Well said Lee, but I was thinking the best way to something else. OK enough, I'm trying to be good now.Necessity is the mother of inventing the best way to your own heart.
Well said Lee, but I was thinking the best way to something else. OK enough, I'm trying to be good now.Necessity is the mother of inventing the best way to your own heart.
I'm a stay at home dad throughout the day and a college student at night, so I take care of my toddler during the day, clean the house, cook, and do all the grocery shopping. The only thing I don't really do much around the house is laundry and that's because I have a habit of shrinking stuff that doesn't need shrinking or washing stuff that is only supposed to be dry cleaned. It all looks the same to me and my wife has banned me from doing the laundry. The only laundry I do is when my son has an "accident" in the middle of the night and I need to wash his bedding and pajamas. I get in trouble at least once a week too because I can't tell which blouses get hung up and which get folded and put in the dresser. I try to help but usually it just causes my wife more of a headache trying to find what I did with her stuff.Cap off: I have a "friend" that shops, cooks, and then cleans up after including the dishes. What would he be?
This! My wife was like this in the gym. She asked me to show her stuff and asked my advice and then told me I was wrong and got a personal trainer, who then told her the exact thing I did which she then took as gospel... I had to make sure I pointed out to her that I said the same things and she admitted I was right. She still doesn't listen to me about things though. I think that's just part of having a significant other.
There is a saying in Portuguese that roughly translates into: "A saint can never preform a miracle in his/her own home."This! My wife was like this in the gym. She asked me to show her stuff and asked my advice and then told me I was wrong and got a personal trainer, who then told her the exact thing I did which she then took as gospel... I had to make sure I pointed out to her that I said the same things and she admitted I was right. She still doesn't listen to me about things though. I think that's just part of having a significant other.
Hahaha! I only made a point of telling her that because at the time we were I think newly weds and we kept discussing how the other person never listened. We both were guilty of it and it had been a learning experience for both of us. We try to listen to each other now, but coming from two completely different backgrounds sometimes make this a little difficult.Your wife is a saint. I would've clocked you. Actually, DH and I made a pact when we first got married. Whenever we have a disagreement over something, each of us insisting that we are right, and then we discover that we are actually incorrrect, the party in the wrong must make the statement: "I'm sorry, dear. You were right and I was wrong." However, the wrong party must figure this out for themselves. "I told you so" is absolutely forbidden.
"I'm sorry, dear. You were right and I was wrong."
Your wife is a saint. I would've clocked you. Actually, DH and I made a pact when we first got married. Whenever we have a disagreement over something, each of us insisting that we are right, and then we discover that we are actually incorrrect, the party in the wrong must make the statement: "I'm sorry, dear. You were right and I was wrong." However, the wrong party must figure this out for themselves. "I told you so" is absolutely forbidden.
And here's Jen's gratuitous dirty twist of the thread."I told you so" can be fun as long as it leads to wrestling and hot sex!!!
And here's Jen's gratuitous dirty twist of the thread.
"I told you so" can be fun as long as it leads to wrestling and hot sex!!!
I had been teaching barefoot running clinics for over a year and had written a book, but my wife still ignored my running advice. She finally came around after reading Born to Run. Damn McDougall...
And here's Jen's gratuitous dirty twist of the thread.
I had been teaching barefoot running clinics for over a year and had written a book, but my wife still ignored my running advice. She finally came around after reading Born to Run. Damn McDougall...
Just chiming in that your's was the first book I read about barefoot running about 2 years ago. I chose it because it was succinct. It got me off to a good, balanced start. Thanks!I had been teaching barefoot running clinics for over a year and had written a book, but my wife still ignored my running advice. She finally came around after reading Born to Run. Damn McDougall...
And I've NEVER read Born to Run... am I the only one?Just chiming in that your's was the first book I read about barefoot running about 2 years ago. I chose it because it was succinct. It got me off to a good, balanced start. Thanks!
I thought all bfr's have read that book...And I've NEVER read Born to Run... am I the only one?