Attic Antics!
My dearest OH suffers with OCD. He hasn’t been diagnosed or anything like that. We just know he has it. For example, his first task of the day is to do the washing up from the night before. It is much like a military operation & woe betide anyone who gets in the way or disturbs the order the crocks are washed in. When he has finished he will take the remaining plates etc out of the cupboard & place the newly cleaned ones at the bottom of the pile. His explanation is that if you only use two plates all the time they will wear out! Logic I suppose but…!
We have a small TV in the bedroom & it fascinates me how he knows I have moved it even a millimetre when I’ve dusted flicked a duster at it. Anyway, the reason for telling you of this affliction is to help you celebrate the completion of his latest project – the loft! This came about when we were discussing home insurance – one of many things we reviewed when I retired. I was concerned that I had no idea where anything was or what policies etc we had in place. So began my tuition & the first stop was the attic. Like those in many homes, it had become a haven for all those things ‘we might need in the future’. 
Climbing the ladder & peering in he announced that we needed to ‘sort this out before we start’. In true OCD fashion this was not a simple tidy or throwing away of long forgotten items. No, it meant a complete boarding with chipboard so that we could walk safely on it ‘to get to those things at the back’.
Well, I am pleased (& I suppose a little proud) to tell you that he has finished it! We have board right to the tiniest edges & it all fits perfectly. It has been a really hard job as the atmosphere with the fibre glass from the insulation kept getting down his throat & the temperature was too hot to work in really.
Looking at the finished space, I can see where my beloved is coming from. It does mean that we can move things around safe in the knowledge that we won’t fall through the ceiling. It is also somewhere I can put him if the plate situation gets too much!
Have you got a space like this or a hubby to make you one?
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Oh ! That looks like the best loft ever!! Wish ours looked like that!!! 😉
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plates wear out blesss him haha. And he can come and do my housework anytime if he needs some more to do 😉
And here I was thinking I was the only one suffering! Mine too suffers from this, recently I have been able to get him to admit that he has a problem but I can’t get him to go that one step further and get help. Any suggestions would be gratefully received as I am at the end of my tether. Anyone who gets up in the middle of the night to clean an innocent light switch in my opinion really does need some help, this is not the only thing and it really has a huge impact on my life as well as his 🙁
I think your hubby is way further down the road & should get some help. Thank you so much for sharing!
Your OH sounds just like me! I do the same thing with the dishes! My loft is vacumed packed, if it it fits in a vacpac in it goes! I drive everyone mad, the towels have to be folded in a special way, my clothes are coloured coded. all the cups and glasses need to face the right way, you get the picture!
I;’m not introducing him to vac pacs then! Thank you for commenting! Means a lot!
I love the loft, I need one like it. My OH has OCD tendencies too but I couldn’t imagine him doing that. He does other OCD things though like checking the door several times.
Bless them! I blame their mums! 😉 Thank you for popping by!
Oh I WISH there was a tidy person in my house! My OH is very practical but we have a lot of not quite finished jobs which drive me mad. Our storage spaces (loft and outside studio) are not in any way organised…can I borrow him?!
Certainly you can – especially when he is driving me mad!! 🙂
sounds like my ideal man… if never seen OCDness as a disadvantage, it’s a big plus!
nice post x
Ummm! You may need to pop round some time! 🙂 Thank you for popping in!
There are benefits to OCD (mild). I suppose that’s why it hasn’t died out. Well done OH!
M2M
He tells me it isn’t getting worse – he’s just getting more organised! Great to see you here!