I don't think I've been in a woman's car that didn't need a bunch of crap cleared off the front passenger seat for me to sit down. Mail, packaged food, various papers, kids school stuff, what have you.

Then there are the trash bags hung from various places. How do you generate so much trash in a car? If I have food or drink while driving, I throw the trash out the next time I get out of the car. Same thing for my son.

I keep the common areas of my house reasonably orderly, but my office/gun room is a constant mess, and the damn island in the kitchen collects a lot "stuff to do something with".

My ex wife used to do the "piles around the edges of the room" thing in the living room and other common areas. I used to say - if we need more storage, let's go buy some shelves or cabinets or whatever. But of course, that didn't happen.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:
Not so with my wife. She keeps her car immaculate and the house is always at minimum "picked up"

I have noticed though that younger women seem to not care what the inside of their car looks like. It's like they are too busy texting and putting on make-up to give a shit about crap laying around on the car floor and back seat. I don't know if this carries over to their house, but have my suspicions.

Nobody "visits" her vehicle, probably, but she wants the house ready in case someone comes calling.

I'm an old bachelor and both my house and car definitely look "lived in" (although I have a maid that managed to maintain s minor semblance or order in the house).

flashguy

Mine is on the OCD side and wants the Jeep, motorhome, rzr, clean. She wanted to wash the motorhome last week, it wasn’t dirty in my eyes and also the neighbors eyes. I said it didn’t need it...she went out and asked the neighbor at the RVPark if it was ok if we washed the motorhome, the neighbor said go ahead, but it looks clean already....guess what we did for the next 2 1/2 hours....but with all that said I wouldn’t have it any other way. One of her sisters doesn’t clean at all, and the other one is a hoarder.

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What does your spouse do that makes no sense to you?

Park her car next to everyone else close to the entrance of the building and then wonder why her car is all dinged up. Recently, someone hit her car and didn’t leave a note. I think that convinced her to park further away.

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Originally posted by jigray3:
.... insist on a clean house, but drive around in a dirty car?

There I said it, and it feels good. If I don't clean the thing, it doesn't get cleaned. And perhaps I'm wrong, and it ain't PC to say it, but generally I think this is prevalent among females.

What does your spouse do that makes no sense to you?

Not this gal. Spotless house, spotless car (2007 looks more like a 2017 ) or as much as they can be with 3 dogs. But then I am not your average kind of girl. I was just looking in my closet the other day and had to laugh at all my different gear bags I guess it's my version a purse collection.

My wife doesn't "Clean" her car, but it is neat. there is no crap gathering in it. She waits for me to be cleaning my truck to suggest that I do her car too.

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Originally posted by jigray3:
.... insist on a clean house, but drive around in a dirty car?

There I said it, and it feels good. If I don't clean the thing, it doesn't get cleaned. And perhaps I'm wrong, and it ain't PC to say it, but generally I think this is prevalent among females.

What does your spouse do that makes no sense to you?

You need to start listening to The Dick Show podcast. It's filled with discussions like this and it's hilarious.

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Originally posted by jigray3:
.... insist on a clean house, but drive around in a dirty car?

There I said it, and it feels good. If I don't clean the thing, it doesn't get cleaned. And perhaps I'm wrong, and it ain't PC to say it, but generally I think this is prevalent among females.

What does your spouse do that makes no sense to you?

Mine is the same way, when I say something she says "Take a look at your work van"

My wife takes good care of her car. Decent in the house. I’m more of the neat freak.

My ex wife did neither.

Why does my spouse always wait until I'm leaving the room to ask me to "Mumble mumble something something mumble"?

And then get mad that I didn't hear her?

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What does your spouse do that makes no sense to you?

How much time ya got?

I've got some time, ArtieS. Sounds like you might have a couple of gems. We won't tell.

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Originally posted by jigray3:
.... insist on a clean house, but drive around in a dirty car?

There I said it, and it feels good. If I don't clean the thing, it doesn't get cleaned. And perhaps I'm wrong, and it ain't PC to say it, but generally I think this is prevalent among females.

