Wednesday, September 03, 2008

I laughed

I like to laugh. I generally laugh a lot. That may come as a surprise to many who doubt that I even smile. Maybe I just don't like you & your presence makes me gassy. That's hard to cover up.

I was talking to Jessica monday afternoon in our kitchen. We were discussing our plans for the afternoon among other things. She let me know that she wanted to go to target to buy some bathroom essentials for our guests from Germany that will be here in 9 days. She also listed a trip to Maurice's, possibly Old Navy, and Ross. I think there was something else she wanted to do but I can't exactly remember what it was. Knowing we had plans that afternoon, which happened to be double booked (sorry Hudson, it's my fault), I started to ask questions about timelines & questioning whether it would be feasible to accomplish everything on her list. Let's just say Jessica was less than pleased with my probing. I explained myself to the best of my ability to calm her frustration & she said she understood, but she let me know: "I just don't like it when I feel like you're telling me what I can and can't do." My response, "submit wife." Not really. I laughed, and Jessica did too. It's amazing that she doesn't like it when she feels like I'm telling here what she can & can't do. Weird. I wonder if there are any other wives who don't like it if they feel like they are being told what they can & can't do? This may need research.

6 Comments:

At 12:32 PM, Blogger Erica said...

Andy and I had a similar run in the other day about being told what to do. I don't know if it got resolved. It was about driving long distances and being a passenger and not in control

 
At 5:32 PM, Blogger TimmyMac said...

I can attest that my wife hates it also . . . She can usually tell I'm trying to tell her what to do because my lips are moving . . .

(sigh) . . . If only everyone would see things my way, what a happy world Plucky's World would be . . . (insert shameless plug for my blog here)

 
At 7:57 PM, Blogger Murdoc said...

Erica- Does Andy not like sitting co-pilot?

Tim- Just tell your wife that you understand where she is at & that you're doing your best to work with her.

 
At 10:58 AM, Blogger No(dot dot)el said...

i on the other hand am completely whipped into submission. i love it when moses tells me what to do. in fact some mornings i wake up and say, "babe could you please tell me what to do today, i just don't feel like thinking for myself" :)

seriously though, i hate those conversations that happen just because what you said and what the other person hears are two completely different things. to explain yourself is a hard task but a worthy one.

and finally so glad you blogged again ben :) i missed your thoughts.

 
At 12:40 PM, Blogger Murdoc said...

The joys of communication. What is said & what is heard is usually different. One reason is words mean different things to different people. For example, when you say whipped into submission, I could take that literally & tell you to get out of the scary situation. On the other hand, it could mean something totally different...Does Moses have a cat o' 9 tails.

 
At 4:02 PM, Blogger No(dot dot)el said...

see, ben now you have made me laugh. i thought that whipped word would be good for dramatic effect.

 

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