THIS IS HOW YOU CHASE YOUR MAN OUT OF YOUR CLOSET
OUT OF YOUR CLOSET
As I announced recently I already mentioned in my introduction post, I say goodbye to my beloved Utrecht on weekends and camp out in picturesque Epe at my boyfriend's place. On Friday, I arrive with, honestly, a SHITLOAD of clothes. What I'm going to wear that weekend is, of course, still unknown, so all potential outfits must be dragged along to the east of the country.
Upon entering, I storm upstairs first to give all my dresses, shirts, heels, and other bits a place in my temporary closet. As in: Sander's closet. As in: there is actually no room for my clothes at all. He doesn't have that many clothes, but mysteriously, he can take over the WHOLE closet. That seems to be a man thing. When I ask a good friend (with a huge walk-in closet) how things are at her home, she resolutely replies: “Terrible. His big wool sweaters take up three-quarters of the whole room!” Look gentlemen, that doesn't make us happy, of course. Why men are closet hogs:
Men throw nothing away if you don't
Once a year, Sander and I are back together fiddling around in front of the closet and I shout: “Ah, no, that beige shapeless pants, that's really enough now. You’re never going to wear that again.” He (of course, very indignant): “Well, those pants are still perfectly good. They’re definitely not going anywhere.” And so they remain unworn for a year in the closet, and you have less space for your treasures. Sigh.
A men's wardrobe simply takes up space
Paper-thin items that take up no space at all? You wish. That's of course only our summer wardrobe. No, everything that is masculine must be big and naturally robust. Big jackets, thick sweaters, and hard-to-fold jeans. Sigh.
men are simply not the best folders
Organizing a closet is comparable to playing Tetris: you need tactical insight for all the puzzle pieces to fit together and to keep some space free. Shoving a worn sweater ‘supposedly’ folded back into the closet doesn't work, darling. Sigh.
Enough whining. How do you solve it?
The beige shapeless monster just throws the real daredevil away, but if you're afraid of a confrontation with your man about The Missing Garment, then at least temporarily move the pants from the closet to a place where you have less trouble with it. In a bag or something. Or in the attic. Bet he won't miss it? If that's still the case after a year, then you know for sure: ditch that piece. What works further: mark your territory more clearly. Suppose: the top three shelves are normally his and the bottom three are yours, then you now fold his clothes in such a way that they fit on two shelves (and that’s easy if the beige monsters are now in the attic…). And one last good tip: those shirts that he barely wears, they don’t all need their own hanger in the closet, right, he understands that too. Three shirts can easily be stacked on one hanger. You get two left over. Good luck!
Written by Kiki Düren
