My evidence is woefully anecdotal. No credentialed social scientist would hazard even a hunch based on my sample size and research.
But … these little columns don’t write themselves. Some days, any idea beats the next-best option – no idea.
Here goes: Humans split broadly into two types. Those who make their beds. And those who don’t.
I’m a don’t-er.
Which is odd, because much else about me contradicts a rumpled bed.
I can’t tolerate dirty dishes. I wash as I cook, because that bowl or spoon must be cleaned now. Why? Because!
I organize books by category, author and title. It’s pointy-headed silliness. Nevertheless.
The car? Always uncluttered and unsoiled. Out, stain. Out!
And spills. Ask my family. Spilled milk, spilled juice, spilled anything quiets a room faster than farts in a chapel. How will He-Who-Cannot-Abide-Spills react?
So, yes. The unmade bed is a puzzle.
For evidence, I have myself.
And my wife, She-Who-Always-Makes-the-Bed. She who on crazy-busy days will make the bed at 4 p.m.
At 4 p.m.!
Yet to spills? Her reaction: “So wh-a-a-a-t?”
I rest my case.
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Study: There are 2 kinds of people
