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Post by swasat on Sept 18, 2012 10:15:04 GMT -5
Does your significant other do some things that makes you cranky but at the same time you cannot stop ROFL? My DH is that way. - Yesterday I asked him to transfer clothes from the washer to dryer. Two hours later I open the dryer to find wet clothes in it. When I asked him he gave me a blank look and says: "Huh? You said to just transfer the clothes." So because I didn't actually SAY to start the dryer he didn't do it!! What good is putting the wet clothes in the dryer and not switching it on? - Another time I sent him to the grocery store to get me plain breadcrumbs. He calls me from the aisle, tells me he is holding a box of Progresso brand original bread crumbs and if thats what I want. I replied in the affirmative. He came back home with ITALIAN BREADCRUMBS!!! When I got mad he sheepishly replied that he put the box he held back on the shelf and picked up another one from the same shelf. AND HE DIDN'T READ THE LABEL ON THAT ONE. Don't ask me why. He still refuses to take the blame for it, says that its not his fault that the store does not make a good practice of keeping only similar boxes on the same shelf. - The man needs to be given a grocery list in excruciating detail. "5 roma tomatoes, red in color, round and firm to touch". "One cauliflower, white (nothing yellowing or brown), medium size, not falling apart, no droopy leaves". "3 pounds of red potatoes, no rotten smell, not too many scratches, no roots showing". He helps a LOT at home and is really a partner for everything else. But some of these incidents have me mad and laughing at the same time.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 18, 2012 10:17:06 GMT -5
Same here. DF was asked to plug in my flat iron. He did so. Turn it on, he did not. When asked what good a cold flat iron would do me, I got a blank look. Even DS knows that much.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Sept 18, 2012 10:17:46 GMT -5
Perhaps he does it on purpose so you don't ask him to do it again. Sounds like something my dad would have done.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 10:18:43 GMT -5
My dad hates doing grocery shopping. My mom tells him things like "gets grapes if they look good" Get a veggie to go with dinner. No matter what he can never get it right. Poor guyy.
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Post by swasat on Sept 18, 2012 10:19:35 GMT -5
Perhaps he does it on purpose so you don't ask him to do it again. Sounds like something my dad would have done. Oh no, I am sure he is just absent minded. He is very, very good with all household chores. There is nothing he will not do. Its just that sometimes he has these random incidents which I fail to understand.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 18, 2012 10:20:28 GMT -5
DH and the computer. It won't go as fast as he thinks it should so he clicks the mouse a dozen times, hits escape multiple times and then randomly presses keys on the keyboard. Then he turns to me and bitches that the computer isn't working and he can't figure out why.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 10:23:38 GMT -5
"DH and the computer. It won't go as fast as he thinks it should so he clicks the mouse a dozen times, hits escape multiple times and then randomly presses keys on the keyboard. Then he turns to me and bitches that the computer isn't working and he can't figure out why. "
;D
But I can relate!
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Post by bean29 on Sept 18, 2012 10:24:57 GMT -5
To my DH taking out the garbage means taking int to the door from the house to the garage and dumping just inside the door. To me, taking out the garbage means walking it all the way to the garbage can. We know we have mice in the attached garage. Why would you food right in front of your door?
His excuse is always well I did not have my shoes on. Well put your F'n shoes on and do the job 100%.
Yesterday he told me he would take care of the last load in the dryer. He did not, well it was all his clothes, and I iron my clothes and my kids clothes but he has always done his own ironing so I guess he gets to suffer the consequences.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 10:25:07 GMT -5
Seriously ladies
Men hate shopping.....so stop making us do it
We will buy stuff we want...not necessarily what YOU want
We will go....but dont be surprised when extra items end up in the bag, or the wrong items
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 18, 2012 10:29:43 GMT -5
DF isn't like that, just clueless. He won't mess up again. He always calls before coming home to see if I need anything from the store. He knows how to shop..
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Post by midjd on Sept 18, 2012 10:48:12 GMT -5
I think DH is more suited to answer this thread than I am I am extremely literal, so to me "unload the dishwasher" means - unload the dishwasher. Not necessarily put the dishes away, or load the dirty ones... I'm also bad about doing 10 loads of laundry, dumping everything on the bed, and forgetting that I need to fold it until bedtime (and who wants to do that right before bed?) I end up having to tumble most of my clothes in the dryer the next day to get the wrinkles out. It's a wonder DH puts up with me
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 10:52:10 GMT -5
I knew I liked you for a reason, Mid! ;D
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Post by weltschmerz on Sept 18, 2012 10:52:22 GMT -5
Yesterday I asked him to transfer clothes from the washer to dryer. Two hours later I open the dryer to find it empty. When I asked him he gave me a blank look and says: "Huh? You said to just transfer the clothes." So because I didn't actually SAY to start the dryer he didn't do it!! What good is putting the wet clothes in the dryer and not switching it on? ------------------ I'm not following. If the dryer was empty, where did he transfer the clothes to, as per your request?
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Post by jarhead1976 on Sept 18, 2012 10:58:15 GMT -5
Do your husbands cut firewood, cut the grass , maintain your vehicle maintain all equipment for home and work, Paint , power wash the home driveway sidewalk. Clean the windows, drain the hot tub, trim trees . Feed the animals , plant garden , landscape , repair electricial Do the plumbing , install fence line , cook, AND WORK? I think I would just throw the shit in the washer too add some bleach , never be asked to do it again.
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Post by happyhoix on Sept 18, 2012 10:58:24 GMT -5
DH has problems at the store but in his defense this is only with food items he does not eat.
Pickles, for example, confound him. He doesn't ever eat them, so asking him to get 'sweet' pickles is not enough of an instruction. It does not help that the store has maybe 40 different types of pickles. So I try to be very specific (small sweet gerkins or big Dill spears, for example).
