A light-hearted moment

OK - I need to de-stress, Un-stress, be less stressed!! So let's have a giggle!!! The reason for this post happened just a few minutes ago. I was cooking the dinner and DH was watching the news on TV and the phone rang!!! And, as per usual, he shouted....... "telephone". He is only sitting 2 feet from the phone, whereas I would have to wash my hands or something to get to it. I mean, now come on!!! But you know something, it's OK, I have made a resolution not to sweat the small stuff anymore....lol!! So is there something that someone does that can be a little irksome to you or is there something you do that might annoy others. The toilet seat scenario is not counted - we all have to deal with that....lol!!!

Nope! I am perfect and so is my DH! Well maybe not perfect but we are pretty good most of the time...Well some of the time...or is that onece in awhile...ok I admit it! I just flat get on his nerves alot! and I like it :P

oh no, louisa, that's my husband too!!!! I can do it if you can:)
now, my SIL is the toilet criminal and I can't seem to break him!!!

Oh Louisa, I have three brothers and there are so many little irritants they got up to.

Not a current thing but when I was at college I shared a house with a friend on the same course. His mother had always been at home with the kids and did a lot of baking.

Well, I'm from the other side of the fence and I did the shopping, we were cash strapped so I would buy sliced bread in a bag. He always, and I mean always, ripped the bag open and took a couple of slices then leave the rest in the cupboard. Then he would complain that the bread went stale too quickly and ask why I bothered to buy such inferior bread.

I showed him the little plastic tag and how you are supposed to reseal the bread, he never did do it and still left a completely open packet of bread in the cupboard. Needless to say we got used to eating stale bread.

We also shared the house with another friend on the same course, she loved to watch Eastenders. We both hated the programme and would sit there and do impressions of Regan and co from The Sweeney (USA folks may or may not have seen it) until she got fed up and went to her room. LOL Rotters!

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Honestly, there's very little about my husband of almost 19 years that bugs me. Which probably means he should be replying to this thread instead of me ;0)

Can I vent about an irritating thing my mother in law does???? I am not trying to be mean or nasty or anything like that, some of you know that dear MIL is here from Turkey, doesnt speak English, and is here for an extended stay - she came in august and will leave in Jan...(you do the math and figure out if I'll still have my sanity)
This lady sits at home all day long and watches TV, not understanding anything, then I come home and throw myself into the kitchen to get dinner ready, she will come sit in the kitchen and watch my every move, not too much chit chat...just the ole eagle eye. Just as everything is done, the dinner is ready, table set, bread cut etc etc., she will say "can I help you with anything" then after dinner, she waits till I clean everything up, do the dishes and she says, I could have done that for you......I just laugh, becuase she does this every night and it's just become a joke to see just how long she will wait before her dialogue.... Depending on my mood I'll say - you know, i just finished, if you had asked earlier you could have helped, but it just takes a couple of minutes anyway, and I am done..

(((((Pebble))))))

It sounds like you could use a hug. Even one across the miles.

I remember when my great-grandmother came to visit us one summer. She was a prim and proper little ole lady who believed that she would surely die in her sleep each and every night as she retired. She made sure we were aware of her conviction, too.

We had a small-ish kitchen table and she could not abide having anything near her plate, so she would systematically pass or scoot all the serving bowls, platters, condiments, etc. to the other half of the table. Her half would be perfectly clear except for her plate, utensils and glass. The other three of us were crowded with stuff wedged in between us.

My mom was pregnant and pre-eclamptic with my baby brother that summer, our farmhouse in Nebraska did not have central air, and I was an ornery 6 year old. My mother must have been sorely tempted to buy a one-way ticket to ANYWHERE many many times that summer. But she survived, and so will you, bless your heart. Come on over here anytime you need a hug or a shoulder to lean on - that's what we're here for.

Hmm this is easy. DH cannot, or does not, have "pardon me" in his vocabulary. "Excuse me" would also work but it seems to evade him as well.
So I resign myself to hearing "eh"?? or "what"? anytime he doesn't hear what I or anyone else has said. I know it's stupid but boy does it bug me....

Pebble I have a DIL that would be very good company for your MIL....lol!!

