Sentimental Squirrels
They suggest that sentimental squirrels need to "forget about squirreling away unused items for sentimental reasons." I'm married to a sentimental squirrel. And doing that would create more tension in our marriage than my deciding I can live with those items.
It would be impossible to tell Bob to forget about his big blue beer mug from a party over 50 years ago or to forget about his monkey statue that I for some unknown reason gave him on our first Christmas together.
We are working together to de-clutter our home, but we accept that some items will just be around forever!
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This is definitely the case, especially when one partner ends up moving the items to clean at least once or twice a week. Personal space in a marriage is a big item, and men ordinarily require more of it, yet do less housework and maintenance of the items involved.
One of the great myths about gender is that women are the spendthrifts in the marriage relationship. I remember being rather shocked years ago when a survey revealed how much more expensive it is to raise a boy than a girl, and the difference doesn’t end with the wedding bells. Men are much worse at handling money than women, and much poorer savers.
Take care, ladies!