Miss Tequila
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Post by Miss Tequila on Mar 5, 2011 8:12:03 GMT -5
The only thing I can think of is my wine...seriously, don't touch my wine
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Mar 5, 2011 17:04:11 GMT -5
I don't like my husband to touch my newly-poured glass of icy Diet Coke, but other than that, he can touch anything I own, or any part of me ;D ! Once the Diet Coke gets warm, he can even touch that. I don't like my daughter helping herself to my personal items such as shampoo or deodorant, but she's far too old and dignified to do that anymore.
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Post by DVM gone riding on Mar 5, 2011 17:12:19 GMT -5
uhh I can't think of anything except maybe the mustang but then I don't want to drive his mustang. He did let me drive the truck which I figured was a huge degree of trust! my only concern is not breaking things and the money-he doesn't know what I make.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2011 17:54:32 GMT -5
My bathroom....DH has his own...,he can just use it. But, we have 3 cars, he can and does drive my new Cadillac and today I drove his new Corvette. After being married 46 years, there is nothing off limits but my bathroom....and I don't use his either.
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Post by MN-Investor on Mar 5, 2011 18:20:57 GMT -5
My DH drives my car but I can't drive his. I think it's mostly because he wants to be able to just get in his car and not have to adjust the seat, seat belt height, and mirrors. If nothing else, it provides a strong incentive for my DH to make sure my car is in good driving condition so I have no reason to drive his car!
For me, I hate that my DH uses my desktop computer. My desktop is by the 2nd TV; his desktop is in a corner. I'll switch things around before I get a new desktop so he has less incentive to use mine.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2011 19:36:46 GMT -5
My husband has his tools all organized so if I do touch them, I simply leave them on the workbench. I don't dare put them in the wrong place. He's welcome to look through anything I have, and vice versa. But we do each have a separate drawer in the filing cabinet and our own desktop computer. Oh, I wouldn't want him looking through my dresser drawers, but that's because I haven't straightened them in seven or eight years.
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Post by commuter on Mar 5, 2011 19:49:32 GMT -5
My husband is very easy going and doesn't generally care about stuff except things in his car, his bathroom, and his fishing gear. Okay...not a problem!
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Post by kgb18 on Mar 5, 2011 19:57:44 GMT -5
LOL. I wish I could stop him from touching about 80 percent of the things in our house. He's a klutz and also just not very careful. He broke two of my good wine glasses. He scratched the sleigh bed my dad made for me (and I mean made from the point of he cut down the tree). He put a huge scratch in our stainless steel trash can. The list goes on and on. But pretty much everything is community property, so I try not to get too upset when stuff gets damaged.
DH has plenty of things -- weaponry, hunting and fishing stuff -- that I have no interest in using. He can have that stuff all to himself.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2011 20:32:40 GMT -5
My toothbrush is the first thing that leaps to mind.
Also - the few times I order dessert out. Why do they automatically bring two forks & why does he get to eat my dessert? If you want one - for craps sake order it.
Other than that - nothing.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Mar 7, 2011 1:28:02 GMT -5
My tool kit and my towels. He has a huge tool box and every kind of tool, but when he uses mine (he can find things in mine) he never puts them back. So I hide it in my closet. And my towels because he uses his to wipe the sink after he shaves, etc. and that grosses me out!
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 7, 2011 12:23:34 GMT -5
No. Not from the standpoint of being possessive. From the standpoint of staying organized, and being able to find sh**-- YES! My wife is a compulsive "mover of things for no reason". She calls it picking up or clutter control, but more often than not she will do something like move something from the kitchen counter to the kitchen table. How is that picking up, putting away, or controlling clutter?
It's taken years, and we aren't there yet, but I just wish she'd leave things alone that aren't hers, that she has no business with, no real place for that is consistent, makes sense, etc.
But in terms of possessions? No. What's hers is hers, and what's mine is hers. Been that way for years, and I really don't fret about it.
