We recently moved and when we were house hunting I raised the idea of having a designated closet where I could put my female clothes. A closet she would know that they're in but wouldn't have to go into for any reason if she didn't want to. We've got an out of sight out of mind, don't ask don't tell agreement. She was amicable with the idea.
Some of the houses we looked at had feasible closet setups, some didn't. One house had two separate walk in closets in the master bedroom. How amazing would that have been? Unfortunately, the house that won out for both of us didn't have ideal closet space for implementing my plan. Or so I thought.
Since we moved in I've had everything shoved into three dresser drawers and its really made me kind of sad and feeling confined. I didn't anticipate how much it would effect me. Two days ago I was hanging some of my guy shirts up on my side of the walk in closet and realized that the shirts hanging in the very corner weren't visible.
I agonized for a few minutes. Thought, "Well hell, I might as well put some stuff in see how it looks." I started pulling stuff out of the drawers and hanging them up. Dresses, blouses, a pair of jeans, several skirts. The tops of the hangers were visible but in shadow. Nothing looked any different than the rest of my stuff. I agonized a bit more, "What if she does see them? What if she bottles it up and doesn't broach the subject with me? What if she wonders why all the extra hangers have been used up? It's ok, we talked about me having out of sight closet space, we'll know whether or not it really is if she brings it up or not. If she does notice, I can apologize and it can all go back into the drawers." I left the closet and went and neatly folded everything that was staying in the drawers.
It's been two days, she hasn't mentioned it and she hasn't had a mood shift like she normally does when she's bottling something up.
It feels amazing having the clothes hanging in the closet and the drawers neatly organized. In a few weeks, if she hasn't noticed, I plan on bringing it up and letting her know where stuff is.