ROFLOL,thanks Louisa' Well,times R achangin' here,so don't give up ladies' For 35yr.now and 2 sons to boot,know whatcha mean,hu hum,the"welcome lid up"

He recently heard his beloved "Paul Harvey" say to all folks,"Put The Lid Down to prevent Germs" He came home from work and made the announcement to me. I said,"Yes dear,"what a novel idea",duh." So miracles DO happen,don't give up,lol' Please excuse the quote within a quote,just how I write'

Recently we had a discussion on "laundry" I mearly made one statement,"if you insist on continuing to BOIL MY CLOTHES,I'll just have to replace them,lol'''Fixed that one''

And the only thing that really upsets him,that I'm guilty of,is not being ready at the "drop of a hat" Lately,I've noticed that he gives me the "daily agenda" when he's either on the phone or over our morning coffee'I'm working on it,just need to know ahead,lol''

We're still"adjusting"so to speak'We probably say"I love you"more than most people and we always hold hands,wherever we are'''There's snow on the roof but still fires in the furnace' See ya,Sis'

ROFL Sis - love your last sentence. Must remember that!! I guess I do have some irritating habits if I'm honest. I hate to be rushed!! If we have an appointment, DH always makes sure we are early - I can't understand it. I mean realy early. My dad was like that too - I can still see my poor mum and all seven of us kids waiting for this bus that we thought was so late - wrong - we were so early...lol!! Terry I'm sorry but I laughed my head off at the picture you presented of your GGM - I know for a fact that it wasn't funny, especially for your dear mum. Come to think of it, my granny was a bit funny too. She would buy peaches and hide them in her room or stuff them in her bra....yes, I'm absolutely serious....lol!!! Didn't want the brats to get them I suppose!!

(((((Pebble)))))we're all here for you''

Good one Baa,got my cousin to move out by watching those "blood curdling scary movies"lol I hated them too'

Gwydion,hang in there'I'd give him a "gag gift" for Christmas,a HEARING AID,lol'''Hint hint,lol'

Terry,we must be related,my granny did that too,lol'

(((((Louisa))))) you're a treasure'''

This might help you Louisa:


Why Husbands aren't Secretaries

Husbands note on the refrigerator to his Wife

Someone called from the Guyna College

They said Pabst beer normal

LOL!!! that took me a minute!!!! ROFLOL!!! okay, but I didn't know we were going to have to list our faults, or I never would have posted in this thread!!! If I edit out my above post, do I still have to list my faults?? (I have too many and Dave might run out of hard drive, so I better not anyway:)

Hey Pebble, maybe she wants to try her hand in your kitchen to prepare a meal for you!
Maybe ask her what she want to fix tomorrow! Hey it would be worth a shot.
My MIL always brings food with her when she comes to visit! Go figure! WE do have grocery stores here in KY! LOL

My GGranndma, who passed in 1972 Bless her heart. Was a full blood indian, who lived in town in Texas and untill her last few years would have no toliet in her house. She had a outhouse. She stated she didn't want that nasty thing in her home. Finally my dad and uncle who were carpenters talked her into letting them put her one on her closed in back porch. I always thought that was funny. My dh gets on my nerves because of his immaturity, he is 9 years younger than me. And i do love him to death, but god he needs to grow up. I guess i get on my sons nerves because i am forgetful already at age 36 i seem to ask the same question to many times. Oh well. :)

flowerpot that was so funny!!! LOL - I had to read it a couple of times before it sunk in!! Still giggling here!! midwesternsnowbird - have a little more patience...lol!! My DH repeats the last word I utter, every time...lol!!

When you try to get their attention while they're staring at the boob tube, and they say....all together now, girls,,,"Do you mind, I'm trying to watch this." And if you are in the middle of a show how they will come in and pick up the remote, and say.....you got it...."You didn't want to watch this, did you?"

"eyes"

Five...No, she has no intention of trying her hand with the cooking - here's a little story about that:
In turkey, with tea they eat salty cookies, they are very good, and we miss them very much here, because they are not available here, and I dont really have the time to make them..it is time consuming. anyway last time she was here, she said to DH what would you like me to make you that you would really appreciate, my DH said, salty cookies, so then she made a big production of asking me to put all the ingredients on the counter, because she can't figure anything out, and uses that as her excuse, the cooking style here is so different from what I am used to, I cant even understand what's what. anyway, I put the flour bin, salt, and baking soda on the counter, where it promptly sat for 3 weeks, finally I put it away. and that was the end of that. when she was getting ready to go back to turkey (I was taking her) she asks my DH what can I send back to you from Turkey, he says, please send some salty cookies, which are readily available at the pastry shops, she says, my son, I will make them for you there and Pebble can bring them back, at which point, I could not stand it any longer, I said : mom, you were here for 6 months, I put the ingredients out on the counter, you never made it, I will be in Turkey for 3-4 days and you think you will make it? don't trouble yourself, I can buy the best at the pastry shop............

and this time before she came, on the phone to me, she was so excited that she was coming (DH has to go get her cause she can't travel alone) she said, don't you worry, I will take on the responsibility of the kitchen, I will cook for you so you dont have to.....famous last words....she made one dish so far.......

