Comments on: Ask The Readers: Marriage Quirks http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html Keep it simple. Make it better. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brandon http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-2240 Brandon Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:42:41 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-2240 My soon-to-be-wife never closes kitchen cabinets. After she's done making her lunch before leaving for work, there are atleast 3 open cabinets that she just does not notice. I quietly close them after she's exited. I find it endearing. My quirk is that I believe that no one can clean the kitchen better than I. No matter who cleans it, I inspect it afterwards and clean again (usually). I don't know what it is about my cleaning technique, but she doesn't even bother anymore. Ha. My soon-to-be-wife never closes kitchen cabinets. After she’s done making her lunch before leaving for work, there are atleast 3 open cabinets that she just does not notice. I quietly close them after she’s exited. I find it endearing.

My quirk is that I believe that no one can clean the kitchen better than I. No matter who cleans it, I inspect it afterwards and clean again (usually). I don’t know what it is about my cleaning technique, but she doesn’t even bother anymore. Ha.

]]> By: Todd http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1328 Todd Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:25:31 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1328 The lightswitch thing has always irked me, but I've just kind of gotten used to it. Thank you, Gregg, for that bit of info. I'm going to flip the lightswitches over when I get home tonight! The lightswitch thing has always irked me, but I’ve just kind of gotten used to it.

Thank you, Gregg, for that bit of info. I’m going to flip the lightswitches over when I get home tonight!

]]> By: Gregg http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1316 Gregg Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:30:31 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1316 Here's a tip for all you lightswitch freaks (I am one, too.) If you dismantle the light switch that is "wrong" and flip it over, the switch will always need to be up when turned on, and down when turned off. We have many of those double switches in our house, and I have flipped all of the "wrong" ones. Quirk-be-gone! Here’s a tip for all you lightswitch freaks (I am one, too.) If you dismantle the light switch that is “wrong” and flip it over, the switch will always need to be up when turned on, and down when turned off. We have many of those double switches in our house, and I have flipped all of the “wrong” ones. Quirk-be-gone!

]]> By: Corey http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1293 Corey Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:05:35 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1293 I never knew I had such quirky readers! And by the way Hayden, the light switches thing is not OCD. It's a quirk. And remember, I'm a professional so I can diagnose myself. At least I think I can. I never knew I had such quirky readers! And by the way Hayden, the light switches thing is not OCD. It’s a quirk. And remember, I’m a professional so I can diagnose myself.

At least I think I can.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1273 Laurie Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:34:24 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1273 My hub is constanly rearranging things to what he thinks makes sense. It wouldn't be that big a deal if he was reorganizing his garage stuff but he is on a mission to find the perfect arrangement of the odds and ends of my kitchen. I end up calling him often to ask where the newest place for some item is now located. Being fair and telling on myself I change topics in the middle of our conversation. My mind races and I somehow think he has followed the race. We'll be talking and then "poof" I've turned a corner. and he'll laugh and say, "Oh we've changed subects!" It's gotten to be a game to see what we're talking about now! My hub is constanly rearranging things to what he thinks makes sense. It wouldn’t be that big a deal if he was reorganizing his garage stuff but he is on a mission to find the perfect arrangement of the odds and ends of my kitchen. I end up calling him often to ask where the newest place for some item is now located.

Being fair and telling on myself I change topics in the middle of our conversation. My mind races and I somehow think he has followed the race. We’ll be talking and then “poof” I’ve turned a corner. and he’ll laugh and say, “Oh we’ve changed subects!” It’s gotten to be a game to see what we’re talking about now!

]]> By: evil dad http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1271 evil dad Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:27:23 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1271 Please tell me I'm not the only one who gets frustrated when the toilet paper is hung the wrong way. <a href="http://currentconfig.com/archives/000083.html" rel="nofollow">Over is right</a>! Under is wrong! Please tell me I’m not the only one who gets frustrated when the toilet paper is hung the wrong way. Over is right! Under is wrong!

]]> By: Hayden Tompkins http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1270 Hayden Tompkins Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:26:20 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1270 "You know the double light switches that are often found in hallways and kitchens? I don’t like it when the switches are in opposite positions." Hahahahaha! Corey, that's not a quirk, it's an OCD tendency! I hate having stuff on the counters. Dirt doesn't bother me as much as clutter does. I know, it's weird. Not as weird as flipping light switches though! ;) “You know the double light switches that are often found in hallways and kitchens? I don’t like it when the switches are in opposite positions.”

Hahahahaha! Corey, that’s not a quirk, it’s an OCD tendency!

I hate having stuff on the counters. Dirt doesn’t bother me as much as clutter does. I know, it’s weird. Not as weird as flipping light switches though! ;)

]]> By: John Elder http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1267 John Elder Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:20:02 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1267 10 years ago I began to tease my wife by making sure that the Starbucks logo lined up with the drinking hole and the logo on the cardboard cup holder. By now I'm nearly OCD about it ... and she mocks me shamelessly. Her quirks include rarely putting a new roll of toilet paper into the holder - she just sets it on top - I don't complain too loudly, though, because she also has the quirk of not demanding that put the toilet seat in one position or another. 10 years ago I began to tease my wife by making sure that the Starbucks logo lined up with the drinking hole and the logo on the cardboard cup holder. By now I’m nearly OCD about it … and she mocks me shamelessly. Her quirks include rarely putting a new roll of toilet paper into the holder – she just sets it on top – I don’t complain too loudly, though, because she also has the quirk of not demanding that put the toilet seat in one position or another.

]]> By: M3 http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1264 M3 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:18:30 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1264 More like yours, ours provides immediate laughs. My husband always gets into bed before I do (he's an early bird). When he does so, he turns off all the lights save the one in the bathroom that I'm using. When I head to bed, I often flip on every light switch I see so that he'll get up and turn out all the lights AFTER I'm in bed (no stumbling around in the dark for me!). Every time I do that, we end up laughing ourselves to sleep. AFter 19 years of marriage, I'd say that is a good thing! More like yours, ours provides immediate laughs. My husband always gets into bed before I do (he’s an early bird). When he does so, he turns off all the lights save the one in the bathroom that I’m using. When I head to bed, I often flip on every light switch I see so that he’ll get up and turn out all the lights AFTER I’m in bed (no stumbling around in the dark for me!). Every time I do that, we end up laughing ourselves to sleep. AFter 19 years of marriage, I’d say that is a good thing!

]]> By: The Wife http://www.simplemarriage.net/ask-the-readers-marriage-quirks.html#comment-1263 The Wife Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:35:32 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=246#comment-1263 Mine is the washcloths in the sink. There is a very particular way to wring them out, and a specific way of placing them so they can be used again. At least, in my mind there is. :) His is listening to me tell the same stories or making the same observations over and over. We've made a game of it, and I often challenge him to guess what story I'm about to tell. Makes for a good friendly wager. Mine is the washcloths in the sink. There is a very particular way to wring them out, and a specific way of placing them so they can be used again. At least, in my mind there is. :)
His is listening to me tell the same stories or making the same observations over and over. We’ve made a game of it, and I often challenge him to guess what story I’m about to tell. Makes for a good friendly wager.

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