There was an article in the newspapers sometime back about a British husband who walked out on a 38-year marriage because he could not stand his wife obsessively moving the furniture.
John Turner filed for divorce, complaining he was sick and tired of his wife Pauline shifting chairs, tables, the television — and anything not fixed to the walls — every single day of their married life. “Moving furniture about was just something I did and I always will do,” Pauline says. “I suppose everybody has their little obsession.”*
I suppose that we might term that a little obsession — changing around the furniture every single day. I suspect that would bug your mate after a while.
Some of you husbands are thinking, “Poor man.”
Some of you wives are thinking, “Lazy husband.”
It’s rare to read about someone who is addicted to change. Most people are quite resistant to change. Particularly in today’s rapidly changing world. In fact, many of us find change rather scary.
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