Well, anyway, what can I do but laugh at the situation and just go on.

Me and DH drink alot of coffee and I'm always filling or getting his cup for him so one night I asked him,"Would you like another cup of coffee." Of course, he said,"sure."I said,"I do to,so while you're getting up to get some, get me some as well." I stayed sitting and he got the coffee. He knows better now,and will always bring me a cup. He's such a sweet heart.

Oh my gosh - Eyes - you and I must be married to the same guy!!!! I will have the tv on while making a meal and he will want to change the channel. So one day, I heard him coming into the house and changed the channel to something else and he actually changed it to the show I was originally watching. DD was sitting at the table at the time and burst out laughing and then dh got mad because we wouldn't tell him what we were laughing at.

ROFL Nebraska - that is a wonderful idea. And coco, that was pretty ingenious of you!! Eyes - I do relate! Talk about 'Women from Venus"!....lol!! And yes, men are from Mars!! Too funny! Pebble hang in there - have just mailed you!

It's gotta be a man thing. (Sorry Dave) My DH asked me to get the phone for him once. I was sitting at my desk, would have had to get up, go around the dining room table where he was sitting, go past him into the kitchen for the phone. I just turned around and said ExcUUUUse me???? He got the drift. I guess I was used to my dad doing for himself. He never asked anybody to get him anything, just did it himself. But there is hope. I started bringing DH coffee in the morning after he got out of the shower and now whoever gets to the coffe pot in the morning will bring the other one coffee. It's a little thing, but it's nice to have someone bring you a cup once in a while. (But the evil eye and an excuuuuse me does do the trick!)
Hugs
Ruth

Yes Dave - I thought of you way back in this thread and all our male friends here. Sorry!! I notice not one of them has posted....lol!! So come on guys, stand up for yourselves. Shoe I can't believe you are still lurking out there - you know you are dying to say something....lol!! Ruth, it is lovely when the little things become the big things in our lives - it makes all the difference! :-)

This is such a cute thread....

My sweetie answers the phone with "Yah?" instead of hello. He is otherwise very polite (little old ladies seem to flock to him whenever we're out), and I've pleaded with him to change this one little habit. If he knows I'm going to be calling home, he'll answer with hello, but everyone else gets a 'yah'

LOL Bucky - at least he answers the phone :-)

Good Mornin' Now where's the Beef? Guys that is,lol' We're waiting for ya.............

You have all made me realize that By marrying a man who was raised in an orphanage with no family I have the best inlaws possible!

Yes Zany,ya have a good point'

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Zany :-) Sis nice to see you tonight!! I couldn't get in earlier!! Yes, where are these men posters!! Come on you guys!!

Can't sleep,just lurking,ya caught me Lou:D

I'm wide awake too - should be dead beat by now!!

Me too,how is Patch doing? Better? Hope so'

He is still limping. The vet has given me something mild for him to take. Thinks it's a touch of arthiritis. If the medication works then the vet is right. If not, then will have to have X-ray. That means two cats are sick right now and the timing is bad.

Oh no,poor baby' guess I'm worried of leaving my baby at the kennel tomorrow. Never been in one and she's been grieving over Bear so much too' Had to hand feed her tonight. Guess you and I are in the same boat now'

Sis - did I miss something - did you tell me you were going somewhere tomorrow and I've completely forgotten? By the way, I'm having a lot of probs with this site tonight and it is very slow. Hope no-one minds us going off thread here a bit.

y'all keep talking, I can't sleep either:)

Don't know,guess it's the weather changin',whatever'

Hi tig - shall we open up a thread for late chatters. Yes, here I go - come and join us you insomniacs!!

well, I'm gonna go try again, just decided, but y'all keep it going, I might be back:)