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Can I give away my husband?
The Redneck is driving me up a f'ing wall today! We got home from his Christmas party last night, I was fighting the begninnings of a migraine and just felt "off" - I told him I thought my sugar was low. We didn't have anything, so I made cookie dough and ate a couple of tablespoons (don't lecture). He had some as well, we put the rest in the fridge and went to bed.
We got up this morning and ran errands, went to Walmart, etc. We got home, I put all the groceries away while he checked email. Then I cleaned the kitchen so I could make calzones. At that point, he yells from the office "What are you going to do with the rest of that cookie dough?" I said I didn't know, we could freeze it, etc. He was like "Oh, well, I thought you might make cookies out if it, since it's such a cold day." DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE COOKIES?? JUST ASK. He said "I didn't want to tell you what to do, but cookies would be awesome."
So I back the m-fing cookies and prepare the dough for calzones. He doesn't eat one cookie. I get the calzones in the oven, and came in to check FB and nest - he calls me from the living room "Wend, I think something's burning" I lost it - asked him if his butt was velcro'd to the recliner or super glued. I absolutely hate that he thinks he can just sit in his command center all day and not do a damn thing. We have Christmas presents to wrap, decorations to put up, and he has done jack sh*t all weekend other than sit in that chair. Ugh.
Vent over.
Re: Can I give away my husband?
Sounds like its time for a JUNK PUNCH! I'm going to post my DH vent too. Because I literally cannot believe what just happened.
DH is driving me up the same fvcking wall too. We were supposed to watch Christmas movies all day and have a family day. He turns on football, proclaiming every Christmas movie I suggested "stupid." Whatever, I'll bump and nest and play with Hunter.
So I try to take a nap on the couch when Hunter naps. He gets up, I tell DH its his turn to change his diaper. Hunter starts fussing like he's hungry. I continue laying down, because, I am tired, and cold, and laying down feels nice and DH can handle this right?
APparently not, because he flips out, puts Hunter in his pack and play and tells him "Shut up buddy, I have to go make you a fvcking bottle since your mom won't get off her ass and help."
W.T.F. Who gets up all night with him? Not you buddy. Who is home all week with him, tending to LITERALLY his every need? Not your fat azz dude.
So as not to yell in front of the baby, I told DH to kindly march his ass upstairs and not come down until he felt like he was no longer a nasty douchebag.
Seriously, I actually considered really punching him in the junk. Calling me lazy is one thing, but telling our kid to "shut up" because he fussed for may be two minutes? Not cool.
He came down and apologized to the baby. He has yet to apologize to me.
I am going to do the next best thing to your suggestion...I"m going to call his mom and tell on him. Immature, yes. But its the fastest way to get him in BIG trouble.
Bwahaha! Awesome! DH agrees, BTW, J should get in BIG trouble for that!
And Wendi, that sucks! I would be really peeved about the cookies. I might even throw them at him! I hope you're feeling better!
I just get annoyed that he gets soooo frustrated when Hunter cries for more than a minute or two - he says he just feels helpless unless I'm there. Which is not always possible, obviously.
Anyways, his mom made him feel like crap so now he's on night duty. I'm sure that tonight Hunter will decide to sleep through the night, as that is my luck!
Ugh, husbands can be more work than they're worth somedays. Rachel--I don't know how you didn't fly across the room and junk punch your husband! Its good you can call in the MIL to set him strait. Wendi--I'm glad your DH realized his buns were in hot water and cleaned up the bedroom, you must have put the fear of God into him!
Clean the bedroom!?! THAT is AWESOME!!!
Rachel-I'd be pissed, too! But laughing that you're calling MIL!
DH and I were doing Christmas-y things yesterday-put up faux tree, wrap gifts...
I dunno about you gals, but I spread out when I wrap gifts. DH finished doing the lights on our tree (in another room) and decided-Huh! I should vacuum now... Ok, great! BUT he decides he needs to vac WHERE I AM WRAPPING THE GIFTS! Really?! Really?!? Right where I am-all spread out in the middle of wrapping?! He told me I didn't have to move-so I didn't. ha!
On an interesting note, he didn't put the lights on the wall like he did last year when he found he had more than necessary for the tree... I was kind of sad to see that... hm.
::giggles:: ditto!