What does your spouse do that makes no sense to you?

Not this gal. Spotless house, spotless car (2007 looks more like a 2017 ) or as much as they can be with 3 dogs. But then I am not your average kind of girl. I was just looking in my closet the other day and had to laugh at all my different gear bags I guess it's my version a purse collection.

So, your perception is you might be the exception, rather than the rule?

BTW, you know about the rubber glove thing to get dog hair up trick, right?

SUBJECT LINE! SUBJECT LINE!

I try not to ask a question that starts like that.

When I was dating my wife, I took her car on a Saturady that she had to work, and I spent about 4 hours on it. Washing and waxing, windows, tire dressing, vacuuming the interior - the whole shabang!

So, I go and pick her up from work. She climbs in and starts brushing her hair and talking about work.

Finally, I ask her, "Whaddya think?" as I waved my hand around. She took a look and said, "Oh - it looks great." Then as she continued on about work, she stopped brushing her hair, and proceeded to clean the long strands of coarse black hair out of her brush leaving them fall onto the freshly-vacuumed carpet.

I've teased her about that an awful lot since then, but now her car just goes to the wash-a-teria.

I don't spend a bunch of time washing and vacuuming my car, but I can't stand any trash lying around. If I have passengers I ask them to take their trash when they get out.

I have one friend whose car is so full of crap that I'm afraid if she has an accident the rescue workers won't be able to find her and dig her out in time to save her. One time I asked to ride with her since we were going to the same place, but it would have taken 20 minutes just to clear off the passenger seat for me to fit.

OTOH, I have another friend who can't even get out of her car without shaking out the floor mats and rubbing the windows with a cloth.

Hmmm. My wife has 2 cars. The 11 YO VW eos and a new toylet. No mistype. I don't know if she's ever cleaned the pervertable. I know I did a few times back when it was semi-new. Then a year or two ago I took it to a commercial car wash. Her new car is showing signs of the same level of care....

You just get used to it if you want to remain married. We've been married 48+ years. It gets to the point where you just don't care. Numb is the word. I would bet that back during your dating days, you spent a bunch of time looking at her face and body. Decided "she'll do" but not a minute viewing her car. Notice the other guys here talking about their first wife. Its not cheap doing the getting out of it deal. It would be much cheaper to just take her car to the wash once a quarter or however long you can stand it. If you spend $1000 a year it would still be cheaper than the divorce - especially the one because she doesn't clean the interior of her car.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Nobody "visits" her vehicle, probably, but she wants the house ready in case someone comes calling.

People are generally invited to the house, not many people just "drop in". The car, however, goes out with her in public, everywhere she goes. Friends see it, family sees it, co-workers see it, complete strangers see it. Yet, for some reason, she does not see it as a reflection of her personal habits.

My wife takes good care of her Jeep, as good as I do my truck. Our daughter ((and her husband) both take pretty good care of their vehicles. Our son is horrible about keeping his car clean. He will see that maintenance occurs, but you want a tetanus shot before getting in.

My husband & I both got new Subarus in 2015. I keep little detailing wipes in it & spruce it up when it needs it. I like the shine & I tend to go OCD with it. When I had my old job (on a farm) I'd go get it washed bout once a month & they vacuumed it out too. Now I wash it when I think she needs it.

I am appalled by my husband's car (on the inside) armrest is all dirty, splashes of his drinks dried in & around the cup holders, a layer of dust bout half inch thick on the dash, gouges in the armrest & seat because of his dog. He has to "rearrange" his car in order for anyone to ride with him. It's embarrassing & part of the reason why I drive all the time when we go places.

My car is not perfect, my double coated dog goes everywhere with me, but my co-workers usually comment on how nice my dog smells & how come I don't have hair all over in my car.

I don't understand why my husband turns a light on in a room, as bright as it'll go, then leave the room right away without turning it off, esp. when he knows my eyes are hyper sensitive to light. If I am just walking thru a room into another room, I won't turn the light on at all. He also does laundry in the late afternoon & uses the dryer on the hottest days instead of washing laundry in the morning & using the nice clothesline we had built.