Ahh, Women...

[Tiamat]

Yes selective hearing is a wonderful thing. My husband uses it often but then he forgets. You know one minute he doesn't hear a thing that I say and then the next when they are saying what channel Jenna Jameson is coming on well he hears that one in the bathroom that's in the bedroom with both doors closed.

So how is it he can hear through two closed doors about Jenna but can't hear me 2 feet away asking for him to take out the trash

[duke o' york]

You haven't come across the innate male Jameson mental powers? It also comes into operation with regard to the whisky of that name, and curiously enough, for all of their competitors too.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Tiamat
...but can't hear me 2 feet away asking for him to take out the trash

You see, that's the problem right there. Why dont yo take it out your self?

The problem is:

Girls always ask the boyfriend to do stuff....or tells him to do stuff but the boy does it by himself instyead of asking. And if we ask, it's a sure ''no''.

Spec.

[rah]

Originally posted by Tiamat
Yes selective hearing is a wonderful thing. My husband uses it often but then he forgets. You know one minute he doesn't hear a thing that I say and then the next when they are saying what channel Jenna Jameson is coming on well he hears that one in the bathroom that's in the bedroom with both doors closed.

So how is it he can hear through two closed doors about Jenna but can't hear me 2 feet away asking for him to take out the trash

Sometimes it's a question of ambiant background noise, depending on the frequency. There are circumstances when I can hear great, and others when I have problems. So he may not be necessarily spoofing you.

[CerberusIV]

Originally posted by Tiamat
So how is it he can hear through two closed doors about Jenna but can't hear me 2 feet away asking for him to take out the trash

It is all in the way we pick out sounds. Like when you hear your own name across a crowded noisy room because you are mentally set to identify that sound. So your husband, like all men, is programmed to pick up sounds that relate to things he likes. "Take out the trash" is not in that category.

I'm as guilty as anyone. When I get home from work the tale of my SO's day gets a polite "Yes dear". She could have said "Would you like me to shoot you now?" for all I know. But "Would you like a beer?" gets a live and coherent response.

[Pekka]

snowflake, yes, if I ever do, it should be great because I ain't putting up with crap.

I take out the trash. No problem. I can take it out everytime. If she makes food, I will take out trash. If she does dishes, I'll do vacuuming. If she takes care that our bathroom looks nice (not girlie, but nice, metrosexual nice), I will take care that I won't mess up the living room all the time but pick the stuff after myself. If she makes the yard look nice, I'll wash the car(s) and change tires and all that, so they look nice too. If she makes sure our bedroom is clean and nice (not girlie, but metrosexual nice), I will make sure the garage isn't horrible, manly, but not horrible.

No problem. And we can change roles every now and then and we can alwayhs help each other. No problem.

But you see, the problem is, these days in here, there are no women who know how to make food, or do stuff. I'm afraid it'll be me who cooks every single day, cleans everything, makes sure there's tp in the bathroom and all that. Why? BEcause they have impontentisized men to think it's about time for us to do all that. And what will women do then? Hey, call me chauvinist, but if the hag is sitting on her ass all day long, it ain't equality. She better be good in bed too. I don't like to have wife who is horrible in bed. It's not sexists, it's a fact.

[Colonâ„¢]

[Pekka]

Well laugh all you want.. but I ain't making babies with a woman that can't cook. I can date her, no problem, but no kids. 'Daddy, all the kids in school say you're a butty man because their moms make the food' 'oh that what they said? HEAR THAT MY LOVELY WIFE! YOU COULD TRY THIS ONCE IN A WHILE YOU KNOW..' 'SHUT UP BUTTY MAN! CHAUVINIST PIG!'.. yeah what a happy family.

They should be mad to God that they give birth and not men. It's not my fault they have to stop working for a while because of the baby and I can keep up with working. It's not my fault, and I'm not going to be sorry for having superior penis. It has mind of its own, and the fact is, penis rules the house. Why would I want to marry a woman who acts and is like a man, except has boobs? I could just as easily marry a man, at least we'd have common interests and could talk normally. The bottom line is, women are women and men are men, and if someone has a problem with it, they're either men without penis or women with penis.

[duke o' york]

This is one of the finest threads I have ever had the privilege to read. Some of your greatest work Pekka.

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Tiamat
Yes selective hearing is a wonderful thing. My husband uses it often but then he forgets. You know one minute he doesn't hear a thing that I say and then the next when they are saying what channel Jenna Jameson is coming on well he hears that one in the bathroom that's in the bedroom with both doors closed.

So how is it he can hear through two closed doors about Jenna but can't hear me 2 feet away asking for him to take out the trash

Well, what rah said.

But selective hearing is hardly a strictly male thing you know. (and thanks to the wondrous technology of MSN, they always happen to have just left, or happen to have been occupied by something significant, when something tricky comes up. )

[Natalinasmpf]

I really don't get it; you people fuss over what is difficult, fickle, or whatever, but the main problem is because you generally are lazy, don't spend enough effort....(observation)

She buys super expensive piece of something that's not of direct use to you with your money? Fine, take her money and go buy yourself 100 cases of beer and stack'em up in the garage. With your guitar, where you can start whailing it drunk when she decides it's time to watch some stupid soap opera. Make sure you're louder than the TV.

Selfish, obnoxious, drunkard.

What is it with "direct use"?

[Skanky Burns]

/me women.

I've found that honesty is generally the best policy, but there are times it will get you into more trouble than it is worth.

[Snowflake]

Originally posted by Pekka
women are women and men are men

There you go Pekka. You just said the key words. Women are women and men are men. Don't complain if women do not think or act like men.

I'm sure you could scare away all the girls who don't cook by pretending to be an abusive and silly man who dreams about a submissive wife all day long. But you might just scare away all the girls who cook too, in the same time. And one day you wonder, why is it all the other kid's daddy's got all the girls that cook?

Now seriously, I'd say this is fair.

I take out the trash. No problem. I can take it out everytime. If she makes food, I will take out trash. If she does dishes, I'll do vacuuming. If she takes care that our bathroom looks nice (not girlie, but nice, metrosexual nice), I will take care that I won't mess up the living room all the time but pick the stuff after myself. If she makes the yard look nice, I'll wash the car(s) and change tires and all that, so they look nice too. If she makes sure our bedroom is clean and nice (not girlie, but metrosexual nice), I will make sure the garage isn't horrible, manly, but not horrible.

No problem. And we can change roles every now and then and we can alwayhs help each other. No problem.

The only problem is that you shouldn't expect a relationship between a man and a woman to be a trade, or a contract, or something like that. In a happy family both the man and the woman contributes and do their share, but that's not all. There are more to it that you don't know yet, and many of the other men who are complaining actually know about.

If you are lucky, you'll know about it one day.

[Pekka]

Natalinasmpf,

[talibanleadermode]
I'm sorry for your husband
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[Pekka]

Snowflake,

You're right, women should act like women. I agree. But modern women act like men these days. I don't mean they sdhould act like women did in 20s and 30s, being slaves of men. They should act like women though, and not the men of today.

Face it, you're just trying to spray propaganda to my face, so you can live another day as the leader of femme domination club, with torch in your hand and the problem is you aren't in a cave anymore. We're the ones in the cave, and I'm carrying the torch. You're the establishment, and you're the oppressors. Ever since hippies threw their bras away was the day when their boobies started hanging prematurely, and the day they started not wearing deodorant is the day the whole world went upside down to worse.