I have to laugh at my husband.
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
United States
January 1, 2009 2:50pm CST
The only thing my husband does around the house is take out the trash and he does that quite well and fixes things that need fixing if he can. You see he had a stroke and his ability to fix things went bye, bye with the stroke and he also works two jobs so he does not have much time to help me around the house.
My husband is almost obsessed with the trash he has to organize it correctly or he cannot handle it. I will say he is not that bad but we tease him about it.
Today he came into my office to tell me he was going to Home Depot to buy special screws for a foot stool of mine and he picked up a piece of trash I had sitting on my desk. What is funny about that is: if he would have seen my over flowing trash bin under the desk he would have had a cow. I think I got one over on him. heehee
Is your significant other/ spouse obsessed with something in the house? Does it have to be a certain way? Are you obsessed and have to have something a certain way?
My husband can live with a sick full of dishes, and laundry piled sky high but OMG do not let the trash bin get piled to the brim. He cannot handle it.
Silly man.
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
1 Jan 09
My husband doesn't seem to care one way or the other. He just is not doing it unless he decides we are rearranging the house or something.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I guess he is not the trash man in the family. Does he help out with other things in the household?
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
2 Jan 09
He does the little odd jobs, and sometimes helps get supper on the table.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
My hubby use to make killer salads but not any more he will go to the store and buy something before he makes something to eat now.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
1 Jan 09
Lol I like it
I am not obsessed with anything really I guess, it used to make me mad when the Kids came home from School and their Bags and Coats dropped to the Floor lol then I had to put them away but I would love those Days back lol
But I have a little cheeky Fellow that is obsessed with how his bed is lol
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I know Daisy May spends a lot of time digging in her blankets to get them just right. she is funny she tries to dig when she is sitting on my lap to get my lap the way she wants it. Well she has another thing coming my lap is my lap and I am the one to make it comfortable. heehee
@reinydawn (11642)
• United States
2 Jan 09
That is pretty funny. My husband is a total neat freak (um... unlike me!) but he confines his "neatness" to the yard. He has to have it perfectly cut and landscaped. I'm just like - whatever!
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@reinydawn (11642)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Oh, I'm sure there's things we do that are methodical that drive our spouses up the wall too!!
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Oh not not meeeeeeeeeee! heehee
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
You know my brother in-law is like that. You have to mow the law in a certain way you cannot go the wrong way with the mower. I am like what ever. When he broke his leg my sister mowed the lawn and he drove her crazy telling her how to do it.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
Hehehehe..
I do have an obsession, it's when I buy stuff at the grocery, when I do so, at the counter I need to arrange each and every item according to it's use. Like first comes the cold meats, then the canned meat, then the canned goods, then the toiletries, last would be the laundry things, etc. My brother (who often comes with me) would say that I'm obsessive compulsive about it.
But that obsession isn't worst than my aunt who needs to arrange her laundry by size, color, type in the clothes line! Though, it truly looks good and is easier to handle in the end.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
laydee I have never thought of hanging my clothes out on the line like that. I guess it would be easier to handle when taking them down.
I can see your grocery thing it has to do with how they bag or you bag the groceries. You do not want to put your meat with your laundry soap. I get it.
I have a friend who I often teas how is OCD because she straightens up stores when we go shopping. She goes around and puts the stuff people leave out away for the store. She is a friend and a worker of mine. She is my driver because I cannot drive anymore. I had to tell her one day while we where shopping. "You do not work for Costco you work for me." WE got a big laugh out of it but it was so true.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
Yesterday I called her to wish her a Happy new year and she was organizing her house. I told her she was sick and if she was through with her stuff she can come over and get me organized. We got a good laugh out of it.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
Wow, nice friend! hahahaa..
Anyhow, here in my country, they do have packers to pack our groceries for us so they don't really put in meat with laundry products.
I guess I just like things to be smoother so as they could pack things faster and neater.
Your friend is indeed something else, she should apply for a job there hahahaha...
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@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
1 Jan 09
Strokes do strange things to a person's mind. It's almost an OCD occurrence!!! Just be thankful that he is obsessed with something. My uncle had a stroke & became obsessed with cursing....& NOT mild cursing.....peel the paint off the walls cursing!!! My aunt would give ANYTHING for him to obsess over trash for a change!!! 
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
The trash thing is not from his stroke it was there before his stroke. The lack of repairing things is from the stroke.
I see you got things straightened out and did not choke on a fur ball yet. heehee
The cursing thing with a stroke comes from what part of the brain that was damaged. I have seen little old ladies who have never cursed a day in their lives come out of a stroke and peel the paint with their cursing. They could not help it and it would mortify them but they could not help it.
