Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?
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cossy400 said:
Shore said:
cossy400 said:
AHHH So "we" have been lumbered with babysitting the Stepsons dog, Today/tonight.
Step daughter, hears about this and decides she would like to go on a walk with and stop at the local for a drink, not the best weather for a pub garden but a drink is a drink.
SD: what time?
ME: ill get up go and food shop , breakfast etc and be ready for leaving at 1130.
SD: ok we are doing food shopping sunday so will be round early ish.
FAST FORWARD to today. I was out the house at 8am ish shopped up and back in an hour ish.
SDs boyfriend has just rang and said we are running late due to SD having not put her work uniform in the wash last night and the washing machine hasn't finished yet so it needs to be hung out...
My reply of well were leaving at 12 has gone down like a lead balloon, I work away most of the week, so or thou it may sound anal I try and plan my weekends like a military operation, so I can get as much done and still have some me time. SD had a half day yesterday.....
And just a moan now about MRS400, step son has moved out last weekend, so in the summer and nothing is set in stone as of yet her mother and auntie would like to come stay for a week.
SO now she thinks that tomorrow we should be going and buying a new mattress for the stepsons old bed ready for when they come up........... which isn't even in the diary yet and wont be till after the end of may when we go down there for the bank holiday.
Appen if they all start on me on this walk, the couple will turn in a day session and they can stuff it.
Time to start dating your step daughter im afraid.Step daughter, hears about this and decides she would like to go on a walk with and stop at the local for a drink, not the best weather for a pub garden but a drink is a drink.
SD: what time?
ME: ill get up go and food shop , breakfast etc and be ready for leaving at 1130.
SD: ok we are doing food shopping sunday so will be round early ish.
FAST FORWARD to today. I was out the house at 8am ish shopped up and back in an hour ish.
SDs boyfriend has just rang and said we are running late due to SD having not put her work uniform in the wash last night and the washing machine hasn't finished yet so it needs to be hung out...
My reply of well were leaving at 12 has gone down like a lead balloon, I work away most of the week, so or thou it may sound anal I try and plan my weekends like a military operation, so I can get as much done and still have some me time. SD had a half day yesterday.....
And just a moan now about MRS400, step son has moved out last weekend, so in the summer and nothing is set in stone as of yet her mother and auntie would like to come stay for a week.
SO now she thinks that tomorrow we should be going and buying a new mattress for the stepsons old bed ready for when they come up........... which isn't even in the diary yet and wont be till after the end of may when we go down there for the bank holiday.
Appen if they all start on me on this walk, the couple will turn in a day session and they can stuff it.
The fillet was grand even thou shes not shut up about it and hows shes cooked it after a bottle of wine blah blah lol
Not mine, and I'm sure it must have been mentioned earlier, but the old biddy in front of me in Tesco, who waited until the assistant asked for the £5 (or whatever her fags cost) before rummaging in the depths of her bag for her purse and then standing there for another few minutes putting it all back in her bag again.
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The term life is short really does apply to men doesn't it, think about it we spend all our childhood delayed due to our mothers faffing, if you have a sister you get that added in, then you get a gf/wife subjected to even more faffing and then you die before them.
Anyone done the sums on how much we lose due to faffing?
A brilliant one from my missus is starting a conversation and then taking forever to get what she wants to say out so I somehow end up deciphering what she's trying to say and finish her sentence for her so basically end up telling myself a story.
The surprise of getting to the car and needing keys, going on a journey needing a sat nav, and me giving a few days notice that we leave for somewhere at a specific time also somehow comes as a shock as big as aliens landing.....
This is why there's such a thing as alcohol lol
Anyone done the sums on how much we lose due to faffing?
A brilliant one from my missus is starting a conversation and then taking forever to get what she wants to say out so I somehow end up deciphering what she's trying to say and finish her sentence for her so basically end up telling myself a story.
The surprise of getting to the car and needing keys, going on a journey needing a sat nav, and me giving a few days notice that we leave for somewhere at a specific time also somehow comes as a shock as big as aliens landing.....
This is why there's such a thing as alcohol lol
I cheat a little.
I have set the main clock she uses forward by about 10mins, to reduce her faff time.
I also used to tell her a depart time 30mins before we actually needed to leave, hummmm, must reinstate that one.
Also, who gets the 'I can be quick in the shower' but it always, without fail takes 1hr if not 90mins, regardless of leisurely or rush.
