telling me we're on a budget when I want something, but is MORE than willing to spend a shed-load of money on whatever he wants. :P

telling me we're on a budget when I want something, but is MORE than willing to spend a shed-load of money on whatever he wants. :P



oh GRRR...I get that ALL the time. I am the total thrifty one...but he's the one that always has to go golfing, buy his snuff like 3 times a week..etc.. >:(

oh gosh...I tell Chris, do not EVER eat in bed....I have this thing about crumbs where I sleep...YUCK! Finding them on the desk is bad enough...I think if I found them in bed...I would sleep on the couch! ;D


Yeah, before we moved in together, I always never ate in bed unless I was sick or had a tray. I can't stand crumbs either.. but, then I kinda let loose about it because when I'd visit him at his house, I didn't feel my place to tell him where to eat - so, I try to compromise by handing him a tray at all times possible.  ;D (and I will give him credit - he will voluntarily get the tray himself at times)  ;D

Yeah, before we moved in together, I always never ate in bed unless I was sick or had a tray. I can't stand crumbs either.. but, then I kinda let loose about it because when I'd visit him at his house, I didn't feel my place to tell him where to eat - so, I try to compromise by handing him a tray at all times possible.  ;D (and I will give him credit - he will voluntarily get the tray himself at times)  ;D



well at least he uses a tray...that's not too bad then! ;D

:o My husband ALWAYS has to have something sweet before he goes to bed..( Sometimes its me..lol.. ;)..Usually its chocolate or ice cream..with milk...in bed!...He ALWAYS falls asleep and gets stuff all over...I cannot stop him...It drives me INSANE!!! :o :o

:o My husband ALWAYS has to have something sweet before he goes to bed..( Sometimes its me..lol.. ;)..Usually its chocolate or ice cream..with milk...in bed!...He ALWAYS falls asleep and gets stuff all over...I cannot stop him...It drives me INSANE!!! :o :o
well, if you could just get him to lick it up, it'd all be good 8)

mine has the lovely habit of swearing he tells me things that I know darned good and well that he didn't ::)

well, if you could just get him to lick it up, it'd all be good 8)

mine has the lovely habit of swearing he tells me things that I know darned good and well that he didn't ::)
  ;D

Robin is insensitive sometimes >:(

ew totally.....tell me about it ::)  One time when I was about 4 or so, both of my uncles chewed, and they had a habit of leaving little dixie cups full of the spit everywhere...well, needless to say, I thought it was pepsi. http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/puke.gif


UGH!  My ex chewed, and spit into soda cans, and one day I made the same mistake.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/azcrying.gif  I'm still not over it...

When my husband undresses at night, he drops his clothes on the floor about a foot away from the hamper.  It's like his arm can't extend that extra few inches...drives me crazy...

UGH!  My ex chewed, and spit into soda cans, and one day I made the same mistake.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/azcrying.gif   I'm still not over it...

When my husband undresses at night, he drops his clothes on the floor about a foot away from the hamper.  It's like his arm can't extend that extra few inches...drives me crazy...




oh man...why are guys so darn lazy?  My husband will come home...see that I spent all day working my butt of cleaning the house...and he will leave clothes lying around (even though the hamper is right there)...leave cups in the livingroom.....it makes me SO mad. >:( 

oh man...why are guys so darn lazy?  My husband will come home...see that I spent all day working my butt of cleaning the house...and he will leave clothes lying around (even though the hamper is right there)...leave cups in the livingroom.....it makes me SO mad. >:( 


Oh!  Mine does the same thing!  And then they can't understand why you get so mad at them!  I would love to sit back and watch my husband clean the house.  (But I'm not going to hold my breath...)

Oh!  Mine does the same thing!  And then they can't understand why you get so mad at them!  I would love to sit back and watch my husband clean the house.  (But I'm not going to hold my breath...)




same here. They act like cleaning the house all day is not really work....but I beg to differ.  I know he is tired after he comes home from work..and that's why I don't expect him to do laundry, vacuuming, etc....but common courtesy would be to at least keep clean what I've already done!! ::)

same here. They act like cleaning the house all day is not really work....but I beg to differ.  I know he is tired after he comes home from work..and that's why I don't expect him to do laundry, vacuuming, etc....but common courtesy would be to at least keep clean what I've already done!! ::)


Exactly!  And it isn't like they don't know it makes you crazy.  One of my biggest pet peeves is having our kitchen table all cluttered.  And my husband knows this.  Yet every single day he comes home and throws his crap all over it!  >:(  *sigh*  It's a good thing he's so damn cute or I think I'd have to kill him...

When she asks me 20 questions and when every little thing is an arguement. >:( ::)

When I am telling him something VERY important to me, and he totally isn't listening...instead, he starts yelling about someone cutting him off in traffic while driving, etc. ::)

When she likes to pretend to be a pompous ass  >:(

When she likes to pretend to be a pompous ass  >:(



Howard...did you ever think about playing hard to get with her? I mean, maybe you could meet someone else the same way that you met her...and start dating them every now and then....maybe once Robin sees that you aren't dwelling on her antics...she will come to her senses.

Howard...did you ever think about playing hard to get with her? I mean, maybe you could meet someone else the same way that you met her...and start dating them every now and then....maybe once Robin sees that you aren't dwelling on her antics...she will come to her senses.


