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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They do not expect you to clean up after them.  Don't.  I would call a family meeting.  "Guys, I refuse to live like this any longer. These designated areas of the house and garage are mine after June 26. You have 4 days to clear out your things. If I find anything of yours in one of my areas, I will discard or donate it.  I will not inform you before doing so because I have already wasted far too much mental and emotional energy on your clutter."  If DH resisted I would be letting him know that I was preparing for separation, at a minimum.  You can love someone without sharing living space.[/quote]

This. Except you said you have a large property. Why not build a long/large workshop shed just for the 3 males. Far from the house. If you need an excuse why its .20 acres away...put in a dirt path and buy them some dirt bikes or 4-wheelers and say they can them out there as well.

That way they think its a positive and you don't have any mess in your house or garage.

If you see something like tools or screws laying around after that - put a designed plastic tub at the garage entrance, dump all the stuff there and say 'you're looking for x? have you tried the project tub?'

A shed like this fully-outfitted could probably be found for $3K. If your sons are big on TitTok or Instagram, they'll probably keep it organized just for cool points.

[img]https://www.parktool.com/assets/img/blog/WorkshopOrg1.jpg[/img]

[img]https://www.alansfactoryoutlet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/metal-garage-workshop-2.jpg?width=850&name=metal-garage-workshop-2.jpg[/img][/quote]

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