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RoadKing

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I've been married to wonderful woman for 39 years. Intelligent, hard working, supportive, well respected by her co-workers in her field of endeavor but when dealing with me a total fruit-loop. We just got hit with about 8-10 inches of snow so I take out the snowblower and clean-up. After a while my wife comes out to help, I suggest we clean her car because she has to work early tomorrow am. I've told her repeatedly rather than clean the car in the driveway move it nearer the street that way the next time the plow passes he will clean that snow as opposed to redoing an area I've already done. I help guide her out and clean off the car as I am taller and have a better reach. I tell her ok before you move your car back up a few feet to get a running start and get through the pile that I just cleaned off of the car. She wants to back in for the morning so I suggest she go around the block and line up like she's used to. OK, she gets in the car. Does she back up like I suggested? no! Now, if you turn left, you go around the block on nice level streets, if you go right you climb a pretty steep hill that is freshly plowed and is now receiving a nice coat of freezing rain. Did she go left or right? You guessed it, right. She's parked now and grabs the shovel and asks me "should I clean up the snow that you cleaned off of the car? I say no and go back to work. Two minutes later I look up, and guess who is shoveling the snow in the street left from the car. Why are you doing that I ask? Because you told me to she answers.

I just don't get it. This happens all the time. She asks me how to do something, I tell her the best way of getting it done and she ignores me. We've discussed this and the only thing I can come up with is that we have been married so long she anticipates what she thinks I am going to say and doesn't listen to the end of my statement. Am I alone? I hope not!


PS: FYI, I read this to her before I posted this and we're both waiting to see if anyone responds.
 
RoadKing said:
I've been married to wonderful woman for 39 years.

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I just don't get it. This happens all the time. She asks me how to do something, I tell her the best way of getting it done and she ignores me. We've discussed this and the only thing I can come up with is that we have been married so long she anticipates what she thinks I am going to say and doesn't listen to the end of my statement. Am I alone? I hope not!
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Crap . . . you mean I have at least 34 more years of this. Here's hope for an early death. :smileywac
 
My theory is that women just talk about stuff but don't analyze it. They are all about the emotion of the discussion where as men interpret things literally. I think this is the premise of the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus book.

I do know that no matter how bluntly or directly I tell my wife to do something she will find a way to either ignore it or misinterpret it. More so than anyone else I deal with.

It is frustrating but since this is my second wife and it seems to have repeated itself combined with the supporting evidence from my married friends I'm pretty sure its just one of those things that you have to live with.
 
I am 100% positive I have been married to her sister for the past 37 years.....:yum:

Their intentions are honorable but what always seems to happen is they are trying to overachieve for us and we only expect mediocrity...:yum:
 
Well since the subject has been mentioned ......
Every time I ask Jan where something is ,She won't just tell Me. She has to find it .
For instance, I was looking for a Phillips screwdriver that's usually in a drawer in the kitchen with some other common tools.
I asked Her If She'd seen it. She comes out ,and moves Me out of the way, looks through the drawer and says " It's Not in here " .
Gee Hun ,thanks for confirming that !
 
HHMMMM I dont have that problem. She does exactly what I tell her to do.. The problem comes when I dont "tell her" what to do! I figured since I told her lats month how to do something she will know how to do it. NOPE! I have to tell her again. She is a very smart blond........ Oh never mind thats the problem.......damn.
 
Snowcat Operations said:
HHMMMM I dont have that problem. She does exactly what I tell her to do.. The problem comes when I dont "tell her" what to do! I figured since I told her lats month how to do something she will know how to do it. NOPE! I have to tell her again. She is a very smart blond........ Oh never mind thats the problem.......damn.
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Some day your wife is going to see your posts... AND BOY ARE YOU GONNA GET IT!!! :yum:
 
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haha!! :)
 
pirate_girl said:
Classes for Men at the Adult Learning Center

Note: Due to the complexity and difficulty level of their contents, class sizes will be limited to 8 participants maximum.​
  • How to Fill Up the Ice Cube Trays
    Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
    Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
  • The Toilet Paper Roll—Does it Change Itself?
    Round Table Discussion.
    Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.
  • Dinner Dishes—Can They Levitate and Fly into the Kitchen Sink?
    Examples on Video.
    Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM
haha!! :)
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Pffft . . . better sign my wife up for that.

I'm the son of a home economics teacher. I own a welder, a table saw, a tractor, and a sewing machine. :moon:
 
Pirate Girl, Good Post, but any man here knows this was written by a frustrated woman


pirate_girl said:
How to Fill Up the Ice Cube Trays
Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
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#1. Any man worth his salt wouldn't waste freezer space with ice cube trays when we can grab a bag at the local gas station on the way home.



[*]The Toilet Paper Roll—Does it Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion. Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.
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#2. Toilet paper belongs where it is handy not where it looks the best. A bathroom is a room to be "used" not decorated.

[*]Dinner Dishes—Can They Levitate and Fly into the Kitchen Sink?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM
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#3.Dinner Dishes, really now!! Again any real man knows you never dirty anything you have to wash. It's either paper plates or you eat in the same container that came out of the microwave.



:poke: :tiphat:
 
Hey Pirate Girl, men have to try to justify themselves all the time, but they really know that we are the superior sex. As you say we just act thick to give them some cause to think they are superior
 
Ice Queen said:
Hey Pirate Girl, men have to try to justify themselves all the time, but they really know that we are the superior sex. As you say we just act thick to give them some cause to think they are superior
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In the words of the Toolman Tim Allen,.....in that case it's to bad we own everything!
 
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