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Open or Closed Door? [Philosophical Monday]
Maybe it was b/c I shared a room with my sister until the age of of 13. But as long as I can remember having a room of my own, I have much preferred a closed door. If I’m going to be in a room for more than fifteen minutes, I close the door. I only had my own office for two years, but I didn’t even spend two days of those two years with the door open. If I had one of those jobs that gave you an office and demanded that you leave the door open, I’d have to quit — even in a recession.
There’s just something about an open door that makes me … itchy. I can’t relax, I can’t work, unless the door is closed. Weirdly enough, my husband is the opposite. Once he’s up and dressed, he’s totally fine with leaving the door to our room open to the point that I often find myself having to get up to reclose the door, b/c he’s once again left it open on his way out of the bedroom. In our marriage this is our toilet paper over or under issue.
But how about you guys? Do you prefer the door to your office or bedroom space open or closed? And does your significant other feel the same way? Let me know in the comments.
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JP is definitely a door closed kind of guy when we have visitors. If it’s just the two of us, all doors are open, but he’ll even close the bedroom door when neither of us is in it. He was raised in a very private family, whereas mine was open and constantly visiting relatives staying at our house or vice versa almost every weekend. But oddly enough, it didnt take much getting used to for me to have this closed door policy. Initially I thought it would bug me, but it actually became a respect of space kind of thing.
I’m opposite of JP. If we have visitors, then I fling all the doors open. My family also visits back and forth like bandits, which is why I think I’m more comfortable with open doors when people are visiting.
At work I merely tolerate an open door, but at home I prefer it open. It also depends on circumstances: when we had a cat I had to leave every door open or she’d bang on the door until we came and opened it. When babysitters are in the house now I often close the door. I need to keep doors closed now to keeps twins in or out of rooms.
Yes, one of the many things that I like about having a child is that it gives me an excuse to always close doors.
You know that is interesting. I shared a room with my mother and brother until I was about 12 or 13. And once I got my own room I never wanted to share a room again. That might have been why I only shared a room my first year of college (it did not go well initially) and explain why I married my husband (he’s the only person I have been able to share a room with since then).
But I do not need the door closed. I usually leave my office open at work and I prefer to have my bedroom door open even when we’re asleep.
Whoa, I especially cannot sleep with an open door. That would really freak me out and probably give me nightmares. It’s funny how history so influences how we think of open or closed doors.
Closed doors make me antsy. I seriously can’t sleep if the bedroom door is closed, I always need it wedged open just a little or I feel trapped. It’s weird considering how many male roommates I’ve had. I think the doors in our house were always open because my parents needed to keep track of their numerous children, whether we were just young and sleep walking or older and trying to sneak in after curfew. I’ve always left office doors open too. The only doors I insist remain closed are the bathroom doors. Nobody needs to see the toilet all the time.
Okay, here’s a mind blower. I HATE closing my bathroom door. In fact it’s open right now. It’s the only door that I unfailingly leave open, even when I’m on the toilet.