My (36 M) wife (33 F) keeps tying my boots after I've told her to keep her hands off of them. I tried to teach her a lesson and really hurt her feelings.

Yes, you read that right. My wife has this OCD where she has to tie both of our boots after we untie them and walk around the house in them. I’ve asked her multiple times to not touch my boots because I’m very particular about how they’re tied. Every day when I come home from work, I untie my boots at the front door and walk around the house in them, and every day she ties them. I’ve talked to her about it, I’ve yelled at her, I’ve even threatened to throw them away if she doesn’t stop and it’s all in vain. She just won’t stop. <br><br>I was just so sick of it one day when I caught her tying them that I when up to her, untied them, and then laid them on the floor and tied them and dragged my boots to the back door and put them there. When she came out of the kitchen, she saw me and just looked at me and started crying. I was like “What’s wrong now?” And she wouldn’t answer. I asked her multiple times and she just kept saying I didn’t have to be so mean and that I didn’t have to drag my boots across the floor. I was lost for words because I thought she would finally get it through her head to stop messing with my boots, but I think I really hurt her feelings instead.<br><br>How do I make her see that this is all on her? Or is it? Did I really go to far? She’s been ignoring me all day and I feel like I’m losing my mind.<br><br>Edit: To everyone asking, I tie my boots during the day and only untie them when I get to the door. I don’t walk around the house with them untied.