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    Old 06-08-2013, 03:23 PM
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    Originally Posted by sherryl1
    I really don't believe in "sister" wifes,but,well I have been asking him to fix [or be responsible for] one meal a week.It's just too much for him to manage.I just figure after 35 years of me doing all the meals,maybe just 1 meal a week wouldn't be out of the question.Well it is just too much for him to do.So,sister wifes anyone?
    Maybe he could solve take you out for dinner one night a week, that would take care of his meal planning and be a treat for you too.
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    Old 06-08-2013, 06:27 PM
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    I did have to get another rotary cutter because I didn't find all the pieces. I really do Love the man, but sometimes I wonder what he was thinking. He would have a fit if I took one of his screw drivers, and either broke it or didn't put it back. That's why I bought a set just for me.
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    Old 06-08-2013, 06:29 PM
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    Mine has learned not to "weed" my flower beds. I used to have a really pretty California poppy. I found it pulled up once and replanted it. The poor thing was just recovering and one day it disappeared. When asked about it, hubby replied "I thought it was a dandelion." It was yellow!!?? After the butt chewing, he has left my beds alone.
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    Old 06-08-2013, 10:01 PM
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    Hmm well let's see.

    He tried to help once by putting dishwashing soap (Dawn) in the dishwasher. I came home to a 6 foot high wall of suds.

    My 40-year-old cutting board started splintering in the center (where you make the most cuts), so I asked him to sand it down for me. He sanded it. Then he gave it several coats of polyurethane.

    He has, on multiple occasions, crashed his remote-controlled helicopter into my flower beds and chopped them all to pieces.

    Fortunately, about the time I start fantasizing about killing him, he either does something super sweet for me, or he goes on a business trip.
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    Old 06-09-2013, 02:24 AM
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    In Aug of this year we will celebrate our 43rd Aniv. When we married our vows said for better or for worse. There have been a lot of both over the years. Better I could have hunted around and perhaps found a multimillionaire, but worse, would I have loved him or vice versa like I love DH. Worse he could have found and married a raving beauty, but Better he chose me. He likes electronics and spends whatever he wants, sometimes I get irritated at that but Worse he could be out at bars or chasing other women,but he has always been at home when not at work. Better he never says a word about what I buy when it comes to my sewing or anything else, and when we go out of town (we have too) shopping or for Dr. visits he always asks if I need to stop at Hobby Lobby or other places for my sewing. Sometimes if I complain about something he does that irriates me to DD she says well Mom you've been married to him for over 40 years now, you know how Dad is. Better I still have him around to love and he is beginning to really surprise me with some of the B-Day, Mother's Day, Anniv. & Christmas gifts and sometimes just because gifts he is now coming up with. Worse I could lose him as we aren't spring chicks anymore, and I have no idea what I would do without him, I have 5 or 6 dear friends who are now widows. So I Thank God in my prayers for all of the years He has loaned DH to me and the many many good and very few bad times over these 43 years we have had together. I can truthfully say that we have only had one arguement in all of these years, and it was so long ago I don't really remember what it was even about now, so it had to be very meaningless and I'm sure of no great importance. I often wonder what his feelings are of me with the many things I know I must do that really irritate him, but he never complains, so I guess he is just taking all the Wose and hoping someday it will get Better.

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    Old 06-09-2013, 10:36 AM
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    Originally Posted by sherryl1
    I really don't believe in "sister" wifes,but,well I have been asking him to fix [or be responsible for] one meal a week.It's just too much for him to manage.I just figure after 35 years of me doing all the meals,maybe just 1 meal a week wouldn't be out of the question.Well it is just too much for him to do.So,sister wifes anyone?
    At our house, one of us cooks, the other does the clean up. You can train him to do that. Yes, you can. It would be way easier than the sister/wife, also. Of course, if he doesn't want to do that, he can make his own and clean it up or take you to dinner.
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    Old 06-11-2013, 09:06 AM
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    A comment to a"GERBIE"......... I loved you message. In reading it, I thought I had written it because you and your DH sound so very much like me and my DH. The only difference is that in Aug. (the 27th) we will celebrate our 53rd anniversary, just 10 years earlier than you but I have to say "DITTO" to everything you said. We may have had a few more disagreements than you guys, having only one, but many times are so minor, neither of us can remember them, but guess it breaks up the monotony and never gets boring. And I too thank God every day in my prayers for lending him to me, for all the good times we shared the past 53 years. Thanks GERBIE for your story.
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    Old 06-11-2013, 09:09 AM
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    Not about quilting, but...

    A few years ago we lived in a house where I had two closets for all my clothes, shoes, etc. I have a problem keeping things straight (enough said about that). While I was out of town my DH decided to "help" me by taking everything out of both closets and rearranging everything so that it would be in what he thought was perfect order. I came home while he was in the middle of it and literally got hysterical. It sounds funny now, but I felt totally violated. I don't keep secrets from him so that wasn't the issue, but the feeling was there nevertheless and it was strong.

    This turned into a huge thing with him trying to get friends to say what he did was right and good, and me sobbing. I know it sounds silly, but neither one of us has forgotten it. To this day he won't go into my closet unless I ask him for help, even to hang up laundry. How crazy are we?

    Luckily we love each other and, for the most part, get along well!
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    Old 10-01-2013, 01:36 PM
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    Just stumbled on this (how could I have missed it?) ... after reading it all and chuckling, giggling and laughing out loud, couldn't help but remember an old saying:
    Women's faults are many, men have only two -
    Everything they say and everything they do!
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    Old 10-01-2013, 01:45 PM
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    Originally Posted by bearisgray
    And having the pie-hole open with sound coming out at the very beginning and very ending of a TV show I'm attempting to watch.
    I would be happy with that. I get DURING the shows. sigh
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