@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:
Just finished reading through this whole thread. I'm mystified. People are confessing to stuff that I do regularly--without any need for confession. Don't make the bed. Don't brush my teeth before I go to sleep. Leave dishes in the sink. I can't recall eating food that's been sitting out all night, but I have used a knife that has. (Feh. I think this is confession-worthy.)
As for rolls of paper. The paper towels are over the top and down. The toilet paper is down, no over the top. My house, my rules.
My first confession was tongue in cheek. Actually all of them were.
The first one about the bed, was because of something my boss said in the past.
She said she IMMEDIATELY makes the bed the minute she gets up in the morning (unless she has to pee first I guess)
I said "you're kidding"
She looked surprised.
"Well," I said "What if your husband is still in it? What if it's Saturday and you might go back to bed? What if you just don't feel like it?"
The answers were "My husband gets up the same time I do"
"Go back to bed?"
"No, I make my bed as soon as I get up"
I went on to learn, over time, that she never left the bedroom without being dressed, or on a crazy Saturday at least she would have a robe on....over her nightgown, under which she wore her underwear.
I asked why, and she said because she raised 2 boys (both grown, married) and she didn't ever leave the bedroom without being dressed, or without a robe on.....over her nightgown, over her underwear.
What if they had been girls? Same thing.
Why couldn't you walk around in your nightgown?
Response.....
Well, they've been gone a long time now. You could walk around your house naked if you wanted.
I told her I do
I've also learned that at her house glasses are always rinsed out and put away after using, pots are never left in the sink to soak overnight, and you don't sit and watch TV in your robe. (God forbid a T shirt and panties) You leave your clothes on until your go to bed.
They are out there. They live amongst us.
(sniff)