I'm going to forget about her right now.We've been temporarily disconnected until I can get a full time job.Just let me get situated and when the time is right,I'll come flying back into her arms and we'll live happily ever after.Her and I can still talk to each other over the phone to keep updates but we just can't see each other on Sundays right now not even for her birthday next week sorry to say. :(

I'm going to forget about her right now.We've been temporarily disconnected until I can get a full time job.Just let me get situated and when the time is right,I'll come flying back into her arms and we'll live happily ever after.Her and I can still talk to each other over the phone to keep updates but we just can't see each other on Sundays right now not even for her birthday next week sorry to say. :(



Erin's right......you really need to find someone else.  I don't care how much you love her, you don't need her bullsh*t in your life right now.  It's not healthy to be with someone who treats you like garbage, doesn't respect you and is constantly talking you down all the time.  You say you'll live happily ever after, but with a woman like her?  Ain't gonna happen.

I'm going to forget about her right now.We've been temporarily disconnected until I can get a full time job.Just let me get situated and when the time is right,I'll come flying back into her arms and we'll live happily ever after.Her and I can still talk to each other over the phone to keep updates but we just can't see each other on Sundays right now not even for her birthday next week sorry to say. :(



Here's the thing Howard, do you think that she will be dating or seeing other people now that the two of you aren't "exclusive" right now? I remember how you said before when this happened..she was experimenting with that "speed dating"....it was obvious that your feelings weren't on her mind at the time...and who knows...she could do the same this time. I know that you love her and that you've been with her for a good while...but since the two of you are "temporarily disconnected"....why don't you just date a bit, to see what your other options are...you might just find a really nice girl who will accept you for YOU, and not leave you everytime they happen to disagree with something about you. You need to find someone who is not totally dependent upon what their parent's think too...it seems that Robin lets her parents think WAY too much for her. :-\\

Erin's right......you really need to find someone else.  I don't care how much you love her, you don't need her bullsh*t in your life right now.  It's not healthy to be with someone who treats you like garbage, doesn't respect you and is constantly talking you down all the time.  You say you'll live happily ever after, but with a woman like her?  Ain't gonna happen.


I understand what your saying but I don't know what to do at the moment.Let me keep myself busy and I'll worry about her later on when the time is right.

Here's the thing Howard, do you think that she will be dating or seeing other people now that the two of you aren't "exclusive" right now? I remember how you said before when this happened..she was experimenting with that "speed dating"....it was obvious that your feelings weren't on her mind at the time...and who knows...she could do the same this time. I know that you love her and that you've been with her for a good while...but since the two of you are "temporarily disconnected"....why don't you just date a bit, to see what your other options are...you might just find a really nice girl who will accept you for YOU, and not leave you everytime they happen to disagree with something about you. You need to find someone who is not totally dependent upon what their parent's think too...it seems that Robin lets her parents think WAY too much for her. :-\\



I know women like this.  I hate women like this.  They make it bad for all of us. 

I know women like this.  I hate women like this.  They make it bad for all of us. 



yes, me too. It's just not right how she dictates what is acceptable or not in their relationship.  I'm sure she isn't perfect either, nobody is perfect...and it seems like everytime something goes a bit off from what she wants...she gives Howard the "typical ultimatum"....AND, she lets her parents walk all over her and make every decision for her. ::)

I understand what your saying but I don't know what to do at the moment.Let me keep myself busy and I'll worry about her later on when the time is right.



From the way you talk, the time will never be right.  Women like Robin don't change, Howard.  They say what they know you want to hear, and then they go right back to what they were doing before.  She's spoiled, high-maintenance and a bitch.  NO MAN deserves a woman like that, especially someone like you.  You are too good for her. 

From the way you talk, the time will never be right.  Women like Robin don't change, Howard.  They say what they know you want to hear, and then they go right back to what they were doing before.  She's spoiled, high-maintenance and a bitch.  NO MAN deserves a woman like that, especially someone like you.  You are too good for her.   



I agree Beth! :)

Here's the thing Howard, do you think that she will be dating or seeing other people now that the two of you aren't "exclusive" right now? I remember how you said before when this happened..she was experimenting with that "speed dating"....it was obvious that your feelings weren't on her mind at the time...and who knows...she could do the same this time. I know that you love her and that you've been with her for a good while...but since the two of you are "temporarily disconnected"....why don't you just date a bit, to see what your other options are...you might just find a really nice girl who will accept you for YOU, and not leave you everytime they happen to disagree with something about you. You need to find someone who is not totally dependent upon what their parent's think too...it seems that Robin lets her parents think WAY too much for her. :-\\



The speed dating was in the past and I don't know maybe she'll do it again.She kept telling about Match or Jdate.com a few weeks ago.I don't want to date right now since I am unemployed and don't have a job.Let me get another one and when the time is right I'll start dating again.I just feel embarassed telling a girl I'm out of a job so let me do my own thing,make money and stuff and I'll go back into the dating scene.

yes, me too. It's just not right how she dictates what is acceptable or not in their relationship.  I'm sure she isn't perfect either, nobody is perfect...and it seems like everytime something goes a bit off from what she wants...she gives Howard the "typical ultimatum"....AND, she lets her parents walk all over her and make every decision for her. ::)


What would happen if her And I was to marry and I lost my job for some strange reason she's going to divorce me every time,I don't think so.I bet this will be a pattern of hers every year If I get a job lose it then break apart until I learn my lesson.No wonder she never had a man in her life before. ::)

The speed dating was in the past and I don't know maybe she'll do it again.She kept telling about Match or Jdate.com a few weeks ago.I don't want to date right now since I am unemployed and don't have a job.Let me get another one and when the time is right I'll start dating again.I just feel embarassed telling a girl I'm out of a job so let me do my own thing,make money and stuff and I'll go back into thew dating scene.


