Comments on: “Do You Think You Can You Keep It Like This?”

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:59:51 +0000

Oh thank goodness my hubby would neva!! I would have been standing there the whole time and then eventually shove him out of the way to do it myself!
That would have thrown me over the edge, touching and messing with my organized chaos!
Good for you for not clobbering him!

By: amber

amber — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:25:15 +0000

hahahahhaaha! omg! i cannot stop laughing! my husband does the same kind of things!
how ever did you keep a straight face????

that is too precious.

what kind of storage boxes did he get????

By: Angelia Sims

Angelia Sims — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:24:33 +0000

Being that food gets eaten and new food sans tupperware tend to gather. I kinda doubt he will get his wish.

Genius how you got him to clean that up for you. 🙂

By: Megan (Best of Fates)

Megan (Best of Fates) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:24:43 +0000

I’m so impressed with you – I think in that situation I would have started taking him on a tour of his parts of the house!

By: Stephanie Faris

Stephanie Faris — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:47:38 +0000

Yeah I think that would have bugged me too! Sometimes I’ll be late getting home and arrive to find my husband has completely cleaned the place. I LOVE it! I should be late getting home more often.

By: Marly

Marly — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:28:49 +0000

Oh, Mindy. I agree with Lori. Jer is seriously lucky you didn’t clock him. And I think you would have been within bounds to do it. I like Jer based on what you’ve written about him, I’ll just say this was a momentary (3-hour) lapse in judgment probably motivated by testosterone poisoning. Even if you didn’t clock him physically, he could have used a verbal lashing. Like Dr. Phil says, you’ve got to teach people how to treat you. But then again, you just got him to do a big ol’ 3-hour chore for you. In some sense, this could be kind of a brilliant strategy on your part. Pull a Tom Sawyer on him and tell him what a great job he did and how you just can’t figure out how he did it. Feign ignorance. Claim to feel overwhelmed by it all. Play to his manly white knightlyness. Who knows? You might get him to keep it all organized for you on a regular basis. Then you can put up your feet, watch soap operas and eat bon bons. Great plan!

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By: christina

christina — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:39:22 +0000

I just laughed and laughed. Men do 1 little chore and they act like they just perfomed brain surgery.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:40:22 +0000

Wow, I am pretty sure I wouldn’t have been able to maintain my cool like that. One of the reasons I have never wanted kids is that even when the husband swears up and down that they will “help,” I have rarely seen that happen without a lot of cajoling. And then they want rewarded for doing one. little. thing.

It’s like having another child. I’m fine with my one child = my fiance.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:48:10 +0000

This reminds me of the time right before book club when Matt and Bryan asked me why I didn’t clean our house like that more often. Um, maybe because those two still live here!