It's therapeutic, for me anyway.

Kind of like that for me. It takes ~10 minutes to prepare French press coffee, and since I can't really get too involved in anything away from the kitchen during this I find that I might as well wash whatever dishes are in the sink.

My sink is right by the kitchen window and I can look out past our rose bushes and watch assorted wildlife gambol and frolic. (Mostly bunnies and birds.) Kind of idyllic I suppose if you ignore the all-same-look suburban houses.

If there are a lot of dishes I'll wash certain things and load others into the dishwasher for later. But I sort of like washing dishes in my house.

It is funny that you describe it as therapeutic. I have several manual tasks that I would describe that way. Just not washing dishes. :)

After coding all day, almost any manual labor will do. Washing dishes, mowing the lawn, helping a friend move, etc.

I agree, wife and I wash most of our dishes, she washes, I dry. It's a great time to let your mind wonder and think about problems. Mindless tasks like drying dishes and scooping the cat box give me a chance to actually think about things in a no pressure environment.

Just wait, kids change everything!

Yup. They can then have the kids wash the dishes. ;-)

It takes a few years to get to that stage :(

Yup, having the first baby was when we got a dishwasher.