I have set the main clock she uses forward by about 10mins, to reduce her faff time.
I also used to tell her a depart time 30mins before we actually needed to leave, hummmm, must reinstate that one.
Also, who gets the 'I can be quick in the shower' but it always, without fail takes 1hr if not 90mins, regardless of leisurely or rush.
Mrs crmcatee's bug bear of mine is exact change.
Paying for anything, anywhere she waits till she knows the total; finds her purse in her bag then proceeds to count out the exact change because she's got a ton of spare change in the purse and holding up the line. My suggestion of 'here's a fiver' that'll do will be met with the normal response of 'I've got it here and it helps me get rid of the loose change'.
She wouldn't have loose change if she did what I did - pay for things using notes or £1 then take all the loose change that's in your pocket and stick it into loose change jars I have at home which gives you a bonus when you count them all up.
I guess carrying all that change, justifies the purse when then justifies the bag.
Paying for anything, anywhere she waits till she knows the total; finds her purse in her bag then proceeds to count out the exact change because she's got a ton of spare change in the purse and holding up the line. My suggestion of 'here's a fiver' that'll do will be met with the normal response of 'I've got it here and it helps me get rid of the loose change'.
She wouldn't have loose change if she did what I did - pay for things using notes or £1 then take all the loose change that's in your pocket and stick it into loose change jars I have at home which gives you a bonus when you count them all up.
I guess carrying all that change, justifies the purse when then justifies the bag.
We have our grandson over most Friday nights and without fail my other half will cook frozen Birds Eye peas for him which you can pop in boiling water direct from the freezer about 5 mins before dinner.
He has his dinner around 7pm after his kick boxing. My other half puts the peas on no later than 11 am and leaves then simmering in the saucepan for at least an hour, then they sit for the remaining 7 hours in a covered up cereal bowl before being zapped in the microwave at 18.55.
She often has to have two attempts as she forgets and the saucepan boils dry about 11.30 so she ends up with her version of black eyed peas.
The reason being he doesn't like his peas hard, they have to be soft.
I love our Friday rituals.
He has his dinner around 7pm after his kick boxing. My other half puts the peas on no later than 11 am and leaves then simmering in the saucepan for at least an hour, then they sit for the remaining 7 hours in a covered up cereal bowl before being zapped in the microwave at 18.55.
She often has to have two attempts as she forgets and the saucepan boils dry about 11.30 so she ends up with her version of black eyed peas.
The reason being he doesn't like his peas hard, they have to be soft.
I love our Friday rituals.
My wife cooks the evening dinner in the middle of the afternoon. Thus it heads for the Microwave to make it warm for consumption. Which often ruins it, making it nearly inedible. The annoying thing is, she actually a good cook. My cooking efforts result in lovely warm fresh hot food in front of you when you sit down.
robinessex said:
My wife cooks the evening dinner in the middle of the afternoon. Thus it heads for the Microwave to make it warm for consumption. Which often ruins it, making it nearly inedible. The annoying thing is, she actually a good cook. My cooking efforts result in lovely warm fresh hot food in front of you when you sit down.
She's not stupid, she's just waiting for you to take over the cooking, innit.crmcatee said:
Mrs crmcatee's bug bear of mine is exact change.
Paying for anything, anywhere she waits till she knows the total; finds her purse in her bag then proceeds to count out the exact change because she's got a ton of spare change in the purse and holding up the line. My suggestion of 'here's a fiver' that'll do will be met with the normal response of 'I've got it here and it helps me get rid of the loose change'.
She wouldn't have loose change if she did what I did - pay for things using notes or £1 then take all the loose change that's in your pocket and stick it into loose change jars I have at home which gives you a bonus when you count them all up.
I guess carrying all that change, justifies the purse when then justifies the bag.
Mrs Dawg does this all the time. We stopped in the corner shop so she could buy a 99p bottle of Coke and she stood there laboriously counting the exact change whilst ignoring several Pound coins.Paying for anything, anywhere she waits till she knows the total; finds her purse in her bag then proceeds to count out the exact change because she's got a ton of spare change in the purse and holding up the line. My suggestion of 'here's a fiver' that'll do will be met with the normal response of 'I've got it here and it helps me get rid of the loose change'.
She wouldn't have loose change if she did what I did - pay for things using notes or £1 then take all the loose change that's in your pocket and stick it into loose change jars I have at home which gives you a bonus when you count them all up.
I guess carrying all that change, justifies the purse when then justifies the bag.
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