Do opposites really attact?
I’m anti-clutter. All of my stuff is pretty well contained. I have a place for all of my stuff and I try to ensure that my stuff goes back there. I’m regularly picking up my stuff and putting it where it belongs. Freecycle is my friend. If I don’t use it, it goes.
Tom, on the other hand, goes back and forth. Sometimes, I can get him to throw away stuff and sometimes he hoards EVERYTHING. He’s doing the latter now. He always has piles though. Piles of Tom’s paper, piles of Tom’s to-do stuff. Piles and piles. Books are a perfect example. (it’s a good thing I love the man).
We are supposed to clean out his office. I’m scared to go in there as it now. I call it the Man Cave. There is STUFF everywhere. It’s scary. I’ll take pictures once it’s cleaned up (I’ll try to get before shots too!)
In the meantime, our books:
This is the book I’m reading sitting on my dresser:
This is the book Tom is reading, sitting by the door to go outside:
These are my bookshelves (the books are mine, the other stuff is Tom’s or the kid’s junk). Notice how decently neat they are?
These are Tom’s bookshelves. A few are not put up right, but not too bad. Even space for some more…
So, why, do I ask… does he have piles of EXTRA books all over? Hmmmm…. *laugh*
In his office:
In the living room:
So, do opposites attract? Am I the only one that loses her mind from her spouse’s inability to stop making piles of stuff? Is there a 12 step program for him (or for me? I swear I get OCD about it sometimes)…
Anyway… random! 
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Heh heh.
You should have seen Randy’s face when he saw the video I put up of Abby with my office in the background.
He turned white as a sheet and said, “You showed people the OFFICE?” in this crazy-scary-quiet voice.
He keeps things in order around here, and the really weird thing is that I bookmark my hardcovers the same way Tom does, with the bookcover flap.
So maybe it’s just us
It’s the reverse in our house. When we have the time and stamina after taking care of three screaming monkey children, Donald cleans and tidies. I… sit on the computer. He’s cleaned his office about five times in three months, I haven’t cleared off my desk top in about four months. He cleared off the bar-top counter in the kitchen, I just finished putting three or for oddball bits of parental reading from the school there.
I won’t even show you the book mess.
I’m with you, Tom. Life’s too short to let clutter trip me up. Thing is, if you change the inflection, Candy could be saying that as well.