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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're F'ing kidding me if that's your example of why your marriage is going to break.  LIGHTEN UP.[/quote]

It's death by a thousand papercuts. Marriages don't have to end because of catastrophic stuff. It can be that at a certain point, one partner gets tired of compromising. Gets tired of the dirty socks everywhere, the dishes that aren't put away, the bathroom that is always gross, the car filled with detritus, whatever. And says - you know what? I don't want to do this anymore.

You hope that in a good marriage it doesn't get to that point - because both people are considerate of the others and because the positives of the relationship outweigh those compromises. It sounds like OP is reaching the point where she doesn't feel that way anymore. That dish on the couch is a last straw.

Or maybe she was just in a bad mood and today dishes could be everywhere and she wouldn't care!

If my spouse told me that something I was doing bothered them that much - and it was such an easy thing to not do - I would xhange it. It's not like she's saying she can't stand being around him and there's not much he can do. Or that he needs to lose 100 pounds or she'll leave him. She's just asking him to put away the dish. It's really not big.[/quote]

The other side of this coin is death by a thousand nagging complaints.  You don’t think her husband might also be close to his breaking point with her uptight, controlling behavior?[/quote]

He might be! It might be that they are both done with this marriage.[/quote]

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