lazy' as she shows the state of her council house first thing in the morning
Nicole Austin is no stranger to causing a stir on social media, particularly when she posts videos showing just how messy her house actually is.
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And one accusation she regularly hears is that she's lazy - a description she found herself attracting once again after explaining why she and her husband leave their dinner washing up until the morning.
"Sometimes I'm just too tired to do the evening washing up after dinner," Nicole said in a video on her TikTok page.
"And in our household that's okay!
"Rest is way more important to us than doing some dishes.
"And that's how it should be."
Nicole added that because she's a "morning girl", she's always "bursting with energy" as soon as she gets up.
"So at 6am, 7am, whenever we get up, we come downstairs and we clean everywhere," she continued.
"This is 90% of the time before the kids are even up.
"So the kids don't even know the difference before anyone comes at me for that."
Nicole predicted some of the responses she was going to receive, as she said she's even "waiting for the threats of social services".
My council house always looks dirty despite endless scrubbing - it's all broken or hanging off hinges & I can't fix it
"But come on, if you're that exhausted, why are you pushing yourself to do some dishes that can easily be done a few hours later after you've got some sleep?" she said.
"Putting rubbish away, taking bins out and things like that.
"I do understand. But some dishes? No."
When it comes to her own priorities, Nicole insisted she "prioritises my peace".
"I learnt this because I used to burn myself out all the time," she said.
"Now I prioritise my peace. And sometimes that does mean going to bed and getting that extra hour sleep.
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"And I'll never feel guilty for that!"
"Do you do your kitchen clean up at night or first thing?" Nicole asked in her video caption.
"Or whenever you feel like it? BIG controversy!"
As Nicole predicted, people slammed her in the comments section, with many having some choice names for her.
"Lazy lazy lazy people," one raged.
"This is what's wrong with GB these days. Self diagnosed scroungers!"
"Don't matter how tired I am, having a clean home for my children to wake up to in the morning is a priority, even when I was heavily pregnant," another said.
"You also have a man tell him to pull his weight instead of leaving it to you - it's just pure lazy."
"Nope, I cant... it leaves smells in the house. and coming down to the smell of last nights dinner makes me feel sick," someone else said.
"I couldn't sleep knowing there's a mess waiting for me - I would be an overwhelmed mess in the morning," another insisted.
However, others defended Nicole, with some agreeing with her that it's more important to put self care first.
"I don't get the comments on here," one said.
"Leaving washing up overnight isn't the worst thing in the world!
"If you know it is going to get done the next day then what's the issue?"
"For God's sake," another added.
"Stop coming for this lady just because she hasn't done her cleaning.
"Leave her alone!"
"I do & I've got a dishwasher, rest is important," a third commented.
"No-one's on their deathbed wishing they'd done the dishes every night before bed," someone else said.
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