Why is my wife obsessed with a drop of water spilled?

[Craigsc42]

Also, a single crumb that drops to floor? Yes, I do vacuum too. What did we do before vacuums? We swept, daily.

[SueShe]

Allow me to give you the same answer I gave to another gentleman 4 days ago about washing dirty glasses. The reply applies actually to your case as well. Here it comes:

Living together is a game of give and take and of sharing chores and tasks. If both of you work, the tasks and chores should be split 50/50.

From what I can read in your account, it seems that you are in charge of vacuuming since you stated "... Yes, I do vacuum too", otherwise you would probably have phrased the sentence differently.

I don't know how you split the house chores but it seems that you did not do your share of the work correctly since your girlfriend/spouse/partner/SO had a fit when found out that the dish is dirty again. This signifies that it is not the first time that this has happened.

If you are assigned chores, then you should do them correctly just as you can expect your partner to do her share equally well. You would be equally right to complain about the quality of her work is she does not do it the way it is intended.

Now, flying off the handle for something so small is not really helpful and rather than to get upset, you should talk about the respective chores and how/when they should be done. That would avoid any future issues in your household.

[PrettyPriya]

That sounds like she is a bit OCD about things being clean. To get obsessed over anything as small as a crumb or drop of water is a bit much. Sure, I like a tidy home, but things happen. I don't get upset over little things like that.

I assume you are indicating that she gets mad or upset? If so, you two need to sit down and talk about it. Sounds like she needs to lighten up. Plus, when I see something out of order, I just take care of it.

I don't go around upset or telling my SO about a little thing like spilled water or a crumb I find. I just clean it and move on with my day. Seems like she has issues letting these little things go.

That is all a part of life. Things happen and she needs to deal with it. It almost sounds as if she is to the point she needs some counseling. To be that upset or OCD is not normal.

[SueShe]

Have a 🥨 but careful when eating...

[PrettyPriya]

@SueShe I had to check and confirm I am not like this with Mr B**. Thankfully, I was reassured I am a good housemate, even if I do leave a trail of pretzel crumbs. 🙂

[Guy13]

Want to have some fun 🤩:

I have allergies 🤧 even on pills. Kleenex doesn’t work for me but single strip paper towels 🧻 do.-Talk about fight during COVID-19 🙃

I spill too and had a girl, who is a traditionalist and kitchen queen 👸🏻, over cooking. I was taking off shrimp heads and dropped one onto floor by double sink. Immediately picked it up and wiped up area with “snot rag”.
I thought her eyes 👀 were going to pop out her head 😁. Always on your person have paper towel folded or a handkerchief with snot to get that crumb…out of love 💕

😎

[Anonymous]

you're almost 70 and this is the type of question you ask us

[In_Trance]

You tell us...