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Learn to compromise as a couple when dealing with one spouse's garbage (which happens to be the other spouse's treasure). |
| Never outright insult their prized possession (they probably harbor deep feelings for it that you don’t want to disturb). Though open communication is a key component of successful marriage, open disdain is distasteful and an onslaught of insults will only be followed by war. Not progress. |
| You both get to keep your possessions with faces only a mother could love, but you’ve got to keep them in a rarely frequented setting. Like a den or a study, or even a walk-in closet. Relegating the item to somewhere seldom seen may save you from making a scene – for the neighbors. |
| Can’t seem to work it out with words? Try using the power of positive paying. Tell them the minute you see the item on the curb is the minute you’ll be buying them that new (fill in your own blank) they’ve been drooling over since they didn’t get it for Christmas last year. |
| If all else fails you may have to give a little to get what you want. Part ways with that ugly object of your affection to get them to release their hideous heap as a hostage from your home. |
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