Dear Queenie,
My wife and I have been living together for about a year and got married a couple of months ago. I pay half of all the bills and buy the groceries, I help with the cooking and cleaning, take care of the yard and do repairs around the house.
I like things neat and clean, but my wife is such a slob. When she makes a snack in the kitchen she leaves a mess on the counter and in the sink. She never picks up the things she drops around the house, so I end up doing it for her.
Queenie, how do I get her to clean up her act?—Neat-freak husband
Dear Husband,
How is it you did not notice these things about your wife when you were living together before you got married?
If you talk this over with your wife you may be able to get her to pick up after herself – if not to be as neat as you would like, at least to be less sloppy. And, if you can afford it, it might help to hire a part-time, or even a full-time, housekeeper.
