Oh my gosh, were we married to same man ? Yes, every room had to be "perfect" and museum quality.....I had no input as to colors used, etc.......according to him I had no sense of "color or design". Even my sewing room was under his authority ! Needless to say that is all in the past and I'm quite proud of my home and my decorating tastes today, not to mention any of my family/friends/etc. can come in and be comfortable and enjoy themselves.
This guy also went a step further in that we had to have candle light each night with dinner, along with cloth napkins....even if we had something as low class as burgers on the grill...we still had to have candles and cloth napkins ! As of today, many years later, I'm not even sure where my cloth napkins are stored !