 dad and his stuff
well-is it your dads home?if it is his home...he should be able to keep what he feels he needs.an old couch that needs to be hid can be done so with a big afghan or a sofa cover.they are not that exspensive.my hubby is a person who feels the need to control me about my stuff. he has a huge work shop where all of his stuff is organized into perfect order.when he talks of downsizing-it is my stuff. the stuff in my tiny craft room.he seems to think my craft room needs to be organized like his shop even though i have so little space in there .i tell him-don't go into that room.he has to "help".i get in there and dig thru stuff i need for a latest project.and i do not put stuff back right away. i do mosaic's and knit and crochet and paint and make alot of stuff. i am always looking for dishes to break for mosaics and i store them in that room.every week-he has to scn the fridge and toss out the food...about garbage day time. i told him"why are u so compelled to do this?" i said we have a garbage disposal and we have free garbage service and a garbage disposal-it won't hurt if something stays in there a bit.he threw out a whole roast once-that was a couple of days old. i was gonna use it for dinner that nite. i come home from work.where is the roast? uh-oh!! i tossed it in the garbage.one time i worked grave yard and wake up and go try to fix dinner and every cabinet had been re-arranged...by him.he does not even cook.he re-arranged everything. i went out to his shop and got a 5 gallon bucket and poured all his neatly organized cans of seperated nuts and screws and bolts all into the 5 gall. bucket and put it out in the middle fo the drive.he came home and pulled half in and looked in the bucket.i told him what it was. i thought he was cured.nope.we have been married close to 40 yrs. so i have no hope but humor in it all.good luck.  |