Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?
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RayDonovan said:
Dr Interceptor said:
RayDonovan said:
Regarding the presents too. Women see the present that they're giving as a reflection on their values, wealth, love and dedication to someone else's f
king child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.
Some blokes are just as bad... I'm going round to my mates tonight for a BBQ, in aid of his new girlfriends birthday. They've been going out about 6 months and i've met her 3 or 4 times. For context BBQs are not unusual for us (I'm a competition BBQ chef), so we normally have one once a month either at my place or his. king child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.He sent me a WhatsApp this morning with gift ideas for her, as I don't know her that well. How thoughtful
I really wasn't planning on taking anything other than beers!Take her some f
king flowers. Nice flowers if she's fit, average if she's average.k that. A gift for a pal's girlfriend? No chance. CharlesdeGaulle said:
RayDonovan said:
Dr Interceptor said:
RayDonovan said:
Regarding the presents too. Women see the present that they're giving as a reflection on their values, wealth, love and dedication to someone else's fking child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.
Some blokes are just as bad... I'm going round to my mates tonight for a BBQ, in aid of his new girlfriends birthday. They've been going out about 6 months and i've met her 3 or 4 times. For context BBQs are not unusual for us (I'm a competition BBQ chef), so we normally have one once a month either at my place or his. king child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.He sent me a WhatsApp this morning with gift ideas for her, as I don't know her that well. How thoughtful
I really wasn't planning on taking anything other than beers!Take her some f
king flowers. Nice flowers if she's fit, average if she's average.k that. A gift for a pal's girlfriend? No chance. He won't ask again.
donkmeister said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
RayDonovan said:
Dr Interceptor said:
RayDonovan said:
Regarding the presents too. Women see the present that they're giving as a reflection on their values, wealth, love and dedication to someone else's fking child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.
Some blokes are just as bad... I'm going round to my mates tonight for a BBQ, in aid of his new girlfriends birthday. They've been going out about 6 months and i've met her 3 or 4 times. For context BBQs are not unusual for us (I'm a competition BBQ chef), so we normally have one once a month either at my place or his. king child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.He sent me a WhatsApp this morning with gift ideas for her, as I don't know her that well. How thoughtful
I really wasn't planning on taking anything other than beers!Take her some f
king flowers. Nice flowers if she's fit, average if she's average.k that. A gift for a pal's girlfriend? No chance. He won't ask again.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
RayDonovan said:
Dr Interceptor said:
RayDonovan said:
Regarding the presents too. Women see the present that they're giving as a reflection on their values, wealth, love and dedication to someone else's fking child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.
Some blokes are just as bad... I'm going round to my mates tonight for a BBQ, in aid of his new girlfriends birthday. They've been going out about 6 months and i've met her 3 or 4 times. For context BBQs are not unusual for us (I'm a competition BBQ chef), so we normally have one once a month either at my place or his. king child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.He sent me a WhatsApp this morning with gift ideas for her, as I don't know her that well. How thoughtful
I really wasn't planning on taking anything other than beers!Take her some f
king flowers. Nice flowers if she's fit, average if she's average.k that. A gift for a pal's girlfriend? No chance. CharlesdeGaulle said:
RayDonovan said:
Dr Interceptor said:
RayDonovan said:
Regarding the presents too. Women see the present that they're giving as a reflection on their values, wealth, love and dedication to someone else's fking child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.
Some blokes are just as bad... I'm going round to my mates tonight for a BBQ, in aid of his new girlfriends birthday. They've been going out about 6 months and i've met her 3 or 4 times. For context BBQs are not unusual for us (I'm a competition BBQ chef), so we normally have one once a month either at my place or his. king child. I couldn't give a st what that ungrateful child receives at all.He sent me a WhatsApp this morning with gift ideas for her, as I don't know her that well. How thoughtful
I really wasn't planning on taking anything other than beers!Take her some f
king flowers. Nice flowers if she's fit, average if she's average.k that. A gift for a pal's girlfriend? No chance. My missus is selling loads of stuff on vinted and is now into de cluttering, it’s like she has been abducted by aliens and returned re programmed.
She decided we were today pulling sofas out and hoovering etc, I capitulated and ignored that if I suggested such activities she would just laugh and carry on what she was doing but it’s like a baby staring walking so needs to nurtured.
It’s quite the turnaround, might get her to clear her car out next!
She decided we were today pulling sofas out and hoovering etc, I capitulated and ignored that if I suggested such activities she would just laugh and carry on what she was doing but it’s like a baby staring walking so needs to nurtured.
It’s quite the turnaround, might get her to clear her car out next!
Cobnapint said:
Don't get too jubilant. The money from the Vinted sales is bound be used to fund even more tat.
She keeps announcing her total is now £73, £78 etc.She went out to post them, in her car the other day to some drop box, so couldn't get to one, went to another, came back all ratty.
So has used petrol and time, plus the bags to send it out in, £40 on printer carts for the labels.
