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[quote=Anonymous]I can relate to this in that my mother also has her deeply ingrained patterns in her home and is very clean and organized, and becomes stressed when there is clutter.

We only have two kids, they're teens now,  but what has worked has been compromise on both sides. We have learned to keep keep nearly of our things up in our guest area.  (including things like my pocketbook, all shoes, medications, any book we might be reading, a magazine, a random sweater, etc). I might charge my phone in the kitchen and leave our car keys near there but otherwise we leave little that shows our presence anywhere downstairs in the common living areas. And as someone who hosts family I will say this is rare in that most people keep even a bit of their stuff around downstairs (I don't mind it). My mother does, however. So we try to keep it out of her site. As for kitchen cups or bottles, just ask her. That sounds excessive to me. Having grown up with a nitpicking mother, none of it surprises me anymore and we just adapt. It can get asier as the kids get older.. But she has to compromise too. [/quote]

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