When I'm home I feel like Mrs horse is monitoring me all the time

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 20:26

Any of you married/long relationship guys had this problem? Do you have a partner who feels it is her role in life to find things for you to do when you are at home? Do you feel like you are being watched?

Any suggestions on how to outwit the surveillance?

Close supervision can sure suck all the fun out of your weekend

BeBro · January 18, 2004, 20:28

Well, she may have a good reason

Skanky Burns · January 18, 2004, 20:32

Sucker.

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 20:34

You can laugh now Skanky but I think many women have a nagging harpie lurking deep in their pysch somewhere.

It has something to do with the nesting instinct I suspect.

JohnT · January 18, 2004, 20:36

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Any of you married/long relationship guys had this problem? Do you have a partner who feels it is her role in life to find things for you to do when you are at home? Do you feel like you are being watched?

Any suggestions on how to outwit the surveillance?

Close supervision can sure suck all the fun out of your weekend

Laura's a stay-at-home mom. Anything needs doing around the house, I ask "What? Are your arms broken?"

I pretty much let her know that I was not Mr. Fixit a long time ago, way before we were married. I continued the long process of educating her by not doing stuff and hiring out expensive people to do what couldn't be put off anymore. She's kinda got the idea by now.

rah · January 18, 2004, 20:36

The best defense is a good offense.
Before she can start asking those annoying inquisitive questions, ask her what's she doing, or if she's planning on going out, whatever. Sometimes it keeps them on their heels.

rah · January 18, 2004, 20:39

Or sarcasm. When asked were you are going on Friday nights. TRY, Hmmmmmmmm I've gone over to my brothers almost every friday since we've been married. Want to bet weekend chores on where I'm going to be tonight?

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 20:41

Yes some good ideas here. But it only relates to when I'm home - I can go out as much as I like because when I'm out of course my presence doesn't annoy her

I knew I was on a downward spiral when I lost control of the TV remote

JohnT · January 18, 2004, 20:43

There's this commercial for Enterprise Rent-a-Car that just drives me crazy:

This woman is buying a bunch of houseplants and gardening crap, and placing all this stuff in the pick-up truck that she was able to rent from the good folks at Enterprise. Near the end of the commercial she makes it home and goes around the back, saying with a nervous chuckle "Looks like your honey-do list just got a lot bigger, honey!"

Laura doesn't understand why that commercial pisses me off so. Imho, it's a stupid commercial because it immediately alienates 1/2 of the population: "Yeah, it's those Enterprise rent-a-car ****s who ruined my weekend when the wife came home with a bunch of gardening ****, making me cancel my tee-time."

Also, I'm not one who likes surprises and having my wife go out, rent a damn pick-up, and fill it full of gardening work for me to do is one damned nasty surprise, one that I will never react well.

BeBro · January 18, 2004, 20:45

[SIZE=1] Originally posted by Alexander's Horse

I knew I was on a downward spiral when I lost control of the TV remote

Yeah, signs of the apocalypse

JohnT · January 18, 2004, 20:45

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Yes some good ideas here. But it only relates to when I'm home - I can go out as much as I like because when I'm out of course my presence doesn't annoy her

I knew I was on a downward spiral when I lost control of the TV remote

Well, I've been working at conditioning her for 10 years, a luxury you don't seem to have right about now. Maybe you oughtta just put your foot down!

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 20:46

It affects the boys too. I knew we had a problem on the weekend when we got home and saw Mrs Horse's car was not there and those seated in the back of my truck broke into cheering

Skanky Burns · January 18, 2004, 20:46

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
You can laugh now Skanky but I think many women have a nagging harpie lurking deep in their pysch somewhere.

It has something to do with the nesting instinct I suspect.

Undoubtably.

But by not having a woman in my life, I am somewhat immune to this nagging nature.

JohnT · January 18, 2004, 20:48

If you don't actively resist, you will doom your boys to a lifetime drudgery of "honey-do" lists and missed games 'cause the windows need caulking: they will see your futile resistance and they will assume it is the natural order of things. You must resist, man, you must!

DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN, AH!!!!!!

Ted Striker · January 18, 2004, 20:48

the only answer is to try and numb the pain with alcohol horse

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 20:52

Originally posted by JohnT
If you don't actively resist, you will doom your boys to a lifetime drudgery of "honey-do" lists and missed games 'cause the windows need caulking: they will see your futile resistance and they will assume it is the natural order of things. You must resist, man, you must!

DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN, AH!!!!!!

Yes, a call to arms. The house is full of males so we already have the numbers.

But she has the power. I kind of feel sorry for her because it's a very blokey house. No feminine interests - except for one of the boys whom I'm a bit worried about

JohnT · January 18, 2004, 20:57

Though the woman had her many problems, Ayn Rand had it dead on when she said the afflicted were so because they accepted the judgements of the afflictors. Yeah, your wife can try to make your (and your boys) life uncomfortable, but it is when you give up and do what she wishes, that is when you give her your moral sanction to make your weekends a never-ending hell of chores and stuff-to-do.

Lancer · January 18, 2004, 20:57

Reply with nonsensical answers. For instance:

"Honey, can you take out the garbage?"

Reply:

"The european hegemony of the 19th century has upset the cat"

Works...

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 20:58

The weirdest part is when you do the stuff they want they actually hate it

JohnT · January 18, 2004, 20:59

"When you do the work of a distracted man with 498 better things to do it is because you're a distracted man with 498 better things to do, honey."

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 21:05

Interestingly both the boys and myself have parts of the house where we basically go to hide from Mrs Horse.

This of course makes things worse - but sweet, sweet liberty.......funny how boy things are so much more enjoyable when you know the one woman house gestapo could burst in at any moment

I suspect it's one of the main reasons I still smoke - it's the rebellion element.

Ming · January 18, 2004, 21:06

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
It affects the boys too. I knew we had a problem on the weekend when we got home and saw Mrs Horse's car was not there and those seated in the back of my truck broke into cheering

I've had a similar experience with my daughters

Asher · January 18, 2004, 21:07

Women...why bother.

I have somebody that does the dishes, cooks, and cleans -- and will sit down and watch the hockey game with me and fetch me my drinks.

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 21:12

Oh come on Asher - gays usually have the same problem because one plays the girl and the other the boy - isn't that right?

There's a lesbian couple at work here and from behind it looks like a male and female married couple.

Caligastia · January 18, 2004, 21:17

Whenever I try to do anything in the presence of Mrs Caligastia that doesn't jive with the approved plan of activity it's either "where are you going?" or "what are you doing?". My usual reply is "just going to the loo darling".

Asher · January 18, 2004, 21:19

Not all gay couples have the inexplicable urge to play "House".

Plus there's no PMS or any of that crap.

Alexander's Horse · January 18, 2004, 21:20

Originally posted by Caligastia
Whenever I try to do anything in the presence of Mrs Caligastia that doesn't jive with the approved plan of activity it's either "where are you going?" or "what are you doing?". My usual reply is "just going to the loo darling".

That jibes with another thing - the mobile phone conversation - the last time I checked "where are you?" is not a greeting

Ted Striker · January 18, 2004, 21:22

we need to play, "Guide for the Married Man" by the Turtles

Caligastia · January 18, 2004, 21:25

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse

That jibes with another thing - the mobile phone conversation - the last time I checked "where are you?" is not a greeting

I almost never have my cellphone turned on. Work pays for it, so it's not like I'm wasting money or anything. I would never get my own cellphone for the very reason you have brought up.