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Show Ifs About Time It Takes Time To Clean Spouse's Closet A prcnuptial agreement should be signed allowing the wife to throw out 10 of her husbands hidious clothes. " BV VICKIK MATHKSON cl When I met Mark he was walking across campus wearing a blue pair of cords, a striped g0f shirt and a pair of penny loafers. It wasn't until we had been married for six months that I discovered that behind the golf shirts, he had hanging in the closet a tiger-striped tie and a red, white and blue seersucker suit. And not only did he have those things hanging in the closet, he intended to wear them! IT HAS taken me five years to redo Mark's wardrobe. People give you a lot or advise betorc you marry. Things like never go to bed mad and J always bring home (lowers. They also warn ' you that after you marry you will be in for a few surprises. You know the usual warnings like your mate might squeeze the toothpaste from the middle. But no one ever warns a girl about ihe things that are probably hiding in the back of her husband's closet. MANY PEOPLE go in for prenuptial counseling coun-seling these days and I would like to suggest to these counselors that they require all then-clients then-clients to review the wardrobe of their intended fleu th? ceremory- I wish I had known that Mark had a chartreuse Hawaiian shirt before he put it on the night of my high school reunion, t took three days before the red faded from my flushed face. Of course, finding out what's in the closet does not guarantee you will be able to get rid of it. I had success with the orange striped wide tie and paint spattered army fatigues, but Mark would not part with his gold and blue Key Club sport coat for anything. TIES PRESENT one of the biggest problems in our household. To this day Mark still tries to slip out of the house with his tie in his pocket. He thinks if he puts it on in the car where I can't see it, it won't bother me as much. I suppose I could have tried to learn to like these clothes, but I didn't know if the marriage would last that long. BEFORE A person marries a prenuptial agreement should be signed allowing the wife to throw out at least 10 items of her choosing from her husband's closet. So, if any of you plan to marry, keep this question in mind: "What kind of things is he hiding-not in his past-but in his closet?" |