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Across the Fence:  Honey, wheres' my shirt?????  |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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 Posted - Sep 13 2011 : 7:20:11 PM
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Some mornings its his shirt or his key, some times its the salad dressing or a book that he can't find. My hubby just can't figure out how to look under or behind things to find what he wants! This morning it was like this:
"Hey!!! where's my shirt???" (he has about 200...)
So I choose my words carefully "Its a summer shirt right?"
Frustrated "Yes!"
"Is it the green and white Hawaiian one?"
"NO! It's my work shirt!!!"
I've got my hands full with breakfast dishes and morning chores, but I think that he had it laid out on the bed..So I say "It was on the bed a little bit ago...."
He yells "It's not here now!!!"
So I say "Look under the other shirts that you've pulled out on the bed, it'll be on the bottom"
"Well it's not"
"Just look" I coax
I hear grumbling about my lack of sympathy and such and then I hear a quiet "oh"....a few seconds latter he hollers "Found it!"
*SIGH* 
We all have a hubby or boyfriend who has a one signature annoying trait or habit that makes us grit our teeth  but that we kind of find endearing. What does yours do that drives you up the wall ??
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2011 : 9:37:02 PM
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Seven words: "Babe, can you get me some water?"
Drives me crazy. He's not thirsty enough to get it himself, but he sure is dying of thirst enough to whine about it a dozen times a day and every 10 minutes when I don't hop right on it like a stepford wife.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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Lieberkim
True Blue Farmgirl
839 Posts
Kimberly
Sunnyside
WASHINGTON
USA
839 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 06:20:56 AM
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I don't think I've ever met a man who can find things, it's a woman's gift. My husband even jokes about it, he'll say things like I can't find it because it's right in front of my face. My Dad was the same way if he needed anything my Mom had to find it!
Excuse the mess & the noise, my children are making happy memories |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 06:26:57 AM
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There are are a few...my dh has ADD and it only really shows itself when I ask him "not to forget something." It's like I'm uttering some sort of spell, when I use those words that specifically says, "you will forget everything I ask you to do!"
For example: Each Saturday, I buy eggs for mom at our CSA. Each Monday at about 9:00, I call from my desk to home (b/c he's with our daughter until 10 and he takes her to my mom's) to say, "Please don't forget to take Mom the eggs. They're on the top shelf in the fridge." "Ok!", says he. Later, on Monday, when I pick up the girl from mom's, I say, "Did Justin bring your eggs?" "Nope..." says she. EVERY MONDAY.
Also, with ADD, if I make a list of things I need at the store (and, when making a list, I also specify brands because he will either come back with the "best" or the "worst" depending), I put stars by the most important items. Those are, inevitably, what he DOESN'T buy, even though they're on the list prominently.
And, to continue, if he DOESN'T take a list and is going out on Sunday for 3 items (milk, juice and a paper), he will come back with a paper, no juice or milk but a dozen donuts.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 06:38:02 AM
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I agree with you, Kimberly. My DH even tells others to ask me when things get lost. I think we women have radar or something!! But I have to tell you that there is one description of my DH that comes from my former boss from years ago when my DH and I were courting. I was raising my two children by myself after my husband had left for a girl fresh out of college (he was 40) and I was doing quite well by myself, when this man showed up in my office about our computer equipment and later asked if he could court me. From then on, when people would come into my office and ask me how he was doing, knowing that we were seeing each other, my boss would interrupt and giggle, "Oh, well, don't you know? He's so wooooonderful!" And he still is! :-)
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 06:54:32 AM
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My hubby can't bend over. We need one of those refrigeraters that are on the top so he can actually see what's in there. I put the milk jugs on the very bottom and he never seems to be able to see them. Poor guy. And can't cook either. But he's a truck driver and finds his way to anywhere in the U.S. And can tell you every mile marker and what's near it. And every truck stop from here to Calif. But can't find his way around here.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Acelady02
True Blue Farmgirl
1266 Posts
Penny
Washington
GA
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 07:17:35 AM
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Isn't it something how they CAN'T find anything, I agree with you Annika, If it isn't on top, in front, or in there hand they can't find it...my DH has a few little things that get to me...but for him to look in the fridge and tell me he can't find something, I will be at my desk and tell him what shelf, left, right or middle...he say how do you do that? I tell him Baby please move something and you can find anything. Amazing...But I have a great DH...not much to complain about
(((((Hugs All)))))Penny
Farmgirl Sister #3343
God gives Miracles to those who Believe, Courage to those with Faith, Hope to those who Dream, Love to those who Accept, & Forgiveness to those who Ask... |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 07:37:01 AM
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Mine's a complete sweetheart and a wouldn't trade him for a mountain of diamonds!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 07:48:11 AM
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Oh I wouldn't trade mine for anything but I would love it if he would actually put things in the trash instead of on the counter above the trash can, same with the dishwasher, he will rinse the dishes and set them on the counter above the dishwasher, like they will magically load themselves.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 08:09:01 AM
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I wouldn't trade mine, either. I thought we were just sharing our pet peeves, not slamming them or leaving em'!
