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. BJ 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 BJ came to my rescue and said, "She said ACCUSED. She doesn't really iron the towels." Everyone seemed to relax after that.

Thanks, BJ, for saving my reputation.

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