How do men do it????? But wait! There's more! Pg.3

[DTchickens]

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A smart person indeed, I've thought like this a long time myself.

-Daniel

 

[chickaddict]

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I would never, in a million years, never refer to my man as lazy. He works 7 dys a week and football (and sometimes HGTV) are the only times his "selective hearing"
comes into play.

This thread to me is nothing more than humorous venting.

But just to keep things honest, I will admit there are times when I too suffer from selective hearing.


If I am watching Survior, The Amazing Race, or in the middle of a good book I will not answer the phone. (the phone is about 3 feet from where I usually sit)
I can actually reach the phone without standing, I just choose not to hear it.

Anyone that knows me would not call during those shows and if I'm reading....well... that's what caller ID is for.

 

[Orchid]

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I have to say that for the most part I did not take this as a discussion of how lazy men are (with a few notable exceptions, one of them being Joe Bryant tattling on himself

), but more of a good-natured laugh about the natural differences between men and women.

My list of the wonderful things about my husband would be very long - but would anyone be able to read it without getting cavities?

 

[chickaddict]

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Like your wife I too can't seem to download with success, I harrass my teenagers to do it for me. I would love to show off pictures of my girls like everone else on BYC.

Taking a picture that doesn't come out fuzzy is not one of my talents.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Jealous much?

I beg to differ dear person of opposite gender

I can cook supper, help with homework, do dishes, and dodge dogs under foot at the same time I am having a conversation with hubby about his day at work. I hear every question, every sizzle in the pan, and am completely aware of where I am in BOTH conversations when DD asks a math question AND I can do it in my head and give the correct answer for her to check her work, then turn around and flip the meat in the skillet and answer DH like I had never been in another conversation. So, I think multitasking IS real. If not, my family would NEVER get fed home cooking, and dishes would never be clean, or homework done, because the madhouse that is my home, come 4 o'clock in the afternoon is a chaotic dash to get folks wound down from work/school, lunches unpacked, dishes washed for tomorrow, and "honey how was your days" done ALL in MY KITCHEN while I cook supper. Want to come for supper and watch the show sometime? You're welcome to it! Oh, and sweety, women ARE extraordinary

as are men in their own very different ways. We multitask, men have more physical strength. Balance of power IMO.

 

[Sjisty]

My hubby won't go near a computer, or anything else electronic for that matter. He doesn't know how to work the remote control or his new cell phone. Recording a tv show is well beyond his capabilities - but ......

He can build a house (he's a carpenter), change out the plumbing in the bathroom, wire light fixtures, BUILD A BEAUTIFUL CHICKEN COOP, and is a whiz bang at taking out the garbage.

He also occasionally cooks (nothing complicated), sometimes does the dishes and laundry, and is in charge of feeding/watering the dog.

Yes, he has selective hearing, and if his head turns away, so does his attention. He can't remember anything, except he can name every quarterback (starters and backups), every coach, which players have won a superbowl, as well as every player for the Buccaneers since they started. He did forget my birthday last year, but I can guarantee that won't happen again.

All in all, I think I'll keep him because the alternatives, after reading this thread, are just plain scarey!

 

[Hound]

Sounds like my DH. We had a litter of 8 puppies up until last week. He wanted to breed the dogs, I didn't especially want to but of course loved them once they were here. Anyway, he apparently has an aversion to the smell of dog poop so you can guess who was in charge of the daily cleanup. Why he thinks the smell is any more pleasant to me I don't understand, but sometimes you just have to suck it up. Likewise he can't stand to clean up dog vomit. The crazy part is that his job involves a lot of bad smells and gruesome sights; he's a cowboy.

I can hear if our dogs are chewing on something they shouldn't, and it will wake me up. He just sleeps right on through it.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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York is as bad as DD calling a pile of poo a gomer...a gomer pile..

So a fresh hairball would be a new york huh? You people and your weird words

 

[gritsar]

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Exactly! (on both statements) Jeez Louise y'all! I was just having a little fun.

Anyone that truly knows me knows that I worship the ground my husband walks on. HE IS MY ROCK! (and I remind him of this every day!). He's caring and kind and an excellent provider. He is the single most important person in my life.

Lighten up!

 

[Orchid]

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York is as bad as DD calling a pile of poo a gomer...a gomer pile..

So a fresh hairball would be a new york huh? You people and your weird words