What does the OH do that really ****es you off?

[Cotty]

anonymous said:

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WinstonWolf said:

It's so that they can call you, not the other way round

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

[singlecoil]

Cotty said:

WinstonWolf said:

It's so that they can call you, not the other way round

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

The idea (often subconscious) is that you deal with the (your) emergency without involving her. If she has any emergencies that really do involve her, she will already know about them.

[toxgobbler]

singlecoil said:

Cotty said:

WinstonWolf said:

It's so that they can call you, not the other way round

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

The idea (often subconscious) is that you deal with the (your) emergency without involving her. If she has any emergencies that really do involve her, she will already know about them.

My wife didn't know her Dad was dead for a further 4 hours because of this.

[LouD86]

Reading this has made an amusing weekend. Whilst I can see a lot of my ex in this, I think I really made a good choice in the current lady.

Only annoying thing, and its minor, she won't do the washing. I don't mind that, I did it for years before she moved in, but if she realises she wants something in the basket, she grabs the whole thing, puts it in the car, and takes it to her parents, where their 'staff' wash it.

All well and good, until I then go to put the washing on that evening as I know I have no shirts for work left, and wow, no shirts. I won't get them till a day later when she collects them. Buggary

[blindswelledrat]

toxgobbler said:

singlecoil said:

Cotty said:

WinstonWolf said:

It's so that they can call you, not the other way round

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

The idea (often subconscious) is that you deal with the (your) emergency without involving her. If she has any emergencies that really do involve her, she will already know about them.

My wife didn't know her Dad was dead for a further 4 hours because of this.

Did his condition deteriorate much in that time?

[Alapeno]

Mine's pretty sane compared to a lot of these, however, she does do one thing though that fks me off no end...

I run a business and work from home. She still can't understand why I've not washed the pots, been to pick up food or got the tea ready for when she comes in.

Goes in a strop and says "I've been at work all day, it's the last thing I want to be doing when I come in!"

It's not a new situation either, it's been 2 fking years

[Tyre Tread]

Alapeno said:

Mine's pretty sane compared to a lot of these, however, she does do one thing though that fks me off no end...

I run a business and work from home. She still can't understand why I've not washed the pots, been to pick up food or got the tea ready for when she comes in.

Goes in a strop and says "I've been at work all day, it's the last thing I want to be doing when I come in!"

It's not a new situation either, it's been 2 fking years

The marriage of a good friend of mine ended basically because his wife couldn't get her head around the fact that he might have been at home but he was working. Because he is a CAD draughtsman she was convinced he was just playing computer games.

[BrabusMog]

Tyre Tread said:

Alapeno said:

Mine's pretty sane compared to a lot of these, however, she does do one thing though that fks me off no end...

I run a business and work from home. She still can't understand why I've not washed the pots, been to pick up food or got the tea ready for when she comes in.

Goes in a strop and says "I've been at work all day, it's the last thing I want to be doing when I come in!"

It's not a new situation either, it's been 2 fking years

The marriage of a good friend of mine ended basically because his wife couldn't get her head around the fact that he might have been at home but he was working. Because he is a CAD draughtsman she was convinced he was just playing computer games.

With my job, once I have done my work for the day I can go home and I plan my week so that I am not leaving the office after 1pm on a Friday. If an issue ever cropped up and I had to stay late on a Friday, my ex used to think it was because I was going to the pub and refused to believe I was at work still! And all this whilst she was still at work so that I couldn't see her anyway!

[Cotty]

blindswelledrat said:

toxgobbler said:

singlecoil said:

Cotty said:

WinstonWolf said:

It's so that they can call you, not the other way round

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

The idea (often subconscious) is that you deal with the (your) emergency without involving her. If she has any emergencies that really do involve her, she will already know about them.

My wife didn't know her Dad was dead for a further 4 hours because of this.

Did his condition deteriorate much in that time?

Probably not, but what if the call was to say he probably will not last the night so come to the hospital and see him one last time before they read him his last rights?

[Alapeno]

Tyre Tread said:

The marriage of a good friend of mine ended basically because his wife couldn't get her head around the fact that he might have been at home but he was working. Because he is a CAD draughtsman she was convinced he was just playing computer games.

I'm sure mine thinks I'm just messing around on the internet all day as I work solely from a computer too. She questions what I do all day when I tell her news stories that she hasn't heard yet or see things before they're shared around Facebook.

[RenesisEvo]

My OH, for all the good she brings, does one thing that drives me insane.

Parking a car takes her a lifetime.

Me: arrive at space, reverse in, handbrake on, neutral, lights/wipers off, engine off, grab phone/wallet, seatbelt released/door opened and out. Consider pressing folding mirror button or push mirror in (depending on car and location). Lock car, shove keys into pocket and walk away. Total time: 30-45 seconds.

