Did you start adapting your partner's habit?

We were both clean but he was a lot tidier than what I was. Now that I´m a widow, I tend to have lots of books on my night table.

My husband and I are similar in that he likes to be neat, and I am "a disaster waiting to happen" with the domestic skills of a rabid dog! I'm not terrible, but I can be messy. My husband has tried to encourage me to be better, and I do try. I am cleaner but he is tidier. I think we still also have different ideas of 'tidy'. I might look like I'm making a mess but there's a reason for certain things to be in certain places. My husband, on the other hand, will just move things into piles or hide them out of the way. Admittedly, the surfaces look tidier but I then can't find anything or discover that 3 separate things have been muddled up!

You are really lucky to find a neeat husband and he is influencing you positively on the good habits so that's great.