BLeP wrote:
Here’s the thread where we all bitch about something that someone did/does to ‘help’ you but which is not helpful in any way. Today my MIL loaded the dishwasher (well, half loaded it). It was a disaster. Everything was all wrong. Plates flopping over, glasses in the wrong spots. I have a system which allows me to cram as much stuff in there as possible and I am a little OCD about it. So I had to take it all out and start over. I appreciate the thought but please leave the dishes to me.
Madduck wrote:
my laundry. dont put it away for me. i have a system of what gets hung up, placed in drawers or shoved in a cubby. dont screw up my system.Hell yeah... I am the storage/space Nazi too (fridge is another battleground); my wife will put pretty much anything anywhere in the first place it fits, never mind what else might be a better use of that same space come the next meal or whatever, and then it's up to me to re-pack multiple small items to make room for large items. Her closet would make me homicidal if I had to hunt for a particular shirt or pair of pants every morning, with everything simply slapped on the first available hanger wherever that may, be instead of shirts hung w/ shirts (long sleeve segregated from short sleeve, etc) and pants w/ pants.
I've tried telling her many times that it's not helpful for me to have to re-stow all my clothes rather than just let me do it my way the first time, but then she gets pissed at me for not appreciating her 'helping' me ~ even though it'd be less work for both of us if she just left it in a pile on my side of the bed or let me wash it in the first place (I often do the laundry too, not like it's 'her' chore). WTF?!?