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Tuesday clicky poll: teaching your spouse stuff
I was chatting with a coworker in the hall this morning, and we got to laughing about how, of all the things I've taught DH, the one thing I've never been able to get across to him is to not leave the grocery cart in the middle of the grocery aisle.
Which got me thinking...which of you, you or DH, has taught the other more stuff? (that can be defined any way you want....and of course feel free to elaborate!)
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Dear Bump: You suck.
Re: Tuesday clicky poll: teaching your spouse stuff
I'd like to think we're about equal. I know this is due to the fact that he was married before.
I've learned: Not to take arguements too seriously; the importance of communication; how to negotiate what I "need".
He's learned: 7FAM are the most comfortable jeans ever, followed closely by Lucky; never tuck in a t-shirt, and only a few shirts will be tucked in again; flip-flops are your friend; when she is moody, just agree with what she's saying, even if it's not coherent.
Life skills all the way around.
LOL at FCB!
I voted in DH's favor because I have a very narrow base of knowledge and his is much more wide. Plus, his parents were more efficient and logical than mine in many ways. Well, *some* of his parents...
He's taught me how to be a better business person. Which is a HUGE lesson I'm still learning.
I've taught him fashion sense, like parting your hair on the side and combing it over just looks like your mom did your hair, tapered leg acid-wash jeans don't look good on anyone, jewelery is your friend, dancing is fun, being social and not a computer-gaming nerd all the time is a good thing. I also taught him how to make killer spaghetti/pizza sauce, and the joys of tobasco.
So by far I've taught him more random stuff, but he's taught me some big life lessons.
I think I've taught him a lot more than he has taught me. He is always teaching me patience, kindess, and other important things -- but I've taught him tons of day to day things. So in importance scale, we're probably even... but the numbers are much higher on my side of 'teachable moments'.
Not to sound high and mighty... but honestly, I'm not sure how he functioned day to day before me.
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
This exactly! It is so irritating to me how little my inlaws taught my DH. From table manners, to hygeine, to cleaning etc. Sometimes I wonder if he was raised by wolves!
lol. seriously!
Okay, imagine having a husband who was basically not raised by anyone!! He was bounced around from foster home to foster home, from family member to family member.
I asked him one time who taught him to brush his teeth (cause he did it waaay wrong) and he said, "Why would someone teach me to brush my teeth?" SIGH. He'd never been to the dentist, his Mom didn't "believe" in dentists. Or acne treatment ("God wants your acne to run its course), or even daily showers ("We look like rich folk ta you, son? We ain't got money to shower every day.") I swear, DH thought only rich people showered every day. He showered every other day when I met him and thought that was a lot!
He's come a looooooong way in 7 years.
That's not to say he hasn't taught me a lot. Because of his rough childhood, he was able to teach me a lot about being independant, being calm in hard situations, and basically to "chill."