I wish you the best of luck with your job hunting and meeting new people, Howard. :)

I wish you the best of luck with your job hunting and meeting new people, Howard. :)



Thank You Erin but meeting new people I'll put on the backburner right now.Let me focus on a job and do my own thing and I'll worry about it later on.

Thank You Erin but meeting new people I'll put on the backburner right now.Let me focus on a job and do my own thing and I'll worry about it later on.



I know how it feels to be looking for a job.....it sucks, but hang in there.  I'm sure you'll find something soon.  :)

I know how it feels to be looking for a job.....it sucks, but hang in there.  I'm sure you'll find something soon.  :)


Thanks SM,You're a good person.Have a good night. :)

drives me crazy when she interrupts me as I am speaking, or finishes my sentence, or tosses in a word, she just can't wait her turn, the woman loves to frikkin talk!!!!!

drives me crazy when she interrupts me as I am speaking, or finishes my sentence, or tosses in a word, she just can't wait her turn, the woman loves to frikkin talk!!!!!


I think you'll find that should have been..

'women love to frikkin talk.'

I can communicate everything I want to say with a sideways glance and a raising of one eyebrow. I know women who could take an hour to say the same thing.

I think you'll find that should have been..

'women love to frikkin talk.'

I can communicate everything I want to say with a sideways glance and a raising of one eyebrow. I know women who could take an hour to say the same thing.
Nah, that should be 'some women love to frikkin talk'  I don't as a rule mind you I swear it's because my mother, brother and sister can all talk for England ! My dad and I gave up trying to get a word in edgeways. ;D 

I think you'll find that should have been..

'women love to frikkin talk.'


I don't.

I don't.


Me neither.  My husband talks way more than I do. 

when she feels bored over the phone with me after a while of conversing and there's nothing else to talk about anymore. ::)

whenever Chris is looking for something in particular...he is like a bear in a china factory....or like a whirlwind....he opens drawers....stuff flies out on the floor...he doesn't shut the drawers...leaves them hanging wide open...that drives me nuts! :D

I don't.


How you..


Me neither.


.. doiiin?

How you..

.. doiiin?


;D


whenever Chris is looking for something in particular...he is like a bear in a china factory....or like a whirlwind....he opens drawers....stuff flies out on the floor...he doesn't shut the drawers...leaves them hanging wide open...that drives me nuts! :D


Oh my gosh!  And even doing that, I swear they never actually look.  My husband can never find anything.  I'll finally ask him what he's looking for, go to the exact same place he just tore through, and find it in 5 seconds.  ::)

Oh my gosh!  And even doing that, I swear they never actually look.  My husband can never find anything.  I'll finally ask him what he's looking for, go to the exact same place he just tore through, and find it in 5 seconds.   ::)



YEP! LOL! That is SO true too! ;D

whenever Chris is looking for something in particular...he is like a bear in a china factory....or like a whirlwind....he opens drawers....stuff flies out on the floor...he doesn't shut the drawers...leaves them hanging wide open...that drives me nuts! :D


;D

Oh my gosh!  And even doing that, I swear they never actually look.  My husband can never find anything.  I'll finally ask him what he's looking for, go to the exact same place he just tore through, and find it in 5 seconds.   ::)


My husband's problem is that he can never remember where he puts something.  He'll look for 5 seconds and then it's up to me to find it. 

My husband's problem is that he can never remember where he puts something.  He'll look for 5 seconds and then it's up to me to find it. 


And then they act like it's your fault they can't find it!    ::);D

And then they act like it's your fault they can't find it!    ::);D



OMG...they totally do. The other day Chris was looking for this thingy that you use to test out an outlet to see if it is "live"...and he swore that I put it somewhere...I was like, "dude...I don't even know that the flippin' thing looks like" ;D :D

when she doesn't have at least a few minutes to talk before hanging out with friends. >:(

OMG...they totally do. The other day Chris was looking for this thingy that you use to test out an outlet to see if it is "live"...and he swore that I put it somewhere...I was like, "dude...I don't even know that the flippin' thing looks like" ;D :D


Yup. You don't know what it looks like so you probably moved it without even thinking, right?

Yup. You don't know what it looks like so you probably moved it without even thinking, right?





nah, he found it where he had put it last! :D

Waking up with a soiled pizza sauce napkin next to me that my mate used the night before when we ate dinner.  ;D

Many times we will put on a DVD in the bedroom. I will fall asleep before the movie is over. However, sometimes he will streighten out the covers over me (which were just fine) and start whispering sweet things to me (like how much he loves me etc.). Yes, it is very sweet and I don't want to tell him NOT to do that but usually, I had just fallen asleep and it wakes me up (and I usually have a hard time falling asleep).  :-\\




Cat

Well, she's not my mate seeing as she's my sister, but her complete inability to keep our bathroom clean ranks right up there.  That and she plays her music too loud and I wouldn't have too much of an issue with that if the music didn't suck.

When she says that I'm "boring"on the phone sometimes. ::)

My sister also doesn't know how to turn lights off when she leaves the room.  She'll be in the bathroom for something, leave and the light will still be on.  I hate that.

