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What a kerfuffle

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MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 06/04/2026 11:40

H had surgery in 2022. He slept downstairs for a couple of weeks and then took himself off to the back bedroom when he was more mobile. He's still sleeping in there.

His room has not been cleaned for 4 years.

I got an ultimatum yesterday - if this is going to be permanent I want your shit out of my room (the clothes I don't wear often were in the room length wardrobe).

So today I go to drop off some stuff for someone and come back to see H with a smug grin and arms folded.

My dresses and jackets are strewn on my bed.

He shouldn't have done that - he's ended up with at least ten times more 'shit' in his room, slung about with great glee.

I now have a floor to ceiling wardrobe, four large drawers, two smaller drawers and a bedside table which are empty.

Time for a shopping spree!

Is it normal for blokes to have far more clothes than women?

OP posts:
Easterbunnyhaspackedherbasket · 06/04/2026 11:43

Is it normal for blokes to accept they sleep in a different room to their dw?

RoyalPenguin · 06/04/2026 11:44

That does sound short-sighted of him. Had he not realised that some of his clothes were still in your room?

On another note, this doesn't sound like much of a marriage OP.

Nickyknackered · 06/04/2026 11:45

Err ok. The whole thing sounds odd! Are you separating then?

ChubbyPuffling · 06/04/2026 11:45

In my experience, yes, because they never throw anything away.

(Including wives, they just keep doing things to try and get them to do the chucking - sorry, but the tit-for-tat, inconveniencing someone you love, situation - seems odd to an outsider)

PuppyMonkey · 06/04/2026 11:46

The room hasn’t been cleaned in four years? Grim.

MrsPinkSky · 06/04/2026 11:47

Who wanted it to be permanent and who slung his things about with great glee?

There is no normal when it comes to how many clothes people have compared to others.

speakinghonestly · 06/04/2026 11:47

Easterbunnyhaspackedherbasket · 06/04/2026 11:43

Is it normal for blokes to accept they sleep in a different room to their dw?

Separate bedrooms can actually save a marriage ! Some people need their own space

Nickyknackered · 06/04/2026 11:49

speakinghonestly · 06/04/2026 11:47

Separate bedrooms can actually save a marriage ! Some people need their own space

Does it sound this marriage has been saved?

@MyOtherCarIsAPorsche Do you ever sleep together? What about holidays? Children? Sex?

Sugarsugarcane · 06/04/2026 11:49

Fuck me, posts like this make me ever thankful to be single

365RubyRed · 06/04/2026 11:51

So when are you formally separating?

Duvetdayneeded · 06/04/2026 11:52

Why do you seem pleased with this?

MrsPinkSky · 06/04/2026 11:53

Duvetdayneeded · 06/04/2026 11:52

Why do you seem pleased with this?

Yeah I'd say there's definitely more to this that the OP isn't saying.

Nickyknackered · 06/04/2026 11:54

MrsPinkSky · 06/04/2026 11:53

Yeah I'd say there's definitely more to this that the OP isn't saying.

And honestly she probably won't be back. It feels like one of those threads.

MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 06/04/2026 13:13

Of course there's more to it.

After his surgery he seems to have a permanent wet cough - it's worse when he lies down. That and getting up to pee a few times during the night was waking me and I would, understandably, complain. It was his idea to stay in the back room because it would infuriate him when I mentioned his nocturnal disturbances.

We have sex - not always in a bed room Blush The attraction is still there - when he walks into a room my heart still beats faster. That has never changed. I was devastated when he was in resus when his initial surgery was delayed, I was told to prepare for the worst and I had to go home thinking he would die. He had aortic dissection type A and now has a synthetic aortic arch and aorta.

And since his huge personality change (not for the better) due to being on bypass (pump head) for longer than anticipated, I'm happy to be able to read or watch tv for as long as I like in bed,
because when he was getting 'back to normal', after surgery, he would not allow me to read in bed/have the light on or watch tv - which I had done before.

I've spent time cleaning my 'own' room from top to bottom today and it's now fresh and organised. He had suddenly got a bee in his bonnet because he'd bought yet another motorcycle helmet and there was nowhere to store it in his room because 'his' wardrobe was 'stuffed with your clobber' i.e. mine.

He has days when he's calm and affable, more or less his usual self but he doesn't seem to cope with the tiniest bit of stress - he completely blows up/overreacts and freely admits he spends a lot of time apologising to family and friends for things he's said and done. His addiction to spending money online on stuff he doesn't need - says he's aware of it but is compelled to do it, began as soon as he could access his iPad after the op.

He also now likes to 'hold court'/be centre of attention when in company - something he hated before his surgery.

So it's just an adjustment we're still trying to navigate. Never a dull moment.

I had some clothes in the spare wardrobe in the back bedroom because way more than half of the space in the main bedroom was crammed with his clothes/stuff. The main point is - his 'shit' takes up more than twice the space of mine - he had no idea. He's online now ordering 'storage'. He still has clothes from the day we met. He has tons of clothes (and nothing to wear). Confused

Some would say leave. Some would think it was scandalous to leave a parter after life changing surgery/major illness.

As a pp says - having separate bedrooms can save a marriage.

Is it normal for blokes to have more clothes than women? - And still complain of have nothing to wear?

OP posts:
MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 06/04/2026 13:17

@Nickyknackered

Am I not allowed to post?

Or is this forum just for putting others down?

OP posts:
TheSandgroper · 06/04/2026 13:26

Honestly @MyOtherCarIsAPorsche , if something can bring you some joy, I would say have at it. If you can take your best friend on a few outings to replenish your wardrobe, do.

Make it a bit of fun for yourself. (I have been following your journey and wish you all good fortune).

Vallmo47 · 06/04/2026 13:34

I don’t understand why people’s sleeping arrangements in their homes has anything to do with anyone else. If you think you’re in a happy marriage because you sleep in the same bed, good for you. If you think you sleep better apart for whatever reason - fine by me, none of my business.

OP, sounds like a shopping spree is in order! Enjoy 😁

Waterdust · 06/04/2026 13:47

Sugarsugarcane · 06/04/2026 11:49

Fuck me, posts like this make me ever thankful to be single

Same.

DilemmaDelilah · 06/04/2026 15:51

My husband has more clothes than me.
We have separate bedrooms - but still love each other to bits. It means we don't wake each other up (and I don't have to put up with his deadly farts).

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