Quote Originally Posted by ranald View Post
I knew a lady as pedantic as that. She started telling hubby to take off his shoes before entering the home er house. It continued after times he was instructed to strip to underwear then all had to come off & the marriage was over. A new form of foreplay I guess. She complained to neighbours that refused to take all off before entering. All folk around the area refused her invitations for morning tea. My partner lost her keys down a SW grate in front of her home and she went off at me for lifting the grate to retrieve same. LOL. Guess she is happy in her own presence.
I can well understand wanting him to remove his shoes MY first wife decided to have our house re carpeted in white carpet. try and figure that one out we lived on a dirt road and she insisted on leaving the windows partially open winter and summer for the fresh air flow. Snowing outside no problem turn up the furnace she didn't care I made enough money to pay the utility bills. 100° outside no problem let the AC run constantly and never shut off. I was a Welder Mechanic / Machinist I had always removed my boots at the door because I didn't want to track in grease or chips but White carpet? Then to make matters worse she spent I don't know to this day how much on a pure white leather living room suit sofa recliners easy chairs and tables there is more color in skim milk than in that junk. OK probably part of why she is ex wife not eh white thing the constant disregard for where money came from. And yes I got into a habit of using the shower in the garage and changing clothes before going on into the house but I did that long before she went milk color on everything.
But the lady you described sounds to me like she may had developed a case of vestiphobic OCD and possibly even mysophobia my first wife was diagnosed with that one.