Waking up with a soiled pizza sauce napkin next to me that my mate used the night before when we ate dinner.  ;D



ew yuck...was it in your bed?  I would be freaking out...I have this thing with NO eating in bed...I hate crumbs, etc. ;D :D

ew yuck...was it in your bed?  I would be freaking out...I have this thing with NO eating in bed...I hate crumbs, etc. ;D :D



This is exactly why I never eat in bed.  I hate it. 

ew yuck...was it in your bed?  I would be freaking out...I have this thing with NO eating in bed...I hate crumbs, etc. ;D :D


;D Luckily, it wasn't too bad, but when I looked at it at first and saw the redness from the sauce, I was like - "Oh Lordy" I think we generally eat in bed or on top of the comforter because we have a roommate and we have conflicting TV shows and the like, so it's easier that way - otherwise, if we had our own table and TV usage, then I would definetly eat at the table.

talks on the phone with her friends for too long  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/07/phone.gif

And then they act like it's your fault they can't find it!    ::);D
Haven't you figured it out yet?  EVERYTHING is our fault GOD FORBID a man says he's wrong :D

Haven't you figured it out yet?  EVERYTHING is our fault GOD FORBID a man says he's wrong :D


I feel guilty that I was born a male now.

I feel guilty that I was born a male now.
Well, that's your mom's fault ;D

Well, that's your mom's fault ;D



Actually it's his dad's fault.  Women have XX chromosomes, men have XY.  The woman will always give an X as that's all she has, but it's a crapshoot whether the man gives an X or a Y.  So he really should blame his dad!

what crazy habits,    every little thing she does is magic

Actually it's his dad's fault.  Women have XX chromosomes, men have XY.  The woman will always give an X as that's all she has, but it's a crapshoot whether the man gives an X or a Y.  So he really should blame his dad!
I know that, but I figured men blame everything else on women (whether or not we had anything to do with it), he might as well try to blame THAT on a woman as well :D

I know that, but I figured men blame everything else on women (whether or not we had anything to do with it), he might as well try to blame THAT on a woman as well :D



LOL.  ;D

Haven't you figured it out yet?  EVERYTHING is our fault GOD FORBID a man says he's wrong :D


LOL!  ;D

Yet another "habit" that drives me crazy:  he'll call me to "look for" something and (GOD FORBID!) if I can't find it, I must be blind....even if I name everything in the location he told me to looks, I get the "**sigh**.  Nevermind, I'll find it. **sigh** ::) ::)"  And yes, I know he's rolling his eyes as he's talking to me. >:(

I feel guilty that I was born a male now.


Me too.

Actually it's his dad's fault.  Women have XX chromosomes, men have XY.  The woman will always give an X as that's all she has, but it's a crapshoot whether the man gives an X or a Y.  So he really should blame his dad!


This is true. However, I should really blame my dad's dad's dad's dad's dad's... dad.

Man, it goes on forevvvvvvvvvar.

When she loves to get to the last drop when eating something ::)

Right about now, everything is driving me crazy...I hate when he acts like a damn baby and won't sit down and have an adult conversation with me, instead he gets up and goes upstairs. >:(

Right about now, everything is driving me crazy...I hate when he acts like a damn baby and won't sit down and have an adult conversation with me, instead he gets up and goes upstairs. >:(



So he ignores you?

My husband collects Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses.  I guess my father in law mentioned it to one of his co-workers, and the guy brought my husband a glass from Chicago yesterday.  This guy has never met my husband, so it was a really nice thing to do.  I suggested that we send over some donuts or a gift certificate to a resturant to say thank you.  You'd have thought I was asking my husband to be voluntarily castrated.  He said that "guys just don't do that."  What, be nice?  WTH?  ::)

She feels too bored on the phone sometimes ::)

So he ignores you?



oh, he just acts like a child sometimes....instead of sitting down with me and having an adult one-on-one conversation...he walks away and sulks/pouts. ::)

My husband collects Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses.  I guess my father in law mentioned it to one of his co-workers, and the guy brought my husband a glass from Chicago yesterday.  This guy has never met my husband, so it was a really nice thing to do.  I suggested that we send over some donuts or a gift certificate to a resturant to say thank you.  You'd have thought I was asking my husband to be voluntarily castrated.  He said that "guys just don't do that."  What, be nice?  WTH?   ::)




Psht, I'M nice sometimes!

My husband collects Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses.  I guess my father in law mentioned it to one of his co-workers, and the guy brought my husband a glass from Chicago yesterday.  This guy has never met my husband, so it was a really nice thing to do.  I suggested that we send over some donuts or a gift certificate to a resturant to say thank you.  You'd have thought I was asking my husband to be voluntarily castrated.  He said that "guys just don't do that."  What, be nice?  WTH?   ::)


It's a gray area  ;D  but maybe think of it this way, if you give them something for giving you something it kind of takes away from their gift because you are sort of paying them for it then. of course you're just saying thanks, i appreciate that, but guys just need a verbal and they're cool with that.  your hubby told him thanks verbally?  that's good enough, I'm supporting the dude on this one.


...Diane's got this habit of putting circular tupperware bowls into bigger square ones when she puts stuff away in kitchen.  ??? 

oh, he just acts like a child sometimes....instead of sitting down with me and having an adult one-on-one conversation...he walks away and sulks/pouts. ::)


Tell him to sit his ass down.

Tell him to sit his ass down.


If you're trying to get a child to stop swearing, you shouldn't use swear words with him. :P

If you're trying to get a child to stop swearing, you shouldn't use swear words with him. :P



OH SNAP! ;) ;D

Tell him to sit his ass down.
;D  LOL  Howard, you're a straight shooter & i like that.

;D  LOL  Howard, you're a straight shooter & i like that.


Yes,I tell it like it is.

Her habits that drove me crazy was that she always thought she was Jared Fogel or Martha Stewart,always seemed so immaculate compared to me. ::)

when she mocks me with her impudence and her bold audacity!    and I will not be mocked!

when she mocks me with her impudence and her bold audacity!    and I will not be mocked!




You tell her what for!

