Tough Talk,
My husband and I are at odds with how we keep the house clean. I believe it’s okay if the place isn’t immaculate and if something needs to be done, it doesn’t have to be immediately. However, he is really uptight and can’t sand if anything is out of place or just not right. How do you think I should talk to him about this problem as he is really starting to bug me? (Eastbrook, Florida)
Easterbrook,
The answer is obvious. You need to bug him back by continually annoying him: moving items around, hiding stuff from him and anything else you can think of to set him off. When he does go off, tell him that that’s how you feel with his being a dingbat all the time. This will be one step in a long training process. Let me know it goes and we’ll move to step 2.
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Tough Talk 