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[quote=Anonymous]Married almost 26 years.  I am a neat freak, almost to the point of OCD.  My husband and kids would probably say I am obsessive about keeping the house clean.  My husband leaves a disaster wherever he is.  It starts when he walks in the door.  He is law enforcement, so he leaves a trail of his belt, badge, creds, handcuffs, holster, swipy thing for the door, keys, papers, briefcase, cell,....from the front door to the bedroom.  I just walk behind him picking stuff up.  It takes me ten seconds to gather all the stuff up and put it away.  Not worth bugging him about.   Same thing with dirty clothes.  They almost make it into the hamper, but not quite.  Takes me about 2 seconds to put them all the way in.

Coffee cups left out?  Less than five seconds to put them in the dishwasher.  He is a techie and is always working on some computer project.  I find computer parts, drives, disks, books,...all over the office.  Takes me maybe five minutes to put them away.

My point is that in a healthy marriage, you just can't sweat the little stuff.  My husband is not going to change.  I could nag him about it and for a few days he would probably try really hard to pick up after himself.  But I don't want to nag him.  I am absolutely positive that there are things I do that make him a little crazy.  Other than being messy, he is a wonderful husband and father.  If he were tracking mud all over the floor or leaving food everywhere it would be different.  But just papers and stuff?  It's easy to pick up behind him.  It takes me a minimal amount of time and effort.  And it's just not worth becoming a nagging wife over something so little.[/quote]

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