CYNERGY THOUGHTS: Hung Up On A Problem

My marriage ended three years ago. When people ask, "Why did you guys break up?" I have a hard time answering. I really don't know, it just seemed that everything was hard. We argued, squabbled, fought and couldn't seem to agree on anything. My ex can tell you why we split up.

He recently told someone it was because I quit doing laundry and I know he really thinks that is the reason. He's not wrong. I do remember one night in frustration throwing my hands in the air and shouting, "That's it! I quit doing laundry!"

I know my friend, Lisa loves doing laundry. She finds it soothing and rewarding, but I on the other hand never could get it all done and if I did manage to wash and dry everything there were still baskets all over the house and piles of clean laundry sitting on dressers that were already crammed full and overflowing.

I get frustrated now thinking about my laundry failures. I tried to sort clothes and donate whatever was too small or dated, but I still never seemed to be able to solve my laundry dilemma until now three years later.

I recently moved into a new house with a similar layout to my old house and was starting to worry about my laundry issues when I decided to go to the store and buy a few more hangers. I bought 20 and started to hang up my clothes as they came out of the dryer. In the past I would fold everything when I had time, or worse crumple the clean clothes into the laundry basket and haul it upstairs for folding at a later date. I soon realized that 20 new hangers weren't enough, so I purchased 20 more. Still not enough, so yesterday I went out and bought 90 more hangers. I finished every load of laundry, hung everything up and have only about 15 hangers left over.


What a revelation. For my entire married life I was about 125 hangers short! No wonder I could never master the task of laundry. I didn't have the right tools. A simple solution for a very complicated problem. I was so absorbed with the big picture I wasn't able to see that by spending less than $50 dollars I could have saved myself many fights with my husband.I wonder how many other arguments could be avoided with couples that can't cope only because they are missing a few essential tools?? I want to know what couples are fighting about...maybe there is an easy solution and extra hangers can't hurt.