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Finally, I feel like I belong!
For years, I’ve had a struggle getting people to understand my obsessive need for cleanliness, order, organization, and even symmetry. Yes, I am a neatfreak with a heightened OCD and it gets virtually impossible for anybody around me to live up to my ridiculously high cleanliness expectations. But you guys will understand, right? It’s just plain good sense. There’s no mess around you, you never misplace anything, there are no germs anywhere, and what’s more – that playlist for cleaning is simply awesome. 😀
Most people who know me cannot understand my obsession, especially since I am a writer – for somehow, creativity and cleanliness just doesn’t sync in their minds. For most, creativity = clutter and I am miles removed from clutter – I’d even clean up in stores (yeah, that bad …umm GOOD). 😛 So when my boyfriend and I got together, we had one small – big problem to deal with. Small for him and big for me! The problem of his ‘messy’ ways and my ‘clutter-free’ ways!
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But after a few months of mad loving and mad bickering, we found our middle ground – the neatfreak path coz that’s the right way! 😛 So, with his constant feedback on how he has come to love me ‘in spite’ of the neatfreak me (just like Chandler), I have realized the many, many things he has made peace with in falling for a neatfreak like me:
1. He has learnt that there is a ‘place’ for everything, yep, everything
Yes, pants slung over the chair and socks on the nightstand are causes for a panic attack to come on. He has learnt to avert these mishaps by making a detailed study of how my books are positioned on the bookshelf to why I keep my makeup the way I do! Coz there, indeed, is a place for everything!
2. He has made peace with my unparalleled love for cleaning supplies
From ordering a wonder mop to buying that new air purifier, he has settled with the scrubbing bubble noise that makes him wake up on Saturday mornings as well as the faint whizz of the air purifier! The rattle to the scent – there’s not a single thing he makes a faint whizz about. He cracks those Chandler-jokes, though! 😉
3. He has okay-ed (read: resigned himself to) my attempts to de-clutter what he calls his ‘organized chaos’
From his desk to his closet to even the cards in his wallet, I have made it a point to organize his ‘mess’ the way it is supposed to be – by color coding, size or just plain frequency of use. Of course, my ‘de-cluttering’ makes him not find a lot many things, but I make a list and pin it to the closet or by his desk! Super-efficient me! 😀
4. He is not allowed to clean, coz he just doesn’t do it right
This is one of those things we didn’t fight about. He readily accepted the immaculate apartment – without a care he’d have to work at it to keep it that way!
5. He has to go halvsies on the more expensive cleaning equipment I HAVE to order
Well, going Dutch on the luxe cleaning equipment that haunt my dreams is alright, right? I mean, he is supposed to fulfill some of my dreams, isn’t he? <side note: remember to put this in the nuptial contract> 😉 😛
6. After-parties are my real party
Cleaning up after the mess made by sloppy slops and ironing the wrapping paper left from unwrapping presents gives me tiny org*sms! What? Never felt that intensely about something? Freak! 😛
7. He has understood that everything has to be perfect
If something is even slightly off, I may faint. So whether the napkins are folded the wrong way or the laundry isn’t stashed away right, I may get mad. Really mad. So, he has taken it upon himself to ensure he does what he can to keep such mad onrush off of me. From the pepperoni on the pizza to cutting the cake slices, he has become incredibly good. And I mean really good.
8. He has made peace with his snooze-free human alarm, ME
It is really hard for me to be late at anything – especially so coz I have a to-do list for an entire month prepared in advance. And while he ‘forbids’ me to do the same for him, I have, at least, ruled out his snooze button. So, yep, no more ‘calling in sick’ for him – his boss is happy, and me, super happy! Him… umm… yeah, he is grumpy and a super-cute sleepy mess! :*
9. He loves that I can remember everything
Ahh, the moment of pride. But ssshhhh… the secret is my super-cute jumbo binder in which I note down all things of consequence, well… all things! Result: I am on top of my game, so is he and we are a power-couple storming through! Perks of dating a cleanliness freak.
10. I am a three-in-one combo for him
Ahh, this one’s flimsy – but he jokes about it ohh-so-endearingly that I thought I should put this one on here. I keep the apartment immaculate, I look impeccable, and I am his go-to person for everything he messes! He is one lucky guy, don’t you think? 😉
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11. Let’s not rule out health and hygiene
No germs at home, on the body, and no icky food in the refrigerator! Everything’s healthy and hygienic – and when I say that, I mean that not only is the food great (no snacks beyond expiration date) but ohh, he tastes loveliness when he kisses me! And… um… okay, let’s not go there! 😉
12. And ohh, he’s learnt that he cannot turn me on by making a mess
Coz duh uh, that’s a basic. He knows his audience!
Yes, he LOVES me!
And I will say I pulled a Monica! <yeah, we switched it> 😉
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