He also does not eat much fruit so purchasing that is difficult for him, too. So I give him very specific directions - grapes need to be plump, not wrinkled, very firm. Mangos soft but not mushy, skip the rock hard ones. Smelling cantalope for a good one is hard because he hates cantalope - so to him, none of it smells 'good.'
However, he likes to do the shopping because he's better at it then I am, because he comparison shops and doesn't impulse by. I easily spend 20 - 30 bucks more than he does each and every visit. So he does 90% of the grocery shopping and I stop by now and then just for female items and fruit - works for us.
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Post by swasat on Sept 18, 2012 11:00:41 GMT -5
Yesterday I asked him to transfer clothes from the washer to dryer. Two hours later I open the dryer to find it empty. When I asked him he gave me a blank look and says: "Huh? You said to just transfer the clothes." So because I didn't actually SAY to start the dryer he didn't do it!! What good is putting the wet clothes in the dryer and not switching it on? ------------------ I'm not following. If the dryer was empty, where did he transfer the clothes to, as per your request? Sorry What I meant was I found the wet clothes in the dryer.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 11:06:43 GMT -5
My DH requires that I be specific when answering him, so I do try:
DH askes: Do you know what time it is?
My reply: yes
He gets really irritated, but I tell him, you didn't ask me what time it is, you asked if I knew.
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Post by swasat on Sept 18, 2012 11:06:49 GMT -5
Do your husbands cut firewood, cut the grass , maintain your vehicle maintain all equipment for home and work, Paint , power wash the home driveway sidewalk. Clean the windows, drain the hot tub, trim trees . Feed the animals , plant garden , landscape , repair electricial Do the plumbing , install fence line , cook, AND WORK? I think I would just throw the shit in the washer too add some bleach , never be asked to do it again. Now where did THAT come from? I cook, clean, take care of the house, help him rear the children, take care of school activities, help with homework, do laundry, fold and put laundry away, drive the kids to activities, AND WORK. I think I will just go on a strike too and throw acid on the stove, never to be asked to do it again. My husband doesn't seem to have a problem with me laughing over his misgivings. He actually laughs about them himself.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 11:11:04 GMT -5
ETA: Do your husbands cut firewood - no need cut the grass - him maintain your vehicle - both of us maintain all equipment for home and work - Computers are all him Paint - we both do that power wash the home driveway sidewalk - both of us Clean the windows - me drain the hot tub - don't have one trim trees - both Feed the animals -me plant garden - me landscape - me repair electricial - him Do the plumbing - him install fence line - will be both of us cook - me AND WORK - both of us
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 18, 2012 11:14:25 GMT -5
I think I will just go on a strike too and throw acid on the stove, never to be asked to do it again.I got a bottle of hydrocholoric acid sitting here in the lab you can borrow, just don't tell anyone I gave it to you.
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Post by swamp on Sept 18, 2012 11:18:47 GMT -5
Do your husbands cut firewood: We don't need firewood cut the grass: Both of us maintain your vehicle: We each take care of our own vehicles maintain all equipment for home and work: He does that, but I assist on 2 people jobs. Paint: Both power wash the home driveway sidewalk: I've sealed the driveway with him. we don't power wash them Clean the windows: He does it drain the hot tub: Don't have one trim trees: Both do it, but he does more Feed the animals: They died, but it was my job when we did have pets plant garden: He does it. Because he wants to landscape: He does it repair electricial: He does it. Do the plumbing: I do not let DH touch plumbing. We hire that out install fence line: We don't have a fence cook: I do 98% of it AND WORK? Both of us do.
Your point?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 11:20:23 GMT -5
That you should throw bleach in the laundry, duh!
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Post by jarhead1976 on Sept 18, 2012 11:21:45 GMT -5
Lol, just a lil vent ladies. My point would be that if you have the energy to bring it up , just do it yourself.
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Post by swamp on Sept 18, 2012 11:21:55 GMT -5
That you should throw bleach in the laundry, duh! I do, with the white load.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 11:22:48 GMT -5
That you should throw bleach in the laundry, duh! I do, with the white load. bleach is harmful to your clothes. you should use an alternative.
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Post by swamp on Sept 18, 2012 11:23:28 GMT -5
I do, with the white load. bleach is harmful to your clothes. you should use an alternative. but it makes them so white!!!
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Post by swasat on Sept 18, 2012 11:26:18 GMT -5
Lol, just a lil vent ladies. My point would be that if you have the energy to bring it up , just do it yourself. No. When he starts doing it, he better do it 100%. Whats the point in loading the dryer and then not switching it on? I am not going to open it 2 hours later, call him and say "Honey, you forgot to turn it on, but never mind sweet peas, I can do that for you. You can go your merry way". It would equate to me putting the meal on the stove and forgetting to turn the stove on. Then at dinner time he can just tell me "Sweet heart, never you mind. I can turn it on now and we can all eat an hour later".
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Post by jarhead1976 on Sept 18, 2012 11:26:36 GMT -5
H2O2
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2012 11:28:30 GMT -5
You should divorce him immediately!!!!!!
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Post by Opti on Sept 18, 2012 11:31:06 GMT -5
DH and the computer. It won't go as fast as he thinks it should so he clicks the mouse a dozen times, hits escape multiple times and then randomly presses keys on the keyboard. Then he turns to me and bitches that the computer isn't working and he can't figure out why. Actually if you think very fast computer speed can be very annoying no matter how fast the computer. I've learned to get someone who thinks and acts in normal time if I am having real issues. It has happened more than once in my telecom expense management job where it seemed the computer would not turn off. Thirty seconds can feel like three minutes or more to me when I am stressed. I'd have the IT guy, a friend of mine, do it when I got into that state.
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