@Polly289 (269)
• New Zealand
2 Jan 09
Gee, I have to laugh at him too. At least he's good at that. Better him doing it than you, eh? Someones got to take out the trash. Wish I had someone around to do mine. The neighbourhood cats have just attacked it. Darn them. I even had the decency to leave out a plate of food for them so they wouldn't and what do I see the next morning? Rubbish lying everywhere!!!! You leave him to his obsession. Could be worse, I say. He could be sitting on his hiney leaving it to pile high.
Which reminds me, better go out and clean up the mess. Consarned animals.
Have a Happy New Year
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Polly you are so right I am lucky he has his trash to organize. It was just funny he did not see my trash can under the desk. I know I need to empty it so I can start over with a clean waste bin and a new year.
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
5 Jan 09
He would have sighed and maybe spoke to me sternly and said something like "I do not know who you can sit in here with this trash so full."
@aseretdd (13729)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
Oh my.. what a neat obsession... that would be mean your house is always free from trash... my husband has that sort of thingy... whenever he is at home... he would try to throw away the things he things that needs to be thrown away... and he frets everytime the garbage collector is around... a clean obsession that can be tiring at times...
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I hope he does not run down the road chasing the trash truck to make sure he gets the last bit of trash picked up. heehee.
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
2 Jan 09
My fiance is obsessive compulsive. He gets upset if something isn't straightened back right. He doesn't really do it that much and he isn't that bad, but he is still a little bit obsessive. We have a rule, if I dust he observes and goes and fixes what I didn't fix right.
It doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother him.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
some I think I would leave it not right for a reason just so he has to fix it. heehee
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
2 Jan 09
Hey tea! That is funny! Men are so strange aren't they? My
boyfriend is a clean and neat freak! He is obsessed with
everything being cleaned and perfect everywhere! If it was
up to him I would be dusting the house everyday! I am not
big on cleaning the way he is. I like things clean, but am
not obsessed! He is great though! He loves to clean! Right
now he is cleaning away! Once he gets started you can't stop
him. But, his favorite thing to clean is the bathroom! He
will ignore other parts of the apartment, but that bathroom
has to "spockle" as he says! I think he means sparkle, but
it's so cute when he says it! And, like your husband he will
not mind dishes in the sink, although he will wash them once
in awhile. And he does the laundry, which I am thrilled! He
takes it to the laundromat and even folds all the clothes!
I have a small machine so it is easier for him to take the
clothes out to wash and dry. He really is a great guy when
it comes to taking care of cleaning and stuff!
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
Opal can I have him for at least to help with the house hold stuff you can have him for all the rest of the stuff. heehee.
My hubby will do his laundry by washing his jeans with is jackets and drying them then dumping them on a chair and who cares if they get put away or even folded.
His form of dishes is taking what does not fit into the sink out in the back yard and running the hose in it and leaving it out there. When I was working full time and going to school full time we had two kids and mom living with us. I had to time for cleaning. I was lucky to cook.Mom would not lift a finger to help out and the kids where kids and would not help unless they got yelled at.
So he would take the dishes out into the back where I could not see them and run the hose in them and leave them there. so when I would go to use them again I would search and search the kitchen and not find them. OHG it use to piss me off.
@LuvBr0wn13s (765)
• United States
2 Jan 09
LMAO!!! Okay, I can no longer complain!!
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@LuvBr0wn13s (765)
• United States
2 Jan 09
Hmmmm, my husband only takes out the trash when the garbage truck is coming by. The rest of the week he couldn't care less if it was falling out of the can in little piles on the floor. He would wonder why I didn't handle it. His main concern seems to be washing dishes and washing clothes.
Please note*** He will only wash one sinkful of dishes...and that is not to include any pots or pans on the stovetop or any dishes that my son may have left on the dining table. Once the drain tray is full he feels his task is complete. And when he washes clothes he will put them in the washer....put them in the dryer...and then pile them on the sofa. The magic fairy is supposed to make sure they get put away. Bless his heart, he really does think he is helping me.
Either I have to play the part of task master to ensure that he actually completes a chore or just do it myself to avoid the aggravation.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
MY husband thinks we have a magic fairy when it comes to washing his shirt that are permanent press. I do not know how he thinks they get in the closet? When he needs them he goes and buys more. heehee. He must have 40 shirts in the closet, he has gained weight so I do not know how many he can wear. He use to buy new underwear and socks but I put the kabash on that.
Read my response above this one for his dish doing abilities. you will get a kick out of that.
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
2 Jan 09
He no longer does that type of thing, 1) the dishes do not pile that high and 2) we do not live in the same house. 3) there is only two of us making dishes instead of five of us.
It would be bad if he did because we now have a built in swimming pool that is 10ft deep. I can see ALL my dishes in the pool.
