Me and my big mouth

[Marshian]

Well, I've pissed off my extremely pregnant wife a little bit when I wouldn't go curtain shopping at 830 pm on a Friday as I was relaxing and watching some NCAA. Instead of apologizing and just going, I posed the following question: why is it that a woman can blame moodiness, irrationality and basically whatever she wants on hormones, but if a man all steroided up or testorone filled gets angry (as long as he isn't violent or threatening of course) he can't use the same hormone excuse? Obviously this was extremely dumb of me so here I sat alone watching some NCAA the way the might began.

 

[huntRme]

Never try to be reasonable with a woman.

 

[Lawnboy]

I hung some new curtains for my wife yesterday. That was the best thing I could of done all day...........nothing like earning scoobie snacks. :hump:

 

[Randy49er]

If mama ain't happy, nobody is happy. The good news is, in 30 or 40 years she might not bring it up again.

 

[Bambistew]

You made the right call.

 

[Art Vandeley]

Sounds like it worked perfectly, you got to watch the game without nagging, what could be bettter

 

[Brock-ID]

If mama ain't happy, nobody is happy. The good news is, in 30 or 40 years she might not bring it up again.

So true, how do they do that?

 

[noharleyyet]

If mama ain't happy, nobody is happy. The good news is, in 30 or 40 years she might not bring it up again.

.....you pegged it Randy.

 

[genesis273]

Marriage Lesson #1
I take it that you have not been married very long. I use to make the same mistakes and say exactly what was on my mind. You never do that...especially to an "extremely pregnant wife", or at any other time they may, somehow, be more sensitive and teeter tootering on ripping your head off!

This has taken me years to figure out but I think I`ve got it, and I`ve been married to my beautiful wife for 22 years. There are certain things I never have to do, ie shopping and house hold duties. I have not been shopping in about 10 years!

This process takes a few times to perfect, but here`s how it works. You basically make her think you want to do things that you don`t. Remember, she knows that the ball is always in her court....so let her think it is. Heres how it works. Lets take the curtain shopping incident for example and yes you will have to sacrifice one game, but there will be many more games down the road. Act eager to go. Jump in the car/truck with a huge smile and walk ahead of her into the store. The trick is, do everything wrong, but don`t make it obvious. Embarrass her in a subtle way. I promise you, the next time you are eager to go shopping, she will make the call of telling you that "she`ll be back in a few hours". Another example, you don`t like doing a particular chore, ie washing clothes....be eager to do it, but mix the reds with the whites. Yes you may have pink whitie tighties for a while, but you`ll never have to wash clothes again!

They have been doing this for years. We never let them in our shops to help work on vehicles or carpentry. Why? Because they will make a mess. For all we know they can rebuild an engine, but we think they can`t. I`ve turned the table and used it on my wife.

As you see, there are a few sacrifices and she will think your an idiot but in the end, they are worth it.

 

[A-con]

Going on 21 years of marriage, I can tell you genesis273 has this nailed.
Go curtain shopping with her, but pick out camo curtains. When she rolls her eyes and says "no way", then say OK we will compromise and get the Budweiser curtains. No ?, why not ?

When my wife was pregnant, she insisted I go crib shopping with her.
I waited till several Baby store personal were around us, then looked at the price of the crib my wife liked and said;
"You gotta be kidding, I could build a water proof one out of PVC pipe way cheaper. We could leave "IT" in the back yard, and when the little troll poops itself, we can just wash it down with the garden hose.

No more baby shopping for me.

 

[DRAFTSTUD]

Hey you downloaded her current Operating System with your Hard Drive, now Cowboy up! John

 

[huntme]

i like the way you guys think,except i do not make it a point to chap my wifes hide,the first reason is her hide is the one that keeps me warm at night ,and the second reason is she has a 357 mag in her purse,and if you are married,you know how hormones can affect a women,and im here to tell you that i do not want a hole in my hide,and after 21 years of marrage,my hide is in tact with no holes,a few bruises,but no holes

 

[mixedbag]

genesis, has it right.Thats exactly the way I do it.I NEVER get asked to do things like that anymore.You MUST sacrifice a few times out at first but you win in the long run.Only difference in what he said, is I hate working on my trucks,guess who changes my brakes???I give her a break and send it to the shop alot now though.she messed up and told me how good she was with cars.I just came in all PO'ed after messin with it for a few minutes and out she went to take care of it.Its all in using your head to your advantage
now don't get me wrong,I take care of my wife just fine.Cause I'm willing to work 7 days a week, she doesn't have to work.I think this is why she jumps in to help with other things cause she feels bad.I doubt this would happen if she workd all week
Just make her regret bringing you or asking you to do something;its really that simple