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 08:15:59 AM
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Oh we are Jonni, I didn't mean it that way. My hubby Andrew, had just kissed my ear, suggested that we go out to dinner and dashed out the door for work and I was struck by how sweet he is!  It was an impulsive romantic post
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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Lieberkim
True Blue Farmgirl
839 Posts
Kimberly
Sunnyside
WASHINGTON
USA
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Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 09:46:40 AM
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Kathy you found mine for me! My husband is anal retentive and does everything perfectly but one thing that he does that I don't understand is.... he'll take the dishes from the table when he's done and set them on the counter above the dishwasher.... so it would kill you to open the dishwasher door and put them inside???? It's not a big thing it just makes me shake my head and wonder why. But I can't even begin to tell you how many things I have done or do do that annoy him. A big one when we first got married was I washed the welcome mat by the door and then hung it over the fence to dry and forgot about it. It drove him NUTS.
Excuse the mess & the noise, my children are making happy memories |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 09:52:14 AM
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Your posts are so funny. I love the topic. LoL
Linda in Scranton, PA
Farmgirl #71 |
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Nanniekim
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Kim
Arizona
206 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 12:57:50 PM
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How funny!
My husband says he can't find things because he wasn't the one that put them away. I told him he was welcome to put away the groceries, clothes, dishes, etc. if it would help him. He hasn't taken me up on it yet!
Kim |
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NixKat
True Blue Farmgirl
288 Posts
Kathleen
CT
USA
288 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 1:26:28 PM
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My husband is sweet and attentive and very romantic...but his habit of using the backseat area of the car as his trash can drives me crazy. As soon as that bottle of Pepsi is finished, over his shoulder it goes. That bag of leftovers from the drive-thru, over the shoulder... We just bought a new car. Five minutes after he stressed the importance of a fresh start at keeping this car clean he was tossing that empty bottle in to the back seat.
I have decided is easier to just clean up after him.
Kathleen...... Farmgirl Sister #3447 |
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MEWolf
True Blue Farmgirl
358 Posts
Margaret
Byers
Colorado
USA
358 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 2:12:16 PM
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LOL I am so loving these posts. When we moved in July, DH and I moved separately to our new home, to split up moving the animals as we have five dogs and no one vehicle big enough to accommodate them all. So he came up first, trailering the one car, and got the barn ready for the equids, and fenced the dog yard, along with moving up most of the tools, and barn implements. I followed the day after he returned bringing with me 3 dogs, two cats and most of the kitchen, bathrooms and linens. The horses and donks came the next day. My DH finally made it up three days later with the other two dogs and some odds and ends. This really worked well for us, having three vehicles, five dogs, and two cats and only two of us. HOWEVER, this move posed many problems for my DH as he had no idea where anything was in the new house and had lost track of where things were in the old house. Poor guy, if it does not sit up and sing the star spangled banner...it apparently does not exist!
Margaret
“Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the flowers, kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden and keep out the weeds, fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1808-1882)
Farmgirl #3020
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tammyknit
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Tammy
Reedsburg
WI
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2011 : 1:47:41 PM
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My DH is wonderful, does dishes, does laundry in winter (when we use the dryer), vacuums, helps with canning, but he doesn't cook AND CANNOT TELL TIME. He tells me when he will be home and I generally have to adjust the time by 15 minutes or so. (it used to be at least 30 minutes). If he is cooking, he either throws a frozen pizza in the oven, he usually does the grilling, or we go out to eat. Neither of us is very good about cleaning up, so the house tends to be somewhat messy;)
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Sabrena Orr
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Sabrena
Olympia
WA
USA
198 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2011 : 2:21:50 PM
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Too funny reading these posts! This morning, it was "have you seen my keys, my badge (needs it to get INTO his office), my sunglasses and my wallet?" We're used to it as it is the same routine every morning! Usually I corral all of his items into one area so he can find it all, but last night I think I went to bed before he did!
