Pointless rant - women tidying/losing your stuff

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So I now have a rather long term girlfriend. I spend a lot of time at her place, she spends a lot of time at my place.

The result - much stuff at each others places. She also likes "organising" my stuff. For the large part this is excellent. However, it also frequently results in me not being able to find my stuff. (though luckily my passport was found!)

It's usually small stuff - headphones, credit cards, car wax - and other expensive stuff I've ordered for my car...all of which is now somewhere I don't know. I could just buy and replace, but that's even more annoying!

Anyways I am sure other people have similar complaints, and I needed to vent.
 
Have you tried asking her to tell you where things are if she moves them? Communication is a wonderful thing ;).
 
wait till you share a house, it gets worse, and as for asking them where they put the things they have moved, well, they can never remember!
 
I get in trouble for tidying my wife's stuff away, but that's only because she never tidies any of her junk away, and I quite like being able to get around the house without wading through crap. I nearly always know where I've put it though, because generally I just pile it all into a box and stick it in the conservatory.

We've been married 6 years now. She should know not to leave junk lying around.
 
twentyone said:
It sure is.

Also helps if you actually put the things where they belong/are out of the way than just wherever you see fit at the time.
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my things belong wherever I see fit in my house, end of, I ask her to move her own stuff if its cluttering the place up, then she knows exactly where it is when she needs it, my stuff apparently doesnt need to be so readily available to myself

its the little things that matter, like keys, an important screw or fitting for something, etc
 
Just take your stuff home with you? Or leave your cleaning products in the boot?

Never experienced this problem. When things/clothing are left I get the "you left ......" and pick it up a few days later. As Vix said, communication ;)

One issue I do have though, I'm forever finding those tiny kirby grips around the house/floor. There's now a designated kirby grip box... :o
 
If you've left it in her house then it's fair game for her to tidy it up IMO.
If she's tidying up at your place, train her on where things should go.

Personally I think the problem is that, if you're anything like me, you'll have some stuff that you are happy for other people to tidy up (crockery, glasses, food etc) but other stuff that you'd rather wasn't touched (computer related kit for example). It's probably difficult for others to intuitively know which category things fall into.
 
Vixen said:
Have you tried asking her to tell you where things are if she moves them? Communication is a wonderful thing ;).
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thing is. MY gf does this and forgets that she has!
it's not like we've a big flat but she finds places!
 
Tell me about it.. I now cannot find all my ID's therefore cannot go to pubs :(
been weeks since I've last seen my passports..
 
Vixen said:
Have you tried asking her to tell you where things are if she moves them? Communication is a wonderful thing ;).
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:D if only it worked like that! i get the whole "well you shouldn't have left it there it's not my fault if you've lost it" argument, which of course doesn't help me find whatever I've lost. it happens most often with my clothes funnily enough.
 
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