I looked that Gift Horse right in the mouth… and it was more than a little long in the tooth…

People used to make the expression, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” the reason people look horses in the mouth is because their teeth keep growing as they age and you can tell if a horse is old by the length of its teeth.

You are not allowed to turn your nose up at a gift, but HAVE YOU MET ME? Parents, I love you, but I just cannot put this washer and dryer you gave me into my apartment. I am just too snooty to stick my clothes in that small washer; I am too shallow to have that harvest gold dryer drying in my laundry room. I am an uppity old git who even though I have never had anything I act like I came from old money.

I am one of those people that would rather sit on the floor for a year instead of putting a couch in my house, a perfectly good one mind you, but one that does not match my taste or my décor. I find that some things are a virtual assault to the senses, I just won’t be surrounded by ugly things, even if they are only temporary. Besides, I find a sort of Zen calmness that comes from an empty living room, or bedroom for that matter. Take my bedroom for example, no dresser, no place to put my clothes, nothing but a pair of laundry baskets, one for clean clothes, one for dirty. I can’t afford the dresser I want, so I will wait until I can. The problem is that if you get a piece of junk dresser that you don’t want, then you have to get rid of it later, and I don’t like having to get rid of junk.

The thing is, I am one of those people that don’t like clutter, I will never, and I repeat, NEVER have a garage so full of junk that you can’t park your cars in it. My closets won’t be full of clothes that I never wear. I don’t believe in keeping things in storage unless those things are seasonal, or you are in the middle of a move.

I feel bad for being the way that I am, but this is one area that I can't seem to change. I am really flexible most of the time, but I refuse to be surrounded by junk! This might need to go under a reason why "not to marry me".