Am I the Only Woman Whose S/O has More Clothes than Her?

[musclemom]

I'm serious. I gotta know.

Look, I admit I'm low maintenance. I can count ALL the shoes I own on two hands (and that includes workout shoes and sandles). I can probably fit every piece of clothing I own into two big lawn bags. I don't like to shop, I wear something until it disintegrates and then I replace it, that's it.

But my husband ... gods what a mess. And the thing is, he isn't really what I'd call a clothes horse, hardly thinks twice about his appearance, in fact, he just never gets rid of ANYTHING ... consequently, he has TWICE as many pieces of clothing (and shoes) as I do. He completely fills three of our five closets, half fills one other (the coat closet). He has twice as much storage space in terms of bureaus as I do, and he still ends up with a pile that would fill a lawn bag on the floor on his side of the bed (and he can NEVER find anything!)

I pitched a fit this morning. He couldn't find his keys and told me that they might be on the floor over in his pile. I had to go pawing through this mess, got disgusted and dumped the whole pile on the bed and said he had to deal with it. He's got a three day weekend and at least one bag of clothes going out the door by Monday night, I'm putting my foot down (or up his ass, depending).

So I tell him this over the phone (he found his keys at work and called me) and he breaks up, saying "You know, other couples have this sort of discussion but you're saying the guy's lines. You should post this on Elite."

I told him if I posted it on Elite then everyone would start teasing me, saying my husband was a fag.

I'm not the only one, am I

 

[trex74]

My bf has a lot (LOT!) of clothes, and he is very attached to them all. (meaning if I suggest he replace the pair of boxers which are completely threadbare and I'm talking HOLES right where the sack goes, he says that they are his "baseball" undies, and couldn't possibly toss them. He only has about forty-two other pairs, some in pretty good condition).
Don't get me started on the 60 zillion socks he has, of which about 40 zillion end up in the wash every week.
He changes at least twice a day, not including gym wear, and drops evrything anywhere he's standing.
His laundry is almost always all over the bedroom. If I try to pick them up and put them in the laundry basket he gets all upset because I put "clean" clothes in the laundry LOL He has a "system" of keeping some clothes right beside the bed, some clothes in the hamper, some clothes ON the hamper (Big difference apparently), clothes on the floor of his closet, clothes hung up/folded in the closet, and clothes draped on the closet doors.
I haven't made sense of this yet.
Did I mention yet he doesn't do laundry? But he needs his shirts folded in a special secret way, and there is also some secret system he has to differentiate between his t-shirts, which must be put into different piles.
I love him, but I am going to have to use my wiles somehow to deal with this.
You are not alone MM.

 

[shirlene29]

yeah, my husband a clothes horse and a clothes hoarder


he has almost as many shoes as I do and his belts/shirts/sweaters exceed mine by far

 

[musclemom]

yeah, my husband a clothes horse and a clothes hoarder


he has almost as many shoes as I do and his belts/shirts/sweaters exceed mine by far

Well, he did what I asked and there is the equivalent of two lawn bags going out the door to Goodwill today. Doesn't change the fact he still has more than me, but at least the floor pile is gone and everything can get put away properly.

 

[RottenWillow]

I have two walk-in closets, two dressers, and one wardrobe full of my clothes. Josh has one weenie closet with his stuff and a little chest-of-drawers.