Oh what a joy he's gone
By bdugas
@bdugas (3578)
United States
August 3, 2008 10:33am CST
As some know my husband left Friday for Louisiana to visit relatives for a couple months, he is such a neat freak when he is here, everything got to be in it's place, no dishes in sink, beds not made, dust, well I think I have trashed this place since he left, all of a sudden I can do it when i feel like it, not to have someone over you every time you sit down a glass they get up and wash it. I think I had a cigarette in every ashtray. Do you live with a neat freak, and does it drive you nuts. How do you handle someone who as soon as you sit a glass in the sink they come behind you and wash it, does it get on your nerves? I like clean, but god give me a break, I feel like I can do it when I feel like it needs done, not right on the spot. But I guess I will go now and clean up the mess I was allowed to make since he is gone, fun time. LOL
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@ellie333 (21016)
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3 Aug 08
It is good to slob out from time to time. I like things tidy but there are usually a few dishes laying around and an odd pair of shoes and toys on the floor, thats my idea of a home rather than a show house. Enjoy your relaxation whilst he is away. Ellie :D
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@moondrop824 (241)
• United States
3 Aug 08
I too agree with your comment! Having 4 kids there is always 'something' laying on the floor despite how spotless i'd like to make my house. It's probably a show house for about 3% of the month lol.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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3 Aug 08
I am so glad that my hubby is not like this, if he was then he would have to go. When it comes to cleaning I am just so laid back its untrue. I am not a dirty person but housecleaning is not way up there on my list of priorities!
I would not handle it he would either have to chill or be gone!! My Grandma used to be like that, she was awful as soon as dinnertime was over the hoover would be out! Mind you I do not think she is as bad now! Have fun trashing the house!
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@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
4 Aug 08
That exactly the tight nature of my wife-she is too orderly for my liking, but good enough it makes the homely and many people who come home like what they see
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Aug 08
oh I couldn't live with somebody like that, or better still they couldn't live with me I am messy always have been and now I am sick so it is hard to hop around and do the housework.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
3 Aug 08
It sounds like the ideal husband to me. I would love to have someone like that. Washing a glass right after it is done is a great idea. I myself am a neat person who likes to stay tidy. There's nothing wrong with it.
I think you should be glad your in company with that kind of person. I can't stand things being out of order and dirty dishes or other things laying around.
I have a hard time tolerating needless messes. I have always been this way and probably will be till somebody has to carry me out of the house.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
4 Aug 08
well, we are the other way round then... i am the neat freak and my hubby is the lenient one... i always tell him to tidy up after he created a mess... i don't like to wait and i want the job to be done on the spot... i think it is a good habit not to procrastinate and do what we can do at that time... because if we pile things up, it is harder to clear up and consume more times to clean the mess... i think you are very fortunate to have a hubby like him... take care and have a nice day...
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
4 Aug 08
I am a bit of a neat freak, but only because I get bored sometimes and need something to do. In fact, most people who are neat freaks are that way because they are anal retentive and bored out of their minds.
@riyasam (16556)
• India
4 Aug 08
guess you are joking.lol.i can understand what you are trying to tell.believe me my hubby is also a neatness freak.but with two toddlers in the house ,it is better said than done.lol.sometimes i get so frustated that i ask him when he is supposed to go out to such and such place so that i can take rest.lol.
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
Oh I guess you have a pretty neat freak hubby in there. I am not that kind of a husband myself. Well I guess you've enjoyed your not so neat freak days but then he will come again and checked on you again.
Goodluck to you and hope you just have to accpet the way he is to the house. I guess he is doing that not to annoy you but the betterment of the whole house. Just continue loving him as he is because he is just like that. I am pretty sure he will love you more if you understand him.
Goodluck to you and hope you just have to accpet the way he is to the house. I guess he is doing that not to annoy you but the betterment of the whole house. Just continue loving him as he is because he is just like that. I am pretty sure he will love you more if you understand him.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
4 Aug 08
My Uncle was like that. My Father got so mad at him once. He put his glass of milk down, it was only half gone, my Father yelled at him to give his milk back, he wasn't done with it yet!
My husband and I are both slobs. That's not bad until one or both of us get sick, then, well, the place ends up being a mess! Take care and enjoy your freedom.
@snowy22315 (180855)
• United States
4 Aug 08
I wouldnt know anything about that. My husband is such a slob that if I didnt load the dishwasher and clean things in here it would absolutley never get done. He needs someone to follow him around with a vaccum cleaner 24 -7. I wouldnt want to live with someone like your husband, but theres got to be a happy medium!
@roanne05 (1290)
• Oman
4 Aug 08
i am sure you love your husband and will miss him eventually...he will be gone just few months and after sometime you will miss him...hehehe! anyway it is really good to be alone and feel free every now and then...
@pioneer2009angel (135)
• United States
4 Aug 08
A couple of months?? Wow a long time to be gone,but I guess you will have to step up the cleaning when he is on his way home....I hope you remember what the house was like before he left... I am sure he will be cleaning ur mess.
You have children any chance? I know cleaning house is a not a priorty for you but I clean what i can , I am no neat freak by any means.
Anyways, I am sure you enjoying your break for now,but when he is on way home clean clean clean!!!
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
3 Aug 08
My husband is not like this, and while it would be nice if he was a bit more conscious of the need to do housework, I'd hate to live with a neat freak. There should be a middle ground.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
4 Aug 08
Hi bdugas,
My husband is not that type..LOL! I believed I am a little bit like that! But, not that much since when I am tried, I can postpone things especially arranging his stuff accordingly when he will start to ruin my arrangements..LOL!
But, about dishes, I can't stand when it will not be cleaned right away! LOL!
ANyway, my friend is always complaining that since her husband is very much like that..A little mess, have to apply this and that and have to place this and that into this order! LOL!
She is not a messy person too but often irritated!
@ruby222 (4847)
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3 Aug 08
LOL its hard to live with it ,my brother in law is the same!!he wants this perfectly tidy house and this perfectly tidy life!and lol if it doesnt happen well he gets a bit worried about it all..well im happy to say that hubby is nothing like taht he just ambles along,and he wouldnt worry if the place was mayhem!!he would just put the kettle on for a cup of tea,sit down and read the paper!
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
4 Aug 08
Oh poor you..lol. If my husband was like that, it would drive me nuts. I like to be able to clean when I want to clean, and not have anybody looking over my shoulder, to see if I'm doing it right. My house isn't spotless mind you, but its not a pigpen either, I clean when I think it needs to be cleaned. He doesn't ever say anything about it, in fact, he notices what I do around here, and tells me thank you sometimes, and that makes me feel good. Glad you had fun messing up the house, now get to cleaning...lol. Have a good day
@zeny_zion (1283)
• Philippines
3 Aug 08
your situation is like my sisters situation. she's happy if his husband were not in the house. specially when he works abroad. everytime her husband will go home she always says no dont come back we're still enjoying our life. hahaha same with the son, he wants her father far from them. he feels like he's a robot when his dad is around.
@ngaspero (851)
• Italy
3 Aug 08
I'm something in the middle, I like clean but fanatic no at all, I enjoy my house and after when there's time it'll be make clean from or my wife, with 2 child 4 and 5 it's no easy to keep all neat but I also don't want all perfect, a house must have that little caos that make it alive..
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