Why can't women give a simple answer to a simple question?
Discussion
RobinBanks said:
"Have you seen my diary?"
"No."
I look around for a while and find it in a weird place like in the wardrobe or the cutlery drawer.
"I've found it!"
"Yes, I put it there when I was tidying earlier."
"Right, thanks for telling me."
[b]You asked the wrong question. You should have asked if she knew where it was
Alternatively,
"You turn left after the Vauxhall garage."
"I don't know where that is."
"It's just up the road!"
"OK....do you mean this, the Renault garage?"
"Yes, but it used to be a Vauxhall garage!"
"Was this years before I ever came to this area?"
"Yes."
"Right, thanks."
"No."
I look around for a while and find it in a weird place like in the wardrobe or the cutlery drawer.
"I've found it!"
"Yes, I put it there when I was tidying earlier."
"Right, thanks for telling me."
[b]You asked the wrong question. You should have asked if she knew where it was
Alternatively,
"You turn left after the Vauxhall garage."
"I don't know where that is."
"It's just up the road!"
"OK....do you mean this, the Renault garage?"
"Yes, but it used to be a Vauxhall garage!"
"Was this years before I ever came to this area?"
"Yes."
"Right, thanks."
callmedave said:
I'm ok guys. The doctor says the swelling should go down in a few days and the food here really isn't that bad.
Storrsy24 said:
He always makes me out to be worse than what I am.
I don't know how to break it to you Dave mate, but you appear to be involved with Ernie Wise.
Tyre Tread said:
Frustrates the life out of me much as I love her.
Although we have been married almost 25 years and SWMBO knows I like simple answers to simple questions, she just doesn't seem capable of answering questions that way.
For example, Mrs TT is doing some house viewings this afternoon and called me to give me an update between viewings. She was describing the property details and I asked her if she had met the owners (as it was relevant to the discussion. she then described how she had arrived and some people had been milling around in the driveway and then the estate agent appeared while SWMBO was sat outside in the car. I then asked again, "So, did you meet the owners, yes or no?" and got a "no". I didn't need the other information. It was superfluous to the point and I cannot imagine in whose world it would be relevant.
I then asked her if the house was a contender and got a ten minute diatribe about how it looks and what opportunities there were to improve it. Again I asked if it was a contender. "Yes" she said.
How blody hard is it to answer the question first and then provide some qualifying information if necessary?
Please say its not just me.
In less than a month it will be our silver wedding anniversary. I read your post and wished my wife was like yours instead of taking everything I say and do the wrong way. I don't need a straight answers to any question, I'd just like the fact that I asked the question to not be taken as a personal insult to humanity. Although we have been married almost 25 years and SWMBO knows I like simple answers to simple questions, she just doesn't seem capable of answering questions that way.
For example, Mrs TT is doing some house viewings this afternoon and called me to give me an update between viewings. She was describing the property details and I asked her if she had met the owners (as it was relevant to the discussion. she then described how she had arrived and some people had been milling around in the driveway and then the estate agent appeared while SWMBO was sat outside in the car. I then asked again, "So, did you meet the owners, yes or no?" and got a "no". I didn't need the other information. It was superfluous to the point and I cannot imagine in whose world it would be relevant.
I then asked her if the house was a contender and got a ten minute diatribe about how it looks and what opportunities there were to improve it. Again I asked if it was a contender. "Yes" she said.
How blody hard is it to answer the question first and then provide some qualifying information if necessary?
Please say its not just me.
My GF goes into great detail about her day at work. I did ask if she could make it a little less in depth but she insisted that the detail was relevant to the story... to the point I could do her job! Really, I talked her through the steps for one of the processes she does at work and got it spot on! 
Storrsy24 said:
callmedave said:
Sorry for the arkwedness guys. The wifi doesn't usually reach the kitchen.
It's your birthday next month. I'll get you a dictionary.
glad my OH isn't on here, she'd keep trying to read something into everything i posted.
i still don't understand how we get into some of the rows we do, we don't have many crossed words and i seem to be agreeing with her as well, and i'm still being moaned at? then if i bring up something she can't counter, i get told 'i don't want to argue with you, i've had a bad day and don't need the stress'!
now and again i end up very confused, especially as i was just asking a question in the first place!
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