Usually writing that is both meant to be clever and is also intended for a general audience is not clever.
about domestic miscommunication actually is. A sample:
I was sitting on the bed, just about done folding our recently joined washables, when Diane started unfolding all the towels I had just folded.
I watched in utter disbelief. She laid them all out flat on the bed, and began giving me a little tutorial on the proper method of folding towels, which involved some form of terry-cloth origami. Instead of folding in successive halves, she wanted one-third of the towel to be folded in from either side. I thought this was ridiculous, but nowhere near as ridiculous as the idea of unfolding already-folded towels -- and thereby sending a signal to your newlywed husband that it is more important that a chore be done a certain way than it is for him to actually do it.
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Everytime my husband tries to help around the house (which ain't often, believe me) I cringe, knowing I'll have to re-do it. But
never would I do it in front of him and discourage such behavior.
Just as an aside, one day I asked him to vacuum the livingroom in preparation for a party we were having. I was down the hall in the bedroom cleaning when I heard the vacuum turn on. About 30 seconds later, it was turned off and a few seconds after that he wheeled it to the end of the hall and asked, "Are we done with this? Should I put it away?" I asked, "Did you vacuum the livingroom?" He said,
"The whole thing?"
[sigh]
Posted by: Oyster at December 17, 2005 06:24 AM (YudAC)
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In the 28 years of wedded bliss that I have had the extreme pleasure of sharing with my lovely bride (READ, 28 years of staying out of the way of the red haired fire breathing Banshee that my lovely bride morphed into around year three!!!!) it is my considered opinion that if you show any willingness or aptitude for chores around the house, you will be expected to perform such acts routinely.
I am however completely unable to do anything correctly (just ask the Banshee) so I'm not allowed to help around the house.
My suggestion to you my friend is to show your new Bride just how stupid, inept and clueless you are as soon as possible... it WILL save your marriage.
Your brother in bondage, Texhoss.
Posted by: Texhoss at December 17, 2005 08:41 AM (6mUkl)
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..."Thanks, Darling, for showing me that I am incompetent at something as petty as folding towels. Since you are the repository of all towel-folding lore, I will keep my ignorant hands off of them from now on! Yep, those towels are ALL YOURS!"
And walk away whistling...
Posted by: DaveP. at December 17, 2005 09:49 AM (6iy97)
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Two words: control freak.
Posted by: marcus at December 17, 2005 09:28 PM (mq+EB)
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Texhoss: You're wife is giving the rest of us redheads a bad name. I'm really very sweet natured myself. [grin]
Posted by: Oyster at December 18, 2005 08:12 AM (YudAC)
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Marcus: it's a fair cop.
Oh, did you mean HER?
Posted by: DaveP. at December 18, 2005 09:24 AM (6iy97)
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I learned to fold towels that way after my newlywed wife showed me nearly twenty years ago. Guess what, 3 kids and one part time job later she doesn't bother. She folds them the way I want to now.
Posted by: elmers brother at December 24, 2005 12:28 PM (95mfx)
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