Here is something that drives me nuts about Mike:
1. He will make a series of "easy way" decisions that have obvious, visible, predictable negative consequences.
2. He will continue to act as if those obvious, visible, predictable negative consequences have magically NOT happened.
3. He will then rail against the unfairness of the universe.
4. And because the situation is SO UNFAIR, he will retaliate by taking no measures to fix or reduce the negative effects.
For example:
We have outdoor trash cans. He left the lids off. So of course water got in. He then threw away a raw chicken wrapper without bagging it, to get it away from the cats. He then put a full bag of trash on top of that mess. A week later, he carried the VISIBLY DRIPPING bag of trash to the car and put it into the trunk. Then he took it out and said, "How did this WATER get here??" And when I said, "Do you want me to get some trash bags to put down underneath it?" he said, "TOO LATE NOW!" and heaved the dripping trash bag back into the trunk. Life is SO UNFAIR to him.
Oh my gosh this cracked me up...
ReplyDeleteat least I know it's not just MY husband doing things like this. Men!
That is ridiculous. I guess you're supposed to know to put the trash bags down before he puts them in the trunk? Wow.
ReplyDeleteThis cracked me up because that would be ME. I get all sulky and just want to throw my hands up and WALLOW in the misery of it all. Even when I'm the one who CAUSED the misery. But at least I am finally aware of this unfortunate tendency, so I have been getting better at curtailing that kind of behavior before it gets too ludicrous. I'm sure I still do it, though.
ReplyDeleteMy only comment to this is " Boys are STUPID". You could walk them through it step by step, show them the consequences of their actions on film and they would STILL do it "their" way. *sigh* Makes you want to be single, on another planet, with no men in sight!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the title of this post I thought, Hmm - that doesn't sound like something she'd normally say. Now it makes perfect sense, because it's NOT something you'd say. Because YOU think things through and then do the logical thing even if it means more work. Because YOU are a female, a wife and a mother, which means you know the easy way is usually the wrong way to do anything. Amen.
ReplyDeleteI was just having a conversation with my husband the other day about he (and most men) NEVER think about the possible outcomes or consequences of a particular action. My husband has packed glass beer bottles into a suitcase that he checked at the airport. For example. No concept of this being perhaps a problem. MEN!
ReplyDeleteOMG...this sounds EXACTLY like my boyfriend....I watch him do something that is going to ultimately end up with him being frustrated...and then when it does, he blames "the world" or "the universe" or anything except his shortcut thinking. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious! My hubby will leave outdoor work situations set up so that rain would ruin equipment or other parts of the problem, and then fret all night, "I hope it doesn't rain, what if it rains, does it look like it's going to rain?" until I want to smack him.
ReplyDeleteOh. My. God.
ReplyDeleteAre our husbands related?
He does this crap & I can see the handwriting on the wall "This will end badly" but he is oblivious & refuses to listen to my warnings. Then when shiz goes down ~ I wind up being the one who has to listen to the horribleness & how the world is out to get him.
Spare me the toddler insanity & just THINK before you do stupid crap!!
(whew. Sorry. A big of pent up frustrility there.)
Amen and amen.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was, "Boys are dumb," but KL beat me to it.
Husby was kind of an ass to me yesterday so I'm still on the rant train.
I raise my umbrella drink to you and say rant on!
HA HA HA!!
ReplyDeleteTOOOOO LATE NOW! The UNIVERSE is AGAINST ME!
THAT, my friend, is how the CAT GOT OUT OF THE BASEMENT...
THAT would be frustrating. I don't think Matt does this exact thing, but he tends to just not "realize" something is a problem. As if he is omitting step three... no railing against the universe, but no solution either!
ReplyDeleteI KNOW that person. Drives me bonkers.
ReplyDeleteif he's like mine, this whole process makes you even battier when you realize he does NOT make this type of mistake in his professional life. It's like he uses up all his careful thinking on the job and come home and acts like a spoiled 2-year-old. :(
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