The territorial fight day and night over the Wardrobe

Tidy is the in-word

Have you heard of Marie Kondo? Well, if not, then please watch her serial on Netflix. It’s not a suspense thriller or a drama series. It is all about Tidying up! The series is called “Tidying up with Marie Kondo”. Marie Kondo is a Japanese Consultant who gives tips on how to tidy up your bedroom or the wardrobe. She is the buzzword in every household hooked on to streaming services.

That is the reel life! But in real life our mother has given similar advice to us since ages and still it never made any impact on us. I will use the Hindi metaphor here “Kaan pe ju bhi nahi rengta”. I remember since childhood days, the moment mother used to enter our bedrooms, there used to be an earthquake. Her spy-eyes and magic hands would find so much trash from the bedroom that a truckload was also less.

Watch the Mary Kondo series on Netflix by clicking on the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvyeapVBLWY

The Bedroom fight over the wardrobe

In any marriage, one of the biggest trigger for a daily argument is the wardrobe of the bedroom. While deciding the interiors of a bedroom, the wardrobe gets prime attention. For a housewife, the bigger the wardrobe the better it is. But one thing which we tend to ignore is that bigger also means storing more trash.

During the wardrobe selection, who gets a bigger one depends on who has a bigger say in house matter? The answer everybody knows. It is the lady of the house. Not only because she has an upper hand but also because her collection is 10 times more than her husband.

The daily argument over the wardrobe

So,coming to the main point. How does the argument start? Well, depends on who is more organised between both? Generally, it’s the wife who is more organised and keeps the wardrobe much tidy. The men’s wardrobe looks like a newspaper cluttered with ads. It is difficult to locate the actual news. But men are gifted hunters. They can locate the black socks or their favourite blue shirt from such a mess. The problem starts when they start getting regular tutorials from their spouses on how to keep the wardrobe organised.

On the other hand, in spite of getting 3 out of 4 wardrobes for herself, the wife is always surfing pepperfry or urban ladder looking for a new wardrobe. The husband is dead against it as there is hardly any space left in the bedroom. With an extra wardrobe probably, he will have to shift his bed outside.

The Surgical strike

Surgical strike is a situation where you open the wardrobe of your spouse without his or her permission. It is generally executed in absence of the other party and most of the time is a failed mission. Failed mission because you are unable to locate the target in the bundle of clothes.The target can be an Aadhar card or a passport or a missing gold necklace. However, the old hinges of the cupboard acts as your enemy. The creaking sound coming from the hinges makes you feel as if you have stepped on a minefield and suddenly you are in the firing line of the opposition.

The Male Marie Kondo of the wardrobe

There are families where the situation is reverse – Husbands are more meticulous and organised than their spouses. The Author belongs to this category. This is a scarier scenario. If the husband by any chance steps into the other territory, just looking for the daily expense wallet, he suddenly finds himself drowned in a tsunami of clothes.

I am using another metaphor to describe myself “Apne muh miya mithoo bun na”. In my house, I am the Marie Kondo. But sometimes when discussions start happening on how to keep the room tidy, I have to surrender before the discussion turns into an ugly argument that can further lead to a heated exchange. One of the best revenge, that I have taken is that to steal the hangers from the opposite party’s cupboard. And the most satisfying part is that I have always gone scot free.

So, this Sunday if you are not doing anything important, become a Marie Kondo and surprise your spouse.

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