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I just thought of a reason I would fake AS-- to get one of those companion dogs!! !! !

HAHAHA!!

I started to laugh thinking "you want one of those dogs for blind people? Cool!"




ZanneMarie, very interesting story about the lawn and the closet! It had all the elements: drama (faulkner), suspense (when he arrives), comedy (the grass cut without a sharpened blade), interesting stoty

...now I know I am not OCD, I have a mess

HAHAHA!!

I started to laugh thinking "you want one of those dogs for blind people? Cool!"




ZanneMarie, very interesting story about the lawn and the closet! It had all the elements: drama (faulkner), suspense (when he arrives), comedy (the grass cut without a sharpened blade), interesting stoty

...now I know I am not OCD, I have a mess

I only put certain dishes in the dishwasher - and all dishes are actually washed before they go in there (lol). And I often toss things that I consider unable to be cleaned suffciently - like those annoying plastic containers. Plastic can not be sterilized. So depending on what things are used for - and my husband went to school to be a chef so he LOVES to cook all these complicated meals - there is a dish washing pecking order that must be adhered to. I also take issue with some of these cheap metal utensils he likes to buy that are made in China so who knows what safety standards they meet. So when he cooks a big meal I have all this work to do that no one really sees as necessary because it is simple to just toss everything in the dishwasher. Of course I do the same thing with the laundry too. Funny thing though is that most people think that those with OCD are sort of Felix Unger types, but with all the rules it is hard to get everything accomplished the way you want it so you get behind on tasks or seem disorganized. Then you get depressed about it.

If you were my wife, I would divorce you in a heart beat (and wonder how I'd ever have married such a person to begin with). I've encountered people with these sorts of ridiculously rigorous standards or procedures before, and if they want to waste their time, that's fine by me, but once they try to recruit other people into their rituals, it becomes a problem.

You should consider yourself lucky you've found someone who considers your mixture of goods and bads acceptable enough to live with.

If you were my wife, I would divorce you in a heart beat (and wonder how I'd ever have married such a person to begin with). I've encountered people with these sorts of ridiculously rigorous standards or procedures before, and if they want to waste their time, that's fine by me, but once they try to recruit other people into their rituals, it becomes a problem.

You should consider yourself lucky you've found someone who considers your mixture of goods and bads acceptable enough to live with.

I think alot of people who have differences find others with certain issues themselves who can understand and appreciate each other. Another issue too is that some people tend to only see marraige as a convenience - not as a commitment. Any adult who gets married should understand it is supposed to be for better or worse, ect. Most people just want the better. My husband is Roman Catholic and so we went through counseling with a priest because he was marrying a non-Catholic and someone with issues that were under mental health so their church wants people to be very clear about what the responsibility is.