Sabrena, Olympia |
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gracylfreebush
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
Gracy
Alvin
TX
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2011 : 6:04:22 PM
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My husband does the grocery shopping. He takes a list at to what we need. Then when he gets there he calls. "There are three kinds of ranch dressing. Do you want regular ranch, buttermilk ranch or low fat ranch, then we get to the bread, white bread, wheat bread, if I have specified wheat bread, do you want oat wheat, loo% whole wheat 7 grain, white/wheat. etc. It goes on for the whole time he is at the grocery store. He is great about everything but I want to through the phone in the washer whenever he leaves for the grocery store.
Thoughts are things choose the good ones. |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13764 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13764 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2011 : 7:22:05 PM
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Well, I could write a book about this. We've been married 43 years and there are some things about my "sweet William" that just drive me absolute nuts, but I have learned that it'll probably never change and it's probably not worth picking a fight about. He CANNOT find anything! He CANNOT put anything back where it belongs, even though he got it from where it belongs! He CANNOT remember "we've had this conversation already". He is the WORST procrastinator . . yikes!!!
But we've been married long enough, gone through enough of it that we can joke about it and he admits to it all.
He IS an excellent cook and does most of the cooking. He is very creative/inventive, frugal and resourceful. He is totally supportive of me and things I want to do. I don't want to "train" another one, so I guess I'm keep him!
CJ
I have been able to help our daughter understand husbands better because of it!
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
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camiesmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Anne Jeannette
Stagecoach
NV
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2011 : 11:02:32 PM
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Been married 17 years and my guy is great. Helps out around the house, loves to bbq and helps me cook quite often. Keeps the yard looking great. Like every other man 8've met, he can look under or behind anything. I think it's in their dna.
But, coffee drips. All over the counter. All over the floor. Do you think he could wipe them up? Even when he cleans the kitchen, while he may clean the counter, he leaves the floor.
Still, I wouldn't trade him for the world. He is the kindest, most loving man I've ever met. He would give the shirt off his back, and never thinks twice when someone needs help.
A.J.
Work is love made visible. ~ Kahlil Gibran |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9581 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9581 Posts |
Posted - Sep 25 2011 : 09:57:28 AM
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Wow, many of these guys are cut from the same cloth. My dh used to kid me about turning that "thing" on because inevitably when he couldn't find something I always managed to put my finger right on it. Now time has passed and I have a tendency to forget where I put something so he really has stopped asking, knowing I am not much help in that area anymore.
He does have the 'I can't open the dishwasher' syndrome or when he does he comes looking for me to ask whether they are clean or dirty. He should be able to tell by looking at them. Sometimes and this really drives me nuts, he will not open the door to the dishwasher and still asks that same question. I sometimes ask him if he opened the door or I'll say, "did you run the dishwasher?" He kind of looks at me like I have two heads or something. I love going in there to unload only to find that he has put dirty dishes in there AFTER they have run. That's always fun and when I say something he will say he couldn't tell. I told him to look at the door on the inside. If it is clean chances are very good they have been done. It doesn't matter he still asks. He had the wonderful idea to put one of those dirty/clean signs on but alas, the front is plastic not metal. LOL!
We won't even hit the pet peeves about the bathroom. 
farm girl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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Posted - Sep 26 2011 : 05:28:50 AM
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Now Annika , I see what you mean. Every since you posted this topic I have been keeping a watchful eye on my husband to see if he did this also. And he does . I guess I am so accustomed to it I never took notice. Last night at supper time he ask me, Honey where is the spoon for the cheesy potatoes? I just looked at him like really! It was laying right there beside the dish! So funny. Gotta love them!!!
Seize The Day!
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Sep 27 2011 : 3:33:59 PM
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Only one? OK, it would have to be his shoes. He takes them off anywhere and wouldn't you know it, it's ALWAYS right in the spot I'm walking through. I am constantly tripping over his shoes! Usually with my hands full of something. But other than the other 38,645 annoying habits (kidding!) I love him dearly! Wouldn't want his shoes anywhere else!
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
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birdie71
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Robin
Glendale
Arizona
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2011 : 8:48:44 PM
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His piles, not putting trash in the trash that is not even two feet away, and cleaning up after himself! How do they not see the mess left behind? It's just absolutely astounding!
Robin
Farmgirl Sister #1301
Farming in the Sonoran Desert? Hmmm?!
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Across the Fence: Honey, wheres' my shirt????? |
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Honey, wheres' my shirt?????
