My husband doesn’t fold the towels the same way that I do.
This troubled me for years. I appreciated that he was helping, but I was always re-folding so that the towels would stack perfectly in the cabinets.
Never mind that other clutter was taking over my house, those towel cabinets needed to be straight!
I had adopted a ‘no underwear folding’ philosophy years before… what was my problem with a few towels askew?
Last May I was talking with the husband of a friend of mine and another mom. And, yes, somehow the subject of folding towels came up. And each of us was a little obsessed with the way to fold towels, and yet each of us had a very different style.
It was then I realized that perhaps I could just turn my stack the other way and it would still fit properly in the cabinets. And it was then that I realized that perhaps I should just accept my husband’s help, stack with his folding mixed with mine and just be thankful the job is done rather than re-do.
And so now I more fully accept his gestures of love, support and folded towels.
Oftentimes doing it ‘my’ way doesn’t really help with the workload but adds to it. I am now thankful to accept his help, however he wants to share it. When he doesn’t do something my way, I’m now more likely to think about it before I jump and offer my ‘guidance’ as to how something ‘should’ be done.
And he is more willing to help. And that totally Works for Me.
What about you? If you are married, how do you accept your husband’s help?
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