The Stealth Hatch, or the marital fiasco.....

[Farm Frenzy]

Mine's not controlling either...he just acts like a child, and wants to be taken care of. It does get rather annoying, but **sigh** what can you do.

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

I'm the bossy one in this house, the queen bee, mother hen, etc. etc. My hubby has his opinions on things and I try to respect them but for the most part I do what I want. But if he were really against something because he HATED it, I probably wouldn't do it...
It sounds like your DH thinks chickens are dirty, huh?

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

He thinks that everything that poops is dirty.... Chickens, dogs, cats, babies.... we have a dog, because i insisted, because he is gone so much of the time, i feel safer with her around... We can't have a cat (we WANT ONE!!!), and I had to change all the diapers for all 3 kids... He's good at stuff though, and fixes the cars when they need fixing, mows the lawn, earns the money, works hard, and serves his country.... all of which is good, but I WANT MORE CHICKENS!!!! It is true that the chickens like to sit on the steps... but I feel that this is due mainly to his refusal to build a decent coop with fencing.... I had to scrap together to do the best I could, and they free range during the day.... men..... Anyway, he's kind of an eyeore anyway... but i love him, and he loves me and provides for us, so i suppose i shouldn't complain too much anyway, except that I want more chickens!!! and Ducks!!! and maybe another goose!

 

[peepinglaura]

What if you said to your husband, "Chickens make me happy. Incubating some chicks would bring me a lot of happiness. You could bring me a lot of happiness just by agreeing to this." Surely, phrased like that, he's not going to say he can't be bothered to make you happy? Who cares about stepping around a few chickens if it makes your love happy? He doesn't have to love them to want more. He just has to love for you to be happy.

My husband moved from a sunny to a temperate climate to make me happy. I'm living in a crazy huge fixer upper farmhouse because it makes him happy. Making each other happy makes us happy.

Laura

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

We've been together for 10 1/2 years.... i'm not sure that he's willing to make sacrifices for my happiness. If it's easy to make me happy, sure, but i don't think he's going to do any MORE in the chicken world... He thinks it's a disease, chicken-addiction.... he might be right, but I don't care.