I'm kind of surprised I only got one response for this. I'd really like some more input, as it's an issue that crops up in my own family quite often.
I guess I can briefly give an example to hopefully spur more conversation.
I have been asking my husband since January to file our taxes. However, as usual.. he decided to wait until the last day. I had decided to do a 'spring cleaning' the week before, and in the middle of it my husband freaked out over his paperwork, asking me not to touch it. Since I know that he's.... well... quite paranoid over things like that (He won't even tell me passwords in our own home in case -someone- is somehow listening in...), I did NOT touch his paperwork. I know for a fact I didn't... I cleaned every inch of the house but refused to touch that bundle of papers.
However, when it came time to file the taxes in April... the DAY taxes were due... guess what? His papers were no longer there. And guess who got the blame? My husband started getting very upset, claiming that I must have moved those papers. He proceeded to complain, insisting that I never give him a single square inch of our household, and that I try to control every last nook and cranny of our residence. For those of you that don't know me well... this couldn't be further from the truth. However, I feel as though he developed these feelings due to me cleaning the house and organizing it.
I know I could just clean -part- of the house, but then the other parts would never get cleaned... (Trust me... I did a little experiment which proved it, running from April 16th to about a week ago.) But why should I have to define what -parts- of the house I get to clean anyways?
Do any other couples have problems like this and how were they resolved?
I'm kind of surprised I only got one response for this. I'd really like some more input, as it's an issue that crops up in my own family quite often.
I guess I can briefly give an example to hopefully spur more conversation.
I have been asking my husband since January to file our taxes. However, as usual.. he decided to wait until the last day. I had decided to do a 'spring cleaning' the week before, and in the middle of it my husband freaked out over his paperwork, asking me not to touch it. Since I know that he's.... well... quite paranoid over things like that (He won't even tell me passwords in our own home in case -someone- is somehow listening in...), I did NOT touch his paperwork. I know for a fact I didn't... I cleaned every inch of the house but refused to touch that bundle of papers.
However, when it came time to file the taxes in April... the DAY taxes were due... guess what? His papers were no longer there. And guess who got the blame? My husband started getting very upset, claiming that I must have moved those papers. He proceeded to complain, insisting that I never give him a single square inch of our household, and that I try to control every last nook and cranny of our residence. For those of you that don't know me well... this couldn't be further from the truth. However, I feel as though he developed these feelings due to me cleaning the house and organizing it.
I know I could just clean -part- of the house, but then the other parts would never get cleaned... (Trust me... I did a little experiment which proved it, running from April 16th to about a week ago.) But why should I have to define what -parts- of the house I get to clean anyways?
Do any other couples have problems like this and how were they resolved?