From The Past: December 5, 2006

I am aware that everyone has something that can set them off. Certain behaviors can drive a person crazy. Someone cracking their knuckles, nails on a chalkboard, a fork against an empty plate – these sounds can be very annoying.

But, there is a thing, an item, that can drive me crazy if I let it. That thing is a coat hanger. Yes, the common coat hanger. When hangers get tangled together it makes me want to scream.

There’s nothing worse than having a handful of clothes in hand ready to hang and then not being able to separate the clothes in the closet because the hangers are tangled. Or, innocently going to the closet and trying to pull a hanger out and then finding it is wrapped around five other hangers.

Update (2022) The post above was written during a time when we used metal coat hangers or the free coat hangers (it was a bonus) we got when we bought a new shirt or pair of shorts from the store.

We haven’t used metal coat hangers in many years and it has changed everything. When you’re young and don’t have a lot of money, you use whatever you can – whatever is free that you brought into the marriage from your childhood home.