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[quote=Anonymous]I am unusually bothered by visual clutter, which I usually solve by tidying and picking up — abandoned socks get tossed in the hamper, books get shelved or neatly stacked by the stairs for someone to put away, etc. But now I am Very Very Pregnant and it’s hard to bend over, I don’t want to demand my husband and kids help tidy to my satisfaction because 1) it’s a me problem 2) DH works very hard and I don’t want to create more work for him, and 3) getting the kids to do the part they really ARE responsible for is already like pulling teeth. (I do always ask everyone to pull their age-appropriate weight in keeping our house reasonably neat, but I figure anything beyond that is the responsibility of the person who actually cares about it, ie me.)

So: any tips on how to care less about whether there’s Stuff Where It Doesn’t Belong? Putting this in this forum because DH noticed me getting stressed out about it yesterday and spent a while picking up things I was slow and achy at, which I really appreciate, but I want to chill out about it so he doesn’t have to do it for his neurotic wife. [/quote]

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