10 Things Husbands Should Never Do

[Lady Macbeth]

Guys, we love you, we really do. But as wonderful as you are, every so often you do something that makes us want to jump out the nearest window (or push you out first). Please, please, don’t ever…



1. Offer to “babysit” your own kids. When your 16-year-old neighbor does it, it’s called babysitting. When a parent does it, it’s called child care, and it lasts for at least 18 years. Get it?

2. Imply that office work is harder than housework. At the end of a hard day, there may be smoke coming out of your ears, but let’s face it: You’ve basically been sitting on your butt. That same smoke is coming out of our ears too—but we’ve cleaned the house, shuttled the kids around, run errands all over town and lugged grocery bags besides. When we say we’re exhausted, we are exhausted.

3. Give a home appliance as a gift. Forgive us if we can’t work it up for this one. A new washing machine? Really? Can we get you some new snow tires?

4. Buy us the “cougar” perfume. Under our crew-neck sweaters may beat the heart of an untamed vixen—but most of us don’t want to smell like one. (Nice try, though.)

5. Brag about your driving. This is supposed to let us know that ours isn’t so great. If my husband tells me one more time that he’s been “accident-free since 1978,” I’m going to reach over, grab the wheel and make the car swerve into something, just to shut him up.

6. Be unimpressed by a meal that took a lot of time and trouble. I don’t know whose fault this is (Food Network? Julie and Julia?), but every so often we get the idea that it would be fun to make stock and spend the day basting. If the result is less than earth-shattering, say something nice anyway.

7. Buy clothes without trying them on. We know that the second you get into a department store you start to feel faint, but do us a favor and take the extra five minutes. Otherwise, you know who gets stuck with the returns?

8. Know it all, especially in public. Oh, honey. While you’re going on at length about whatever it is, we’re taking the temperature of the room, and we know everyone’s starting to fidget.

9. Say anything remotely critical about our new haircut. Sometimes getting a new cut goes well; sometimes it doesn’t. Usually we know the difference. Don’t rub it in.

10. Expect a medal for doing a little housework. Umm…it’s your house too, right? For now, we’ll give you the bronze. Maybe someday, if you work hard enough, you can pick up a gold.

[Xeric]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

Guys, we love you, we really do. But as wonderful as you are, every so often you do something that makes us want to jump out the nearest window (or push you out first). Please, please, don’t ever…



1. Offer to “babysit” your own kids. When your 16-year-old neighbor does it, it’s called babysitting. When a parent does it, it’s called child care, and it lasts for at least 18 years. Get it?

Well, yes, may be, i agree.

2. Imply that office work is harder than housework. At the end of a hard day, there may be smoke coming out of your ears, but let’s face it: You’ve basically been sitting on your butt. That same smoke is coming out of our ears too—but we’ve cleaned the house, shuttled the kids around, run errands all over town and lugged grocery bags besides. When we say we’re exhausted, we are exhausted.

Whatever you do, you cant get more torn up as the men do. May be you people need to work out a bit more, fitness helps alot!!

If you get 'exhausted' after walking thrice from the tv lounge to the kitchen, well you need to visit a gym for sure!

May be you should try shouting at the maid with a lesser intensity ;) This way she stays happy and well, you get less 'exhausted'!!

3. Give a home appliance as a gift. Forgive us if we can’t work it up for this one. A new washing machine? Really? Can we get you some new snow tires?

i paid for it mam!!

What if i bought a Gucci for myself instead?

4. Buy us the “cougar” perfume. Under our crew-neck sweaters may beat the heart of an untamed vixen—but most of us don’t want to smell like one. (Nice try, though.)

Whatever!

Next time i 'gift' you, you better keep the count.

5. Brag about your driving. This is supposed to let us know that ours isn’t so great. If my husband tells me one more time that he’s been “accident-free since 1978,” I’m going to reach over, grab the wheel and make the car swerve into something, just to shut him up.

Ladies!!
Please, help keep our traffic safe! Even the Martians know that women are bad drivers, what's wrong with that? Accept it!

6. Be unimpressed by a meal that took a lot of time and trouble. I don’t know whose fault this is (Food Network? Julie and Julia?), but every so often we get the idea that it would be fun to make stock and spend the day basting. If the result is less than earth-shattering, say something nice anyway.

i'll be happy, i know how much pain you have taken to make the 'thing'. Hours of seating infront of Masla TV (well if you got time from the STUPID drama serials) and lots of money for the 'extra-curricular' food stuff-the soyas, the sauces, the 10 types of cheese, 5 type of salts and God knows what all and what not, BUT why do you have that label saying 'For Experiment' on your face when you put the stuff on the dinning table?! The day you'll stop considering the lab rat, i'll even eat the thing raw!

7. Buy clothes without trying them on. We know that the second you get into a department store you start to feel faint, but do us a favor and take the extra five minutes. Otherwise, you know who gets stuck with the returns?

That's the one thing i do guud-wear guud clothes (other than my job).

Nice try though!

8. Know it all, especially in public. Oh, honey. While you’re going on at length about whatever it is, we’re taking the temperature of the room, and we know everyone’s starting to fidget.

Yeah right!

Next time dont do it!

9. Say anything remotely critical about our new haircut. Sometimes getting a new cut goes well; sometimes it doesn’t. Usually we know the difference. Don’t rub it in.

Lolz... if you yourself are so unsure of it, why take the risk?

May be you enjoy acting crazy!!

10. Expect a medal for doing a little housework. Umm…it’s your house too, right? For now, we’ll give you the bronze. Maybe someday, if you work hard enough, you can pick up a gold.

May be you should go sit in my office, the money i make there is spent on YOU too, right?


P.S. i love my wife!!!

[Lady Macbeth]

Lol.......oh Xeric......this is plain chauvinistic when it suits your purpose and stuffing an unwanted present (washing machine??? cmon!!!) down our throats when it doesnt....

Stick to one side....are you the willing to be the traditional hubby or the 21st century male partner? You cant have both.

[Xeric]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

Lol.......oh Xeric......this is plain chauvinistic when it suits your purpose and stuffing an unwanted present (washing machine??? cmon!!!) down our throats when it doesnt....

Stick to one side....are you the willing to be the traditional hubby or the 21st century male partner? You cant have both.

The Venusians are complex creatures and cant be helped, that's it.

How angry you are a little hug in the bed would mend you right

Anywaz, i am all for the 21st century thingy, provided you are willing to be the traditional (house) wife and not a super human-the combination of a businesswomen and a housewife (or whatever of it is left).