First of all, someone either give me one of these or 10,000 of these . Thank you.

Last night hubby and I went to a New Years Eve party with his friends. His friends are single guys, mostly in their early 30's. Let's just say, RisibleGirl does NOT fit in with this crowd. Don't get me wrong, I really like his friends but they have different life experiences and they're well, young guys. It's hard to find topics of conversation that we can all relate to. Or so I thought...

Somehow we got on the topic of cleaning habits. The Hubs commented on how he hasn't washed maybe 10 dishes since we got married. He says that I never give him a chance. Then one of his friends chimed in with the fact that I swoop in and pick up the dishes after everyone finishes eating and immediately start in on cleaning the kitchen. He poked fun at me about not being able to relax unless the kitchen is clean.

Well, yeah. And this is a bad thing?

So, then it became a game of bragging rights. Everyone started piping on on the neurotic cleanliness habits of the women in their lives. By the way, none of these women were there to defend themselves except me. One of the guys said that the first night his girlfriend stayed over, he caught her cleaning the toothpaste that was gunked up around the toothpaste lid. They all laughed and added more stories of their own.

It was kind of funny to sit back and listen to how these guys feel about the neatniks in their lives. Although they were all making fun, it was obvious that they were stepping all over themselves to get a chance to brag.

Apparently I crossed some weird line when I mentioned how I've been accused in the past of ironing my bath towels because they're always so straight and neat. That seemed to stop the room cold. You could almost hear the crickets chirping in the background. Then one of the guys said, "That's just sick".

Huh? Whaaaaat? Wait a minute, I thought we were all bonding. Thankfully The Hubs came to my rescue and said, "She said ACCUSED. She doesn't really iron the towels." Everyone seemed to relax after that.

Thanks, The Hubs, for saving my reputation.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get my toothbrush and scrub some grout.

RisibleGirl was blabbing on about another adventure on 01/01 at 11:01 AM

Go visit Einstein's blog!

  

aka_monty wrote:

Would you please come to my house? I'm a terrible housekeeper.
Probably because I quite simply don't like it.
Now, put me in someone else's house, and I'm good to go.
It's only MINE that I hate to clean. Boo.
Happy New Year!

  

ann marie wrote:

Do you iron your kitchen towels too? LOL
Have a wonderful New Year!

  

wrote:

I better not hear of you ironing your underwear or socks!!

  

Yano wrote:

Good thing my husband doesn't read blogs - he might get some ideas in his head about upping my cleaning habits.

Nice site!

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In case you're wondering....
On this day clear back in 2008 I wrote: American Idol
On this day clear back in 2007 I wrote: Italy trip 5/6 through 5/9
On this day clear back in 2006 I wrote: My kitchen was FINALLY put to good use
On this day clear back in 2005 I wrote: What does your birthdate mean?
On this day clear back in 2005 I wrote: Conspiracy Theory

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