I'm afraid I haven't got a woman. I could talk about my mate Sloany I suppose . . . The worst thing about him is his impatience and I have to tell him to ease up on the caffeine.  :)

Well there is the obvious puff puff one.
He gets mad quickly
If he doesn't want to talk to someone I have to do it
To this day I don't know why he does it but he always wears his briefs inside out
When I'm talking on the phone he's always asking me who it is,or asking me what the person is saying,if I don't answer right away then he gets mad.

Well there is the obvious puff puff one.
He gets mad quickly
If he doesn't want to talk to someone I have to do it
To this day I don't know why he does it but he always wears his briefs inside out
When I'm talking on the phone he's always asking me who it is,or asking me what the person is saying,if I don't answer right away then he gets mad.



Agh! I hate when people off the phone talk to me whilst I'm on.

Agh! I hate when people off the phone talk to me whilst I'm on.
Yes, that form of conversation is confusing.

Yes, that form of conversation is confusing.

I'm easily confused  .... so they'd probably confuse me too ?

I'm easily confused  .... so they'd probably confuse me too ?
Join the club.

Agh! I hate when people off the phone talk to me whilst I'm on.

I know,I keep motioning with my hand that I'll tell him later.He stands there yelling "what the hell are they saying". I told him once"Nobody is saying anything to you,or they would of asked for you".

he doesn't know how to fix stuff, not mechanical, but will stand there and give you advice for hours.

Lazes in bed at the weekend, even going back to bed after breakfast, but when he's ready to go out he starts complaining that "we've" wasted the morning.  >:(

^aaaaaargh!

i know what you mean.  yesteday he had car trouble when heading out to do stuff...when the car didn't start and he had to call the tow truck, I heard "now a whole day will be wasted".

but yesterday on the couch after a night of partying with friends...that was constructuve? ;D

Another one is forgetting to tell me about business trips.  He flew to Washington today to stay overnight but only mentioned it yesterday.  I keep asking him to write it on the calendar.

Another one is forgetting to tell me about business trips.  He flew to Washington today to stay overnight but only mentioned it yesterday.  I keep asking him to write it on the calendar.
...and he does not take you with him?

...and he does not take you with him?


Not when the children are in school.  I don't have my ready-made babysitters available any more!

He did say he would take us on a trip if it was during the school holidays.

She likes to complain about my mom. :P

Not when the children are in school.  I don't have my ready-made babysitters available any more!

He did say he would take us on a trip if it was during the school holidays.
How long is it to the next school holidays?

How long is it to the next school holidays?


About 7 weeks.  They break up for the summer in Mid-June.

About 7 weeks.  They break up for the summer in Mid-June.
...you are booking the tickets right now?

Dai has said he doesn't like it if I go up to bed too soon after he has gone up - i.e. when he is in bed but not yet dropped off to sleep.  However he often says he is going up to bed around 10.15 and then potters around doing god knows what until about 10.45.  I am watching a programme that finishes at 11.00 and would like to go to bed when it finishes but can't because he won't yet be asleep.  >:(

He is working really hard (we both are) to define himself in his field of work and become truly profesional...but he feels he's on the watch because  he says it's what people in their 20's should be doing...
I wish he'd see the reality of the way things are now and that people of every age are struggling to make their way.

He is working really hard (we both are) to define himself in his field of work and become truly profesional...but he feels he's on the watch because  he says it's what people in their 20's should be doing...
I wish he'd see the reality of the way things are now and that people of every age are struggling to make their way.


that's very true. I become discouraged sometimes too, because I am STILL in the process of obtaining my degree (it seems like it is taking forever)...but what I have to realize is that I am STILL only 31  years old..and that is still young.

There is one thing that drives me crazy.... :-X  But, I think a few of you know what it is.




Cat

Sometimes when I am first waking up Tam will slide her back against me chest pressing her seat firmly into my man region...and...fart the loudest longest fart, vibrating everything!

Ok, here is the scenario: We are lying in bed watching a movie. I have the covers tucked under my chin-nice and cozy. He ALWAYS pulls the covers out from under my chin because he insist that the top sheet be turned over the blanket. I don't have a problem with that but I do have a problem that he consistently uncovers me and does not cover me back up-so I have to tuck the covers back under my chin. And when I have a hot flash and throw the covers off of me, THEN he decides to cover me up. But, this last one I think he learned. If the covers are off of me, then I am having a hot flash and it is best to leave to covers off.


Cat   

^ lol  Yeah we have blanket wars too.  I usually want only a thin blanket (at most) because I'm always so hot, and he wants 2 comforters, 1 thick wool throw, and another blanket on...then he wants to snuggle so he piles all the blankets on me and I'm like dying of suffocation.  ;D  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/06/kane.gif

when she rolls her eyes in disapproval, grrr!!! that totally galls me  >:(

hmm..how about all of the above. ::)

I know my wife makes long distance phonecalls, but she still does not have to shout in the receiver.

I know my wife makes long distance phonecalls, but she still does not have to shout in the receiver.



You can tell her that technology has come a long way since the days of using two tin cans and a string.  :D ;D ;D ;D




Cat

You can tell her that technology has come a long way since the days of using two tin cans and a string.  :D ;D ;D ;D




Cat
Using two tin cans and a string is a cheaper alternative.

Announces he's going to bed but half an hour or more later he's still pratting about upstairs.

When he gets out a new role of toilet paper, but can not seem to get it on the spindle........... 

When I finally pick up his plate - 2 hours after supper - and he tell's me "I was going to get that"

When I keep myself from picking up his plate - 2 hours after supper - and it is still there the next day, and the next, and the next.....

When he takes off his clothes, and puts them in a pile in the corner - are those clean, dirty , or somewhere in between?????

