Keep a dirty house!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Madz used to drool like that. It was totally totally gross. I'd have to change her shirt about every hour because it would be soaked. Babies are totally disgusting. And old people aren't much better. I'm jumping off a cliff before I hit the gross level.

And almost teenagers are just as bad. It's apparently horrible to bathe, brush your teeth or brush your hair.

I bathed, brushed my teethe and brushed my hair. But did any boy kiss me? Yes. But only a couple. And I had my designs on more than a couple, dammit.