Her: arrive at space. Choose another space. Then another. Reverse in. Drive back out. Kicks me out of the car. Lowers windows, then park carefully using me as a banksperson. Put car in neutral - check four or five times. Apply handbrake - check four or five times. Turn off lights etc. Check at least twice. Dig out handbag. Out of car, walk around to double check it's parked ok. If necessary, repeat all again as car is moved to another space or position. Once out of car and happy with positioning, fold in each mirror. Lock car, and triple-check each door handle (thank goodness it's now a coupe) and the boot, and that the lights are definitely off. Kicks away any litter from near the tyres if necessary. Walks away from car. Looks back a couple of times to remember where it's parked. Stops at next opportunity (e.g. shop entrance) to put down handbag, and spend a good few minutes hiding the car keys deep in some recess and re-checking presence of phone and purse. Total time: well north of 5 minutes. In which time I've been standing around getting cold/bored/both.

One day I'll either explode and yell 'get on with it!' or just walk away once I'm out the car. On the bright side it takes so long I've not bothered to explain about letting turbochargers spool down, it idles for long enough.

[Bullett]

Lids. I thought I'd trained this one out but lids not on things properly.

[Disastrous]

blindswelledrat said:

toxgobbler said:

singlecoil said:

Cotty said:

WinstonWolf said:

It's so that they can call you, not the other way round

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

The idea (often subconscious) is that you deal with the (your) emergency without involving her. If she has any emergencies that really do involve her, she will already know about them.

My wife didn't know her Dad was dead for a further 4 hours because of this.

Did his condition deteriorate much in that time?

I was in Germany for Christmas a few years ago and midway through Christmas dinner, went for a piss and checked my phone, to find a text from my dad:

"Merry Xmas from your mother and I. Can't get YouTube link you send to work-try again. Also, your uncle has died"

To be fair, I'd have had as soon waited until after the schnapps before I had my meal spoiled a bit with that news. Strong argument for leaving the phone off.

[RizzoTheRat]

Cotty said:

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

We all managed perfectly well before mobile phones though.

My Mrs does the opposite and if a phone rings or there's a text message/facebook notification she has to get it immediately. If the phone rings half way through dinner I'll leave it for voicemail and call them back later. If it's our landline then it's only ever going to be her or my parents, or someone trying to sell us something, but it has to be answered immediately

[HTP99]

RizzoTheRat said:

Cotty said:

Yep my mother keeps her mobile turned off, its just for emergencies. So what if I need to call her in an emergency.

We all managed perfectly well before mobile phones though.

My Mrs does the opposite and if a phone rings or there's a text message/facebook notification she has to get it immediately. If the phone rings half way through dinner I'll leave it for voicemail and call them back later. If it's our landline then it's only ever going to be her or my parents, or someone trying to sell us something, but it has to be answered immediately

That's my wife with the mobile, I take the piss and ask her how the multi million pound oil deal is going?, she replies with "ehh?" I say, "well it must be important as you jumped to get check your phone", usually it's one of her friends updating her status!!

The home phone we tend to ignore.

[cootuk]

Stirs her cup of tea really really really loud for minutes, like it's an alarm bell on an old fire engine

[catman]

cootuk said:

Stirs her cup of tea really really really loud for minutes, like it's an alarm bell on an old fire engine

I saw someone do this in a cafe recently. He did it so violently, that half of it ended up on the table!

Tim

[HertsBiker]

Purity14 said:

"You love your car more than me..!!"
"All you want to do is work on your car, why do you have to change the oil, you did it two months ago.."
"You spend so too much time on your car, I wish you never had it."

Me: Sells car

"I'm so sad, I loved that car, I'm going to miss it"
"Why would you sell it, it was a stupid idea"
"You loved that car, why would you sell it?"

Me: You made me sell it, I sold it for you.

Her: <apocalyptic rage>

Me: Only joking, I sold it so that I can buy a faster motorbike.

Her: <apocalyptic rage>

Me: Only joking, I sold it so that I can maintain your high maintenance lifestyle.

Her: <apocalyptic rage>

Me: Only joking, love you really, and you are REALLY LOW maintenance.


At this point she has forgotten about the new motorbike idea.

Winner!

[Du1point8]

I had one tonight...

Im full of flu, and can't go 5 minutes without blowing nose or coughing up something snotty. (sorry for that thought).

Its one of her good friends christmas parties tonight and I said I can't go.

OH) So you are off to the pub then?
Me) No I might get a beer in from the shop and just live with this cold.
OH) why won't you go to the party.
Me) Well its embarrassing to cough up crap or need to blow nose every 5 minutes and I don't want to do that at the party as the host might be annoyed.
OH) Come with me anyway you will be fine.
Me) <cough> <cough> no I won't its not fair on them <blow nose>
OH) you just putting it on...
Me) No Im not... <sneeze and bubble of snot appears>
Oh) WTF thats disgusting...
Me) hence why Im not going to the party, do you want me to do that in front of her guests?
OH) You will be fine.
Me) Give me a kiss?
OH) No your ill and I don't want it...
Me) I rest my case, I will get a few beers in and spend tonight blowing my nose and being gross.
OH) Fine!!

I think I should have gone and waited until asked to leave, but I just don't want to embarrass her that much.

[cookmysock]

knowing that we are heading out somewhere at a particular time and she is rushing around telling me to be ready on time. As soon as I go to walk out the front door, she will have the need to go to the loo. FFS