I better stop now before I get too worked up ::) ::) ::) ::)

Gotta love him though

Sometimes my wife lets out the longest loudest farts!

Sometimes my wife lets out the longest loudest farts!



Quoted for posterity ! Now you're in trouble !   I'm sure she'll be DELIGHTED that we all know that !                   









Do not be surprised if she sticks on her Lead Moderator hat ... . and bans 'Big Nasty' for purely her own reasons !










:D

Sometimes my wife lets out the longest loudest farts!


That was sooooooooooooo completely uncalled for!!! ;D



Quoted for posterity ! Now you're in trouble !   I'm sure she'll be DELIGHTED that we all know that !                   

Do not be surprised if she sticks on her Lead Moderator hat ... . and bans 'Big Nasty' for purely her own reasons !

:D


He is lucky that I can't delete and ban because of personal reasons!
(Not to mention that I wouldn't be the one doing the banning - I would make someone else do it!) ;D ;D ;D

He says I'm leadfooted, yet he slams cans down loudly and shuts the cabinets hard, and I try to grin and bear it... he's a man, doesn't know his own strength, lol  ;D

That was sooooooooooooo completely uncalled for!!! ;D

He is lucky that I can't delete and ban because of personal reasons!
(Not to mention that I wouldn't be the one doing the banning - I would make someone else do it!) ;D ;D ;D




For the record Tam is guilty of these charges.  In fact she frequently does this while pushing her buttocks against my no no place...in a freaky way I do enjoy it too.

For the record Tam is guilty of these charges.  In fact she frequently does this while pushing her buttocks against my no no place...in a freaky way I do enjoy it too.



There MUST be a name for this fetish ... getting horny over long,  loud farts.  :o  I wish I knew what it was /is , though.  :-[    :(  

For the record Tam is guilty of these charges.  In fact she frequently does this while pushing her buttocks against my no no place...in a freaky way I do enjoy it too.


Tam needs to pull a dutch oven on you for divulging this information. ;D

Tam needs to pull a dutch oven on you for divulging this information. ;D


Bahahaha!!
Big Nasty is the one who always tries to get me with one of those.
Wish mine stunk enough in order to make a difference! :P ;D ;D

I have told him SOOOOO many times that I don't like glasses being put in the sink-because they can get broken in the sink. Today, when I was doing dishes-yup, you guessed it, a glass got broke.  :(  Hopefully he will REMEMBER this time.



Cat

For the record Tam is guilty of these charges.  In fact she frequently does this while pushing her buttocks against my no no place...in a freaky way I do enjoy it too.


I think a subject change should be initiated here. Reading about my parents' strange fetishes is definately not on today's to-do list. or any other day's for that matter.

I think a subject change should be initiated here. Reading about my parents' strange fetishes is definately not on today's to-do list. or any other day's for that matter.


It was weird enough for us to read about it!

A habit Dai has (o.k. he's done it once or twice) is filling the Brita jug and then not telling me so the lid comes off when I pour a glassful and water goes everywhere.

I think a subject change should be initiated here. Reading about my parents' strange fetishes is definately not on today's to-do list. or any other day's for that matter.


Do you need a little brain bleach now? :D :D :D

I think a subject change should be initiated here. Reading about my parents' strange fetishes is definately not on today's to-do list. or any other day's for that matter.


Son - I just read this out loud for your father - I am laughing so hard right now!!! You rock!!! ;D

One day he may learn about another site. Nope .....  somehow I suspect NOT !

Do you need a little brain bleach now? :D :D :D


No more brain bleach for him!! He has a hard enough time with Physics already! ;D ;D ;D

well if my teacher wasnt a  A--Butthole

Are you kidding another Brain Bleach and he would be a vegetable!

I would be no more a vegetable than you

Do you still get headaches when you think?

no, do you still have seizures when you think??

Are your blonde roots showing through yet?

I need more popcorn!  :D

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Enough ?

I think a subject change should be initiated here. Reading about my parents' strange fetishes is definately not on today's to-do list. or any other day's for that matter.



hahaha...this is so funny! Karma to you. ;D

Are your blonde roots showing through yet?


Have the doctors found your brain yet?

I think a subject change should be initiated here. Reading about my parents' strange fetishes is definately not on today's to-do list. or any other day's for that matter.
I'm with ya kiddo,  http://bestsmileys.com/signs12/13.gif

I'm not a big steak lover but if I have to have it, I prefer it pink but not bloody. Not too hard to understand, right? However, my husband, who does ALL the cooking (which I love him for), can't seem to understand what "not bloody" is. He THINKS I like it well done yet he always hands me a piece of meat that has blood coming out of every pore. According to him, "That isn't blood, it's juice". I can't help it if he likes his meat raw. I can't handle bloody meat. How do I get it through his head what NOT BLOODY means.



Cat

I'm not a big steak lover but if I have to have it, I prefer it pink but not bloody. Not too hard to understand, right? However, my husband, who does ALL the cooking (which I love him for), can't seem to understand what "not bloody" is. He THINKS I like it well done yet he always hands me a piece of meat that has blood coming out of every pore. According to him, "That isn't blood, it's juice". I can't help it if he likes his meat raw. I can't handle bloody meat. How do I get it through his head what NOT BLOODY means. 


Unfortunately for you, he's right.

The red color of meat is due to the presence, not of oxygen-rich hemoglobin from red blood cells, but of oxygen-retaining myoglobin from the animal's muscle cells.  When a cow is killed, it's drained of blood within a few minutes of its demise.  By the time it's made it through all the chopping and slicing that turns it from "cow" to "prime cuts" to "steaks", there's no blood left to speak of.  The substance that forms the juices in steaks (specifically, the stuff that leaks out of a steak when it's vacuum-packed) isn't blood, it's called purge, and is basically a solution of myoglobin and water that leaches out from the cells during storage.