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Post by tractor on Mar 7, 2011 12:34:42 GMT -5
What's mine is hers, whats' hers is mine (or something like that). I could care less what she wanted to get into. My kids are another matter. I don't mind if they use my tools, just put them back where you found them, even if it was on top of a tractor in the barn, I probably left it there for a reason.
Is there anyone else who leaves things laying around to remind them to do something?
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Post by KaraBoo on Mar 7, 2011 12:54:39 GMT -5
Is there anyone else who leaves things laying around to remind them to do something? That's me! Drives DH batty, but it works for me. I feel like I have a photographic memory for stuff like this - if I left it there, saw it there - I'll find it again, usually the first place I look. As soon as DH moves it, it's lost for eternity as he won't remember what he did with it. If I had my own computer/laptop, I would be very possessive of it. DH wouldn't understand and would insist on being allowed to use it too. I just don't want him monopolizing MY computer when he already does that with the desktop computer we currently have.
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Post by The J on Mar 7, 2011 13:17:58 GMT -5
The only thing I really had an issue with my ex touching was my laptop. It was because my laptop was on its last legs at that point and we had a working desktop. When the desktop went, I let her use the laptop until it died and had to be replaced. That being said, I did keep access to files locked down on the laptop for both of us.
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Post by Tred on Mar 7, 2011 14:04:04 GMT -5
I wouldn't want my gf to look at my email account, so I always sign out of it when she's around. The two reasons being: a) she has admitted to snooping on her previous bf's info (but actually had a reason to do so...she suspected, and confirmed, that he was cheating on her) b) my ridiculous ex-gf had access to my email and manipulated friends of mine who she didn't like, by sending them emails from my account, deleting messages from them before I saw them, and raiding my contact list to email with them directly without me knowing it. I don't have anything incriminating in my email account now, and I trust my current gf, but I've made it a policy to never let anyone in my email account. Period. Thankfully for my anxiety level, I have exactly ZERO desire to look at anyone else's email either!
Oh, and I don't like other people touching my dirty laundry.
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Post by tcu2003 on Mar 8, 2011 18:59:00 GMT -5
My toothbrush - that's mine, and mine only. DH doesn't want me to touch his miniature bat or shot glass collection, but that's because he knows they drive me nuts and I'd like to throw them away. Not that I actually would, but it is tempting. Our email/facebook/twitter accounts are each our own, and we don't share them, but that's about it. And quite frankly, he could look through mine if he really wanted to - he knows the password, and I'm not trying to hide anything. Otherwise, if it's in the house/cars/garage, it's joint property.
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Post by Agatha on Mar 8, 2011 19:18:37 GMT -5
Is there anyone else who leaves things laying around to remind them to do something? I've got to agree with this one. I know where I put down things and I have them there for a reason. In the kitchen that means I know where my garlic press is, my fine hand grater, and other tools are. But the boys in an effort to be handy will put them willy-nilly away. No, don't nag or fuss about it. Counterproductive. I just tell myself "They cleaned the kitchen; be thankful."
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Post by shanendoah on Mar 9, 2011 18:44:52 GMT -5
"Ok, I never let anyone touch my dice - I don't need them 'cursed' and suddenly rolling only low numbers (or high numbers when I need a low number). I don't want my dice trying to kill me!!"
I laughed at this because our dice might the only things DH and I each have that are really our own, that we don't share. We have plenty of extra sets lying around (and in game bags) in case anyone needs them. But my dice are mine and his are his.
The only other things I can really think of are my tarot cards and the flag that was draped over his father's coffin. He might have some spiritual items tucked away somewhere that I don't know about, which is fine. In all cases, its not that either of us would get mad at the other for touching these things, its that neither of us do, out of respect for the other.
Every once in a while, I will get myself a snack, and he will decide to help himself to some of it and that will annoy me. Trouble is, he's been this way from the beginning, so while I may complain, this is a habit I married him with, so one I consider off limits for trying to make him change.
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Post by hoops902 on Mar 10, 2011 13:28:03 GMT -5
My GF can 'touch' anything, but there are things she's not allowed to use. Tools, my laptop, golf clubs. Specifically the tools, she can touch them to pick them up, bring them to me, bring them to someone else who's using them...but her attempting to use them has led to too many problems...specifically power tools.
