Couperwife Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 giggle..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 can so!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Come on mods......Sort em out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 we are using the same computer BTW oh she's back her turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Andy was just wondering if you was on the same pc....... That just makes it even more funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Now is that madder than my friends who bicker across a room on msn or not? I leave you lot for a bit and all hell breaks loose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 we are using the same computer BTW oh she's back her turn! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, heeeeeeeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 Now is that madder than my friends who bicker across a room on msn or not?I leave you lot for a bit and all hell breaks loose Now that is funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xScrunchee Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 My OH hoovers 'for me' or empties the bin 'for me'!! Nice of him really I suppose. Lucky I don't add a 'for you' onto the end of each sentence and give him a list of everything I do each day. I done the washing 'for you' I cut the grass 'for you' I dusted 'for you' I done the wahing up 'for you' I cleaned the kitchen/bathroom 'for you' I hoovered 'for you' I got the kids ready and went to the shops 'for you' I cooked dinner 'for you' etc etc etc........... I think he'd get a little bored after a couple of days. Any time I have sarcastically added a 'for you' onto the end of a sentence he gets most disgruntled and points out that it's not just for HIM!! Mmm, I give up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Him Indoors cooks Sunday Lunch and Christmas Dinner. He used every pot and pan we possess and piles them a mile high in the sink. He has no idea if we have got a washing machine, let alone where it is or how to work it. I hate housework and have to force myself to do it. I don't mind ironing though although for some reason I hate putting it away. Can't explain that. I'm with Lesley (again....it must be genetic!) I'd rather be up a ladder, digging a trench or rodding drains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 My husband has never used a domestic washing machine (although he did use a communal one in college 35 years ago). He has never ironed, or done the garden, or decorated the house, or put together a self-assembly pack, or used a drill, or cooked a meal, or fixed a plug, or sorted out the computer. As for sewing on a button, he would not know how to thread a needle. He gets away with everything because if he tries to do a job, he does it so badly that he is never asked again. It is a very clever ploy. Just two examples: when he took my son out years ago in his handsome new buggy he couldn't work out how to open the (very simple) fastening when he got back and so cut through the straps to get him out; and when he was asked to look after some sausages being grilled while I was trying to fix a computer problem upstairs he set fire to the grill and it has never worked since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Gallina I shouldnt laugh. Poor you. But cutting through the straps!! If you left my small people long enough they would have escaped on their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 when he took my son out years ago in his handsome new buggy he couldn't work out how to open the (very simple) fastening when he got back and so cut through the straps to get him out I ONCE left Him Indoors in charge of our 2 older children. Katie was 4 and Andrew was about 4 months. It wasn't as if I was out on the razzle either...... I was having a barium enema ! .... ......Any way, the baby had an awful squittery nappy and Him Indoors didn't know where to start as nappy changing wasn't normally in his remit so he got a roll of kitchen paper and wound it round and round the poor child until he looked like a cross between a cocoon and a pharoah and fastened it with parcel tape! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I got home! Andrew was quite happy though as he was sleeping peacefully when I got home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I would have paid good money to have seen that poor baby In our house................ HE - Empties the bins Takes them & the recylcling around the frount once a week Mows the lawn Feeds the (his) Dog Tackles any heavy work (ie - getting stuff from loft) Makes me a coffe in bed every morning THE GIRLS (ages 14 7 12) - Clean all the mirrors once a week Empty all the waste paper bins once a week Make their beds & keep their rooms tidy (ish) I DO EVERYTHING BL***Y ELSE (Washing,cleaning,shopping,hoovering,cooking, ferrying about, general organising,household finances,company book keeping, keeping everyone happy & sweet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 He has no idea if we have got a washing machine, let alone where it is or how to work it. I have always thought men would find their way around the kitchen a lot better if all the appliances had remote controls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Now thats a cracking idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Or if they dispensed Beer whenever you pushed the on button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 ......Any way, the baby had an awful squittery nappy and Him Indoors didn't know where to start as nappy changing wasn't normally in his remit so he got a roll of kitchen paper and wound it round and round the poor child until he looked like a cross between a cocoon and a pharoah and fastened it with parcel tape! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I got home! Andrew was quite happy though as he was sleeping peacefully when I got home. That is a classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 He has no idea if we have got a washing machine, let alone where it is or how to work it. I have always thought men would find their way around the kitchen a lot better if all the appliances had remote controls OH is not very good with those either They are another one of my jobs I have found that over the years that the more you do the worse OH gets He used to mow the lawn and some how that is now one of my jobs I must say I feel loads better for getting it all off my chest with you guys Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Come on mods......Sort em out I can't, I'm laughing too much. There are tears running down my cheeks because of Gallina's & Egluntine's posts. Thank you everyone. ...Mr & Mrs. C....Behave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Here Sheila - have one of my tissues - I'm laughing too! I guess after reading these posts, that I am relatively lucky. When it comes to Stefan, Darren is fantastic. He does everything that I do and more, and if he's unsure he asks and does it right next time. He cooks meals and freezes them, changes nappies, does bath time every night, organises Stefan's bag if we go out with everything that he will possibly need... ( I got a telling off today for not packing a spare set of clothes. I really should have guessed we'd need some spares as we were heading for a play centre open day with paddling pools and sand pits, and we ended up borrowing clothes from the lost property box! - whoops) .....lets me have a lay-in on an (occasional) Saturday morning and does the whole morning breakfast, wash, change and nap routine with Stefan! The housework does leave something to be desired, but it's mainly down to not thinking about things, or not seeing the dust/dirt. When he remembers he will put a load in the washing machine. Very, very rarely changes beds, cleans bathroom, vacuums, sweeps, mops, dusts, irons etc...... but he does the mowing, the weeding, the compost, the wheelie bins, the cooking and washing up. He's a good 'sorter outer' and will keep and eye on clutter building up, like old newspapers etc. Not bad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiepoos Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Oh dear - I must be married to a rare breed I had the unfortunate experience of having a brain tumour removed last November and it laid me low for quite a few weeks - well into the breech steps OH - No problems at all - put his hand to most tasks with minimal help. Cleaning, hoovering, washing, shopping, a little ironing and all the cooking - a right little domestic God Of course I'm OK now and back to work but if I ask him he'll help. Do you think I could rent him out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Oh Susiepoos.....I'm sorry to hear about your recent problems. It makes a non domesticated OH seem totally unimportant. I hope you are totally recovered and I'd hang on to your OH....he's worth keeping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Well said Egluntine. I did actually see someone improvise a nappy like that in a sit-com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I have busy baking four mega corned beef and potatoe pies this morning whilst Couperwife slobbed around like lady muck in her dressing gown running up the phone bill. I can be domesticated sometimes! We share the load really, I do most of the cooking when i'm in! and she does everything else apart from the cleaning which is sub-contracted out! We share the ironing, I do mine, she does hers, on a press as you go basis. So corned beef pie and new potatoes (fresh from my brothers garden swapped for 1/2 doz eggs) for tea yum. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
