I have a question for those of you who share a bed. Cats and dogs need not respond – I know you love them but there are limits to their abilities. Can the two of you make the bed together without starting an altercation? My own bed sharer is a perfectionist. He has been known to take a ruler to the sheet fold over the blanket. He will even go so far as to fold a blanket in half to center it. Piling pillows in order is of utmost importance. “My mother was a maid,” he proclaims in authoritative tones. I guess she taught him everything he knows, bless her heart.
Glad I wasn’t there. What difference does it make? In a few hours we will climb back in and destroy all that hard work. So while he is in the bathroom brushing his teeth, I sneak around and make that bed in the blink of an eye. “How did you do that so fast?” he queries upon his return. My standards may not rival his mother’s, but he will agree that the results look pretty good. And in my defense, I must say that I make a mean hospital corner.
This is how it goes on most mornings. “Oh, please make the bed with me! It’s so much easier if we do it together.”
“No it’s not,” I say. I groan inwardly. His plaintive tones draw me in. Then it begins.
“Just pull the sheet a little higher.”
“That blanket needs to be two inches to the right.”
“Is the comforter perfectly centered?”
So I’m wondering. Is this an issue for other bed sharers? Are there coping skills of which I am not aware?