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Post by azphx1972 on Mar 10, 2011 14:07:39 GMT -5
I wouldn't want my gf to look at my email account, so I always sign out of it when she's around. The two reasons being: a) she has admitted to snooping on her previous bf's info (but actually had a reason to do so...she suspected, and confirmed, that he was cheating on her) b) my ridiculous ex-gf had access to my email and manipulated friends of mine who she didn't like, by sending them emails from my account, deleting messages from them before I saw them, and raiding my contact list to email with them directly without me knowing it. A is a good reason to let her look at your email whenever she wants, but B is a good reason to keep the password from her. Having dealt with a cheater and a liar, the minute someone tries to be secretive about something is when I start getting suspicious that they have something to hide. I'm willing to be an open book, so whomever I'm with had better be too.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Mar 10, 2011 14:18:33 GMT -5
My breakable stuff. I used to collect castles, dragons, unicorns and wizards in glass, pewter, etc. And actually, I don't want ANYONE touching them. Some were expensive, some I've had since I was a kid, some I bought in Europe when I was there, along with a couple of awesome crystal and glass bowls. And my stated policy is "You break it, YOU'RE sending ME back to Europe to buy a new one." I've got a lot of it boxed up now because of space and toddlers. I did used to use the bowls and have them out for display, prekid.
And be careful with my books!
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 10, 2011 14:19:10 GMT -5
If my husband were here he would answer "The remote" - he informed me that I'm "not good at it." Did you know using the remote control for the TV had rankable skill levels?
But I will say it is much easier to have him hold it, and me to just say channel names or number, or even the name of the TV show, and he goes ahead and pushes those buttons for me!
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Post by sheilaincali on Mar 10, 2011 14:21:08 GMT -5
My Ipod. He is forever cranking the volume up on it. So I will turn it on while walking on the treadmill and nearly go deaf. And my shows on the tivo- I will watch and delete my own shows thank you very much. Keep your grubby mitts off my tivo!
Otherwise it's all good. Like others have said- he steals my snacks sometimes but our DS is the worst about that. He will notice you have a nice cold glass of water and down it before you can stop him.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Mar 10, 2011 14:23:17 GMT -5
I used to have DH's password for his email but I've forgotten it. I don't like going into his email, even when he's asked me to. But I don't care if he goes into mine.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 10, 2011 14:25:53 GMT -5
My chef knives. I caught DH using one as a screwdriver! He said he couldn't find the screwdriver and didn't understand what the big deal was.
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Post by swamp on Mar 10, 2011 14:39:43 GMT -5
If my husband were here he would answer "The remote" - he informed me that I'm "not good at it." Did you know using the remote control for the TV had rankable skill levels? I have also been informed that I have inadequate remote skills and have been accused several times of reckless channgel surfing which has resulted in the confiscation of said remote.
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Post by hoops902 on Mar 10, 2011 14:41:11 GMT -5
"If my husband were here he would answer "The remote" - he informed me that I'm "not good at it." Did you know using the remote control for the TV had rankable skill levels?"
I would say remote also. My gf isn't good at it. We have DVR which apparently renders her skills with a remote control useless. I let her use the remote and all of a sudden things are being deleted from the library, we're taping stuff neither of us watch, she's fast forwarding through the show, it's a mess.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 10, 2011 14:48:38 GMT -5
I don't really like it when my husband puts a bunch of stuff in my pockets, or when he uses my pockets when we are out in public. But I didn't think to mention it.
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Post by Urban Chicago on Mar 10, 2011 15:02:30 GMT -5
Me too.
He also claims that I throw away stuff that he needs when I'm cleaning, but can not name one specific item where this has happened.
I'm okay with him touching anything, even taking cash out of my wallet as long as he tells me about it! I'm also convinced that he's deleting some of my TIVO shows, but can't prove it yet.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 10, 2011 15:17:11 GMT -5
Isn't that the point of television? Especially with cable - 57 channels - nothing on.
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