Posted by Alexs on October 21, 2003, at 15:31:16
I'm married to a woman who has a problem, I'm not sure if this falls into any type of category or not but here it goes: When we got married we had one dog. One day she suggests we drive by the dog pound, there are two really cute dogs there and she suggests we adopt one. I couldnt resist so I said OK. The dog warden then informs us that the dogs are sisters. My wife convinces me that they will be heart broken if they are split up. Reluctantly I agree and now we have three dogs. Then one day we go to the mall and stop in the pet shop and she insists on playing with a white siberian husky, we stayed in the booth with the dog for a half hour and she wanted it, I said no way. We argued and as always she goes against any kind of logic, like we can't afford another dog, and she buys the dog. Two years later she discovers that a lot of the dog pounds are on the Web and without saying anything left the house at 3 am and drove to washington where she was meeting a woman, who was a foster parent for the dog, who drove there from georgia, and came home and without skipping a beat said "isn't he cute". Recently her mother passed away and left behind four dogs, I dont have to tell you the rest. That takes care of the dog part now to the birds. One day we are driving and spot an injured goose on the side of the road,we bring it to the vet and he says he can't fix the wing, says it's been broken too long. She wants to bring the bird home, of course I object and after a long argument she brings the bird home any way. Fast foward two months and there is a very heavy snow fall, the bird cant be left in the yard so she puts it in the upstairs bath room untill the spring. The upstairs smelled awful from the goose poop so come spring I built a sheltered area in our yard and put in a pond. She then decides that the goose is lonely and suggests we get a duck to keep it company. I figured what the hell they will be outside year round so why not. When I get to the store and attempt to purchase a day old duck the store person tells me you have to buy two duck's or they wont survive. Turns out my wife called and asked if it would be alright to tell me this so she could have two ducks, of course the store owner isn't going to have a problem she wants to sell the ducks. Of course they mated and had two baby ducks. That takes care of the duck's now to the personal possesions. She likes to go to tag sales and over the course of our 10 year marriage has managed to load the house up with excess furnitue and every kind of nick nack imaginable. We live in a large 3 bedroom house. The basement has a series of cat walks from one room to another, stuff literally up to the ceilings. One of our bedrooms you can't walk into and our large family room is unuseable. The porch is loaded with toys that her neice out grew, literally a thousand benie babies. she refuses to sell any of it. I cant find anything in the house that I look for. I would walk out today if it weren't for the dogs!
Can any one give me advise on this topic? Does this sound like a medical condition or is she just weird?
poster:Alexs
thread:271554
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