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    Why do men not see clutter?

    Posts: 179
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    I wake up this morning to my living room having basically been treated as if it is my fiance's closet! a pair of shorts in the middle of the floor, two pairs of shoes my the couch, a belt on the floor and a hats, etc. Drive me nuts. Why can't guys pick up after themselves! It doesn't take that much energy to put things away!

    I hate picking up after a grown man.

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    • Posts: 1,257 Member
      Anecdotal evidence countered with anecdotal evidence: I am meticulously organized.
      -wtk
    • Posts: 313 Member
      Wish my husband didn't notice clutter!
    • Posts: 1,039 Member
      Very very very short attention span. All males seem to drop those clothes and seconds later they are blind to it and have their attention on something else. Keep a garbage bag in the room....and every time he drops his stuff put it in the bag.....eventually he will wonder where his stuff went......and you can point at the bag, lol.
    • Posts: 1,877 Member
      It's not confined to guys. Women are equally as likely to create clutter. Maybe ask him to put stuff away if it bothers you/

      JM
    • Posts: 5,138 Member
      Your fiancé is a man. There are different ones.
    • Posts: 2,576 Member
      guys see the clutter but do not think it is a big deal. Cleaning is done when you reach a critical mass OR people are coming over. Never at any other time.
    • Posts: 222 Member
      The one's I have known don't see it unless it's not their things (the children's for instance). However, that's one area in a relationship I give some slack on.
    • Posts: 348 Member
      cant condemn all men to that, ive known women who were just complete animals and lived like pigs and I myself cant even sleep if I know I have dirty dishes in my sink not sure why I just love everything to be very organized and clean
    • Posts: 3,779 Member
      my wife and I are similar in that we are both kind of messy. It makes it easier that we both don't care so much, but admittedly, our house is a little more cluttered.
    • Posts: 2,105 Member
      It's our optic nerve. It doesn't differentiate shapes as well, so clutter becomes part of the floor. It also explains why we don't notice hair changes, new clothes, or other things. Our brains adapt quickly to the status quo, so quickly that we sometimes miss the transition.

      This is also why we find you beautiful first thing in the morning when your hair is mussed up and you describe yourself as "a wreck". It's just the status quo.

      :laugh:
    • Posts: 179
      Very very very short attention span. All males seem to drop those clothes and seconds later they are blind to it and have their attention on something else. Keep a garbage bag in the room....and every time he drops his stuff put it in the bag.....eventually he will wonder where his stuff went......and you can point at the bag, lol.

      lol! I should try this!
    • Posts: 179
      It's not confined to guys. Women are equally as likely to create clutter. Maybe ask him to put stuff away if it bothers you/

      JM
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      I have, believe me.
    • Posts: 562 Member
      I like clutter. MY husband hates it.
    • Posts: 179
      The one's I have known don't see it unless it's not their things (the children's for instance). However, that's one area in a relationship I give some slack on.

      I usually don't say anything for a couple times, but then I'll ask for a couple times....To be fair he mowed the lawn last evening and was watching the Nuggets game when I went to bed and I guess jus stripped on his way to the shower before coming to bed. lol. I just picked stuff up and put it in our spare room (his closet, lol)
    • Posts: 254 Member
      Not always Men..... I am the clean freak, my wife is the clutter queen at our house.
    • Posts: 3,562 Member
      Patiently waiting for the retaliatory "Why do women not...." thread.

      Because one bad generalization based on gender deserves another.
    • Posts: 6,774 Member
      Oh they see it but if they admit it they would have to clean it up.
    • Posts: 840 Member
      I've got a wife and two young girls. I love them to bits but I see clutter everywhere and hardly any of it is mine. I get home from work and basically pick crap up and put it away until it's time for the girls to go to bed.
    • Posts: 179
      Patiently waiting for the retaliatory "Why do women not...." thread.

      Because one bad generalization based on gender deserves another.

      I understand not all men....my ex brother in law was the most anal clean freak I'd ever known.

      I just can't stand clutter
    • Posts: 179
      Oh they see it but if the admit it they would have to clean it up.

      lol
    • Posts: 525 Member
      Very very very short attention span. All males seem to drop those clothes and seconds later they are blind to it and have their attention on something else. Keep a garbage bag in the room....and every time he drops his stuff put it in the bag.....eventually he will wonder where his stuff went......and you can point at the bag, lol.

      This... just be sure you are never guilty of the same thing or he may do it back to you!
    • Posts: 2,132 Member
      Because we're busy killing dinosaurs and hunting and gathering.
    • Posts: 179
      Another thing that he does....his clothes on the floor RIGHT next to the laundry basket! Up against the darn thing even, But not inside? I should probably be happy that it's not the living room floor :)

      Dont' get me wrong. I love my guy to pieces, guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this am :)
    • Posts: 1,063 Member
      Based on the nature of this thread, I have to conclude that I have a penis.

      I suck at housekeeping :/
    • Posts: 2,644 Member
      Based on the nature of this thread, I have to conclude that I have a penis.

      I suck at housekeeping :/

      me too!
    • Posts: 2,576 Member
      Another thing that he does....his clothes on the floor RIGHT next to the laundry basket! Up against the darn thing even, But not inside? I should probably be happy that it's not the living room floor :)

      Dont' get me wrong. I love my guy to pieces, guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this am :)

      That just means he sucks at Laundry Basketball.
    • Posts: 908 Member
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      me too!

      Jodi, I am quite sure that the only penis that you may have is probably in a jar of formaldehyde on your dresser....:tongue:
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      That just means he sucks at Laundry Basketball.

      So true :laugh:
    • Posts: 537 Member
      I have asked my husband this, he can walk through the house and not notice one thing, I will walk thru and notice at least 10. He says he really just doesn't think about it. I'm thinking because his mom didn't really keep a clean house so clutter is normal to him :grumble:
    • Posts: 179
      I have asked my husband this, he can walk through the house and not notice one thing, I will walk thru and notice at least 10. He says he really just doesn't think about it. I'm thinking because his mom didn't really keep a clean house so clutter is normal to him :grumble:

      This could be true of my guy. He grew up in a house with 3 siblings and many foster children coming through over the years. Although his mom was a most fabulous mom and a stay at home parent, I'm sure it must've been difficult to keep a clutter free home. I know his sister's house is the same way
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