So the money is largely eaten up, but it gets rid of it and seems part of a bigger project to declutter the house, my areas are pretty tidy, i.e. the sheds, the garage and anywhere that may harbour spiders, her bits are piled high with crap but she is tackling it and doesnt seem to have any urge to buy any more. Which is good.
J4CKO said:
She keeps announcing her total is now £73, £78 etc.
She went out to post them, in her car the other day to some drop box, so couldn't get to one, went to another, came back all ratty.
So has used petrol and time, plus the bags to send it out in, £40 on printer carts for the labels.
So the money is largely eaten up, but it gets rid of it and seems part of a bigger project to declutter the house, my areas are pretty tidy, i.e. the sheds, the garage and anywhere that may harbour spiders, her bits are piled high with crap but she is tackling it and doesnt seem to have any urge to buy any more. Which is good.
Yeah, after time and costs it’s breaking even at best. She went out to post them, in her car the other day to some drop box, so couldn't get to one, went to another, came back all ratty.
So has used petrol and time, plus the bags to send it out in, £40 on printer carts for the labels.
So the money is largely eaten up, but it gets rid of it and seems part of a bigger project to declutter the house, my areas are pretty tidy, i.e. the sheds, the garage and anywhere that may harbour spiders, her bits are piled high with crap but she is tackling it and doesnt seem to have any urge to buy any more. Which is good.
But when a woman is in declutterring mode, no matter how flawed the methodology, the only correct response is praise and encouragement.
J4CKO said:
She keeps announcing her total is now £73, £78 etc.
She went out to post them, in her car the other day to some drop box, so couldn't get to one, went to another, came back all ratty.
So has used petrol and time, plus the bags to send it out in, £40 on printer carts for the labels.
So the money is largely eaten up, but it gets rid of it and seems part of a bigger project to declutter the house, my areas are pretty tidy, i.e. the sheds, the garage and anywhere that may harbour spiders, her bits are piled high with crap but she is tackling it and doesnt seem to have any urge to buy any more. Which is good.
Why is she printing her own labels? Yodel, Inpost, Evri etc all offer label printing when you drop it off.She went out to post them, in her car the other day to some drop box, so couldn't get to one, went to another, came back all ratty.
So has used petrol and time, plus the bags to send it out in, £40 on printer carts for the labels.
So the money is largely eaten up, but it gets rid of it and seems part of a bigger project to declutter the house, my areas are pretty tidy, i.e. the sheds, the garage and anywhere that may harbour spiders, her bits are piled high with crap but she is tackling it and doesnt seem to have any urge to buy any more. Which is good.
Mine bought herself an afternoon in A&E for her faffing. 15 minutes before we were due to set off the 100 miles to Southampton to visit my mum in hospital she decided some pruning in the garden just couldn't wait. 20 minutes into the journey she complains her eyes are itching. After another 10 minutes she appears to have lost a bout with Mike Tyson... I spin the car around and race back to the JR hospital in Oxford (anyone who knows the hospital, and the local routes thereto, know there is no racing going on) where she discovers the Euphorbia she pruned can have a devastating affect on the corneas. Cue 4 hours of saline irrigation, steroid drops, anti-histamines, lubricants (ooer, missus) and a lot of squinting. Sorry, mum, I'll come visit you soon.
Nexus Icon said:
Mine bought herself an afternoon in A&E for her faffing. 15 minutes before we were due to set off the 100 miles to Southampton to visit my mum in hospital she decided some pruning in the garden just couldn't wait. 20 minutes into the journey she complains her eyes are itching. After another 10 minutes she appears to have lost a bout with Mike Tyson... I spin the car around and race back to the JR hospital in Oxford (anyone who knows the hospital, and the local routes thereto, know there is no racing going on) where she discovers the Euphorbia she pruned can have a devastating affect on the corneas. Cue 4 hours of saline irrigation, steroid drops, anti-histamines, lubricants (ooer, missus) and a lot of squinting. Sorry, mum, I'll come visit you soon.
I know JR quite well and yes, it's a hideous place to get to in a hurry. It could have been worse though. You could have gone to Stoke Mandeville instead.I always have to smile at Mrs J’s planning for prescriptions. Both of us have regular prescriptions for minor things (statin in my case). Now for me it’s an entirely minor and totally effort free process, I have the NHS app, I can see when I’m down to a couple of weeks tablets and I simply press the button on the app, doctor approves snd sends to chemist for me, chemist text messages me a day or so later and I pick up when driving past. Easy, really easy. Mrs J on the other hand, doesn’t use the app, preferring to take the hard copy form to the doctors for each prescription, this is always left until the last minute when she has a tiny quantity of tablets left. It then normally involves chaos, the form has to be located (normally screwed up in a bag / car / draw etc), often I have to drive the document to the doctors, there is much discussion and panic around how long the doctor will take to process and whether they will realise it’s so late and prioritise, there’s then a mad dash to the chemist (often minutes before it closes) often I have to drive down to achieve this. She’s off away for 5 nights with her friends early hours of Thur, currently had 3 days of tablets left and prescription went to doctors yesterday afternoon!
