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[quote=Anonymous]My husband doesn't care about most issues related to the way the house looks, but has very strong feelings about things being neat and comfortable. Anything I buy that helps with organization is a plus in his book; any furniture has to be comfortable first and foremost. Otherwise, all decisions are on me, which can be stressful (we just redid our kitchen and I was anxious I'd pick something awful). And he has no DIY impulse or interest so there are a lot of small improvements to our house that go undone because they are on a long list of items where the ball is solely in my court.

Overall, though, I'm okay with this division of labor. I have a friend, who happens to far outearn her husband, but he is a first-class nudge about every little thing they do in the house. And of course, he has incredibly expensive tastes and expectations, all of which are enabled by her trust fund. He's similar about parenting - he is a very hands-off parent but insists that little Johnny can never have anything that's non-organic. My friend sneaks her own child hot dogs and tries to bribe him not to tell his dad. WTF?

OP, do you have kids? People who are controlling and absolutist in one arena are seldom flexible in others.[/quote]

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