Click just about any of the links for steak doneness, ranging from "bleu" to "well done".

If you don't want the juices in the center of the steak to run red, you're going to have to cook the steak until the center of the steak is no longer pink.  In brief, you're after either a medium-well or a well-done steak.  Not how I like my steak, but to each their own.  If you want to break down the myoglobin to the point that the juices aren't red, you've gotta heat the steak up to the point that it's grey all the way through.  (Technically, you can have a sliver of pink in the middle -- all the juices will have been flashed off to the outward portions of the steak, and either broken down and/or boiled away.  Which is why a well-done steak tends to be tougher than a medium or a medium-rare steak.)

I'd go to this chart and point at the kinda steak you want.  Heck, watch over his shoulder the next time he cooks one and ask him what's going on inside the steak.  But the bottom line is, if you want it juicy, you're going to want it at most medium-well.  If you want no red in the juices, you're going to want it at least well-done.  There's no steak that simultaneously satisfies both conditions, so most of us err on the side of tender/juicy; you can always throw an underdone steak back onto the grill for another minute (or into the oven for another 2 minutes), but you can never uncook an overdone steak.

(If you're OK with red/pink juices that run clear vs. red juices that run opaque, disregard all of that.  You're after a medium steak, not a rare steak, but it sounds like you're after a medium-well to well-done steak.)

she watches tv and has the volume up too friggin loud in the early hours of the morning. crikey!  >:(

Unfortunately for you, he's right.

The red color of meat is due to the presence, not of oxygen-rich hemoglobin from red blood cells, but of oxygen-retaining myoglobin from the animal's muscle cells.  When a cow is killed, it's drained of blood within a few minutes of its demise.  By the time it's made it through all the chopping and slicing that turns it from "cow" to "prime cuts" to "steaks", there's no blood left to speak of.  The substance that forms the juices in steaks (specifically, the stuff that leaks out of a steak when it's vacuum-packed) isn't blood, it's called purge, and is basically a solution of myoglobin and water that leaches out from the cells during storage.

Click just about any of the links for steak doneness, ranging from "bleu" to "well done".

If you don't want the juices in the center of the steak to run red, you're going to have to cook the steak until the center of the steak is no longer pink.  In brief, you're after either a medium-well or a well-done steak.  Not how I like my steak, but to each their own.  If you want to break down the myoglobin to the point that the juices aren't red, you've gotta heat the steak up to the point that it's grey all the way through.  (Technically, you can have a sliver of pink in the middle -- all the juices will have been flashed off to the outward portions of the steak, and either broken down and/or boiled away.  Which is why a well-done steak tends to be tougher than a medium or a medium-rare steak.)

I'd go to this chart and point at the kinda steak you want.  Heck, watch over his shoulder the next time he cooks one and ask him what's going on inside the steak.  But the bottom line is, if you want it juicy, you're going to want it at most medium-well.  If you want no red in the juices, you're going to want it at least well-done.  There's no steak that simultaneously satisfies both conditions, so most of us err on the side of tender/juicy; you can always throw an underdone steak back onto the grill for another minute (or into the oven for another 2 minutes), but you can never uncook an overdone steak.

(If you're OK with red/pink juices that run clear vs. red juices that run opaque, disregard all of that.  You're after a medium steak, not a rare steak, but it sounds like you're after a medium-well to well-done steak.)



The point I was making is that he doesn't cook my steak LONG enough and I ALWAYS have to bring it back into the kitchen and finish cooking it myself.


Cat

The point I was making is that he doesn't cook my steak LONG enough and I ALWAYS have to bring it back into the kitchen and finish cooking it myself.


Well, if you're asking him to overcook it, which, to a steak lover an overdone steak is a heresy akin to asking a chef named Bernstein (and his sous-chef Abdul) to prepare you a sausage-stuffed, bacon-wrapped pork loin drenched in cream sauce...

Seriously, if he knows how well-done you want the steak and still won't do it, there's no good solution.  But it may just (read that first paragraph again) be that he can't believe it.  Only advice I can give you is to point to a steak you think is "done" (to your tastes), and saying "leave mine on the fire until fit looks like this, or start mine five minutes before you start yours, and I don't care how dry and leathery it ends up!" (yes, you might even have to use those terms), you're toast, even though your steak won't be :)

/just had a 24-ounce porterhouse tonight, and nailed it dead-on
//medium-rare at the edges, rare on the parts closest to the slower-to-heat bone, just a hair past bleu
///sauced it by reducing a few ounces of stout (yes, as in beer!) to deglaze the pan while the steak rested
////and still can't fathom the notion of a well-done steak :)

I've got one.  He yells at me constantly for my potty mouth, yet he's sitting in front of the telly right now, playing Gears of War 2, and cussing every time he dies.

Asspet. :P

If you don't want the juices in the center of the steak to run red, you're going to have to cook the steak until the center of the steak is no longer pink. 


No, you don't have to cook it until the center is no longer pink - I cook mine all the time where it is nice and pink on the inside but there is no trace of "red juice".

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I'm like you Cat, I like mine nice and pink on the inside, because then it is still juicy without the red runoff. Nasty likes his just barely past rare, and I have the problem of over cooking his all the time. Last time we did steaks, he cooked his and I cooked mine. That's about all I can offer. :-\\ 8)

Cat if you say you want it pink and he gives it to you bloody then tell him you want it brown and he'll probably bring it to you pink  ;)



thats what I do at restaurants

My hubby's incessant snoring is so irritating...and I've lost a lot of sleep because of it!  >:(

I ask him a little common sense and he answers "i'm a rebel,baby" ::)

When my mate makes these little coughs. They used to irritate me, but now I find them adorable - what's wrong with me??  ;D

When my mate makes these little coughs. They used to irritate me, but now I find them adorable - what's wrong with me??  ;D



you're in love!! xoxo :-* :D

you're in love!! xoxo :-* :D


I still love him after 5 years!! That's crazy in itself!

I still love him after 5 years!! That's crazy in itself!
so you are legally insane  :D

so you are legally insane  :D


Shhh, know one hasn't figured it out yet.. so maybe I'm lucky!!  ;D

I really appreciate the fact that my wonderful husband cooks dinner every night-and he is a good cook at that. However, we always eat so *(*(&%^&#@ late. It is now 8:40 and we STILL have not eaten. Meanwhile, my blood-sugar is dropping like a rock.



Cat

I really appreciate the fact that my wonderful husband cooks dinner every night-and he is a good cook at that. However, we always eat so *(*(&%^&#@ late. It is now 8:40 and we STILL have not eaten. Meanwhile, my blood-sugar is dropping like a rock.



Cat


Surreptitious snacking is the answer.

Actually I was told it's better to eat six smaller meals a day rather than three huge ones.  Your body gets ready to digest food every two to three hours and if you don't give it anything to digest, that's when you get the really ravenous sensation and you start pigging on junk.

I really appreciate the fact that my wonderful husband cooks dinner every night-and he is a good cook at that. However, we always eat so *(*(&%^&#@ late. It is now 8:40 and we STILL have not eaten. Meanwhile, my blood-sugar is dropping like a rock.



Cat


Sigh - you are lucky!  I WISH my husband cooked, we eat late because he gets home late so if he cooked, I wouldn't eat until midnight.  Or I'd eat again at Midnight.  Hmmmmmmm. 

Tam loves the DAMN Snooze button....way too much!

So hard to wake her up in the mornings...
so hard...

I'm not a big steak lover but if I have to have it, I prefer it pink but not bloody. Not too hard to understand, right? However, my husband, who does ALL the cooking (which I love him for), can't seem to understand what "not bloody" is. He THINKS I like it well done yet he always hands me a piece of meat that has blood coming out of every pore. According to him, "That isn't blood, it's juice". I can't help it if he likes his meat raw. I can't handle bloody meat. How do I get it through his head what NOT BLOODY means.



Cat



Ok, NOW he is insisting that I like my meat well done and made a steak for me last night that was burnt.  ::)  Then he tells me that the last time he cook it, it wasn't cooked enough. There is no happy medium (pun not intended) here. How hard is it to understand "pink but not bloody"? Maybe we should stop eating steak-that way we won't have this problem.




Cat

She thinks ahe has left or lost her keys somewhere, but I always find them in her handbag.

She thinks ahe has left or lost her keys somewhere, but I always find them in her handbag.



At least she doesn't blame you when she loses them. My ex did that. He lost his keys at work and it was my fault.  ::)



Cat

hmmmmm..........***thinking***

*still thinking*


I must be really lucky....I can't think of a thing... :)

hmmmmm..........***thinking***

*still thinking*


I must be really lucky....I can't think of a thing... :)

wow..anabel at a loss for words.... :D

wow..anabel at a loss for words.... :D


                                                ^
Write this day down.  That'll probably never happen again!  ;D ;D

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Write this day down.  That'll probably never happen again!  ;D ;D

Oh good...I thought I was going to be hung out to dry by that comment. I survived.
Yup, will never happen again...ever..until the next time

http://bestsmileys.com/talking/2.gif  for hours and what bugs me is that she doesn't answer the call waiting

Let's see.

My sweetie is obsessed with Prince.

Bad Habits:

--Likes to pretend to be Prince in public, dressing like him at times.
--Speaks (tries) like Prince
--Often asks me to refer to him as "The Artist"  :o I know, I know!
--Once had me act as he mediator, when he ordered a burger. (He'd relay all the info to me in my ear and I'd speak it for him)

People still ask me why I'm with him.  ;D

Ugh.  My husband knows I hate making sandwiches.  So of course, he asks me to make him a sandwich.  Ok, fine... he was at work all day today, I wasn't.  No biggie.  So I drag out the bread, meat, cheese, mayo, mustard, lettuce... make his sandwich, and put everything away.  I walk back into the living room to "That was good, can you make me one more?"

ARRRRGGHHHH!!!

Ugh.  My husband knows I hate making sandwiches.  So of course, he asks me to make him a sandwich.  Ok, fine... he was at work all day today, I wasn't.  No biggie.  So I drag out the bread, meat, cheese, mayo, mustard, lettuce... make his sandwich, and put everything away.  I walk back into the living room to "That was good, can you make me one more?"

ARRRRGGHHHH!!!
;D  sorry Andrea, but that made me laugh  ;D

My boyfriend snores so loudly it is scary at times

He is also so set in his ways that I hate to bother anything in his domain, because he will always notice if something is not in it's place.............aaaarrrrgggggghhhhhhhh

;D  sorry Andrea, but that made me laugh   ;D


its ok Mike, I think Ive had a few laughs at your expense... im glad i was able to return the favor!!  :D

I collect the recyclable stuff in a box in the garage and then take it to the recycle station once or twice a week.

Dai will take stuff out to the garage and then put it on top of the box, like its too much effort to actually flip the lid open and put the stuff inside!

My husband says that he will do something and then he wants me to help him.



Cat