Hondashark said:
J4CKO said:
She keeps announcing her total is now £73, £78 etc.
She went out to post them, in her car the other day to some drop box, so couldn't get to one, went to another, came back all ratty.
So has used petrol and time, plus the bags to send it out in, £40 on printer carts for the labels.
So the money is largely eaten up, but it gets rid of it and seems part of a bigger project to declutter the house, my areas are pretty tidy, i.e. the sheds, the garage and anywhere that may harbour spiders, her bits are piled high with crap but she is tackling it and doesnt seem to have any urge to buy any more. Which is good.
Why is she printing her own labels? Yodel, Inpost, Evri etc all offer label printing when you drop it off.She went out to post them, in her car the other day to some drop box, so couldn't get to one, went to another, came back all ratty.
So has used petrol and time, plus the bags to send it out in, £40 on printer carts for the labels.
So the money is largely eaten up, but it gets rid of it and seems part of a bigger project to declutter the house, my areas are pretty tidy, i.e. the sheds, the garage and anywhere that may harbour spiders, her bits are piled high with crap but she is tackling it and doesnt seem to have any urge to buy any more. Which is good.
But, she is on it, rooms are being decluttered, stuff sold or sent to the charity shop so cant complain. Now wanting to decorate, we now have a bloke coming to quote for a wooden floor, will need to sell all her clothes on Vinted for that based on the early ball park figure !
djohnson said:
I always have to smile at Mrs J’s planning for prescriptions. Both of us have regular prescriptions for minor things (statin in my case). Now for me it’s an entirely minor and totally effort free process, I have the NHS app, I can see when I’m down to a couple of weeks tablets and I simply press the button on the app, doctor approves snd sends to chemist for me, chemist text messages me a day or so later and I pick up when driving past. Easy, really easy. Mrs J on the other hand, doesn’t use the app, preferring to take the hard copy form to the doctors for each prescription, this is always left until the last minute when she has a tiny quantity of tablets left. It then normally involves chaos, the form has to be located (normally screwed up in a bag / car / draw etc), often I have to drive the document to the doctors, there is much discussion and panic around how long the doctor will take to process and whether they will realise it’s so late and prioritise, there’s then a mad dash to the chemist (often minutes before it closes) often I have to drive down to achieve this. She’s off away for 5 nights with her friends early hours of Thur, currently had 3 days of tablets left and prescription went to doctors yesterday afternoon!
Maybe you should ask if the doctor could prescribe anti faff tablets for her…djohnson said:
I always have to smile at Mrs J’s planning for prescriptions. Both of us have regular prescriptions for minor things (statin in my case). Now for me it’s an entirely minor and totally effort free process, I have the NHS app, I can see when I’m down to a couple of weeks tablets and I simply press the button on the app, doctor approves snd sends to chemist for me, chemist text messages me a day or so later and I pick up when driving past. Easy, really easy. Mrs J on the other hand, doesn’t use the app, preferring to take the hard copy form to the doctors for each prescription, this is always left until the last minute when she has a tiny quantity of tablets left. It then normally involves chaos, the form has to be located (normally screwed up in a bag / car / draw etc), often I have to drive the document to the doctors, there is much discussion and panic around how long the doctor will take to process and whether they will realise it’s so late and prioritise, there’s then a mad dash to the chemist (often minutes before it closes) often I have to drive down to achieve this. She’s off away for 5 nights with her friends early hours of Thur, currently had 3 days of tablets left and prescription went to doctors yesterday afternoon!
Have you thought about putting the app on her phone for her? Have a recurring 4 weekly alert on my phone to remind me, and I send 2 emails to the GP one for each of us. 4 days later she gets a text message to say hers are ready and she always seems surprised by this.
For some reason I don't get a text message despite asking for the same service.
Pit Pony said:
Have you thought about putting the app on her phone for her?
Have a recurring 4 weekly alert on my phone to remind me, and I send 2 emails to the GP one for each of us. 4 days later she gets a text message to say hers are ready and she always seems surprised by this.
For some reason I don't get a text message despite asking for the same service.
Good point, Mrs J isn’t keen on technology but I can try to persuade her again to use the app. Have a recurring 4 weekly alert on my phone to remind me, and I send 2 emails to the GP one for each of us. 4 days later she gets a text message to say hers are ready and she always seems surprised by this.
For some reason I don't get a text message despite asking for the same service.
J4CKO said:
Dunno, think there is other stuff being returned, I am aware as you uses her incredible IT printer issue diagnosis skills, which involves shouting at it a bit like Basil Fawlty and his Austin 1100, stomping about the house and generally involving me in her problem but wont let me actually let me look, a bit like when the dog presents you with a toy to throw, but wont let go.
They all do that, I frequently have to gently persuade Mrs J that the only way I can really contribute to fixing the problem she’s been telling me about for the last 15 minutes with her phone / iPad / tv remote / printer / laptop / other is if she actually lets go of it and lets me look and adjust it. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff