5 Annoyances and 5 Lovely Things About Hubby
by Jenners • 02/13/2009 • Life • 31 Comments
Last week, Angela over at Angela’s Adventures and Minor Mishaps invited me to participate in her Friday High Fives. Sadly, I had a prior blogging commitment that involved humiliating myself on the Internet, but I promised her I would participate this week. I am a woman of my word so here I am — one high five for last week and one high five for this week.
If you want to play along, Friday High Fives is really easy and non-restrictive! Make a list of 5 things — ANY five things you want! 5 favorite things, Top 5 Vacation spots, 5 most embarrassing moments, 5 favorite pics, 5 reasons to not pick your nose……A LIST OF ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE! Then post it and then go on over to Angela’s place to link up via Mr. Linky.
So continuing with my unplanned theme of listing things all week long, here we go.
(And yes, I know tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. I’ll make up for it in my second list!)
2. Creating his own blog and then falsifying his number of followers and comments. Did I mention he is a computer whiz and can quickly and easily make things that look like they are on the Internet but change the content so as to fool little old gullible me? When he realized the “our blog” thing was losing its effect, he created his own blog on WordPress (another dig because he knows I have WordPress envy) and then manipulated it to look like he had 12 followers and 40 comments in just one day! Needless to say, I was speechless and more than annoyed that his post on not being able to get a special order sandwich at McDonalds attracted this much attention in 24 hours. I should have known something was up, but he even made it look like I was going to his blog from our Firefox browser (when in reality it was on the c drive of the computer).
3. His obsession with unit price. My husband likes to save any kind of money he can. Now I’m not disagreeing with that, but going grocery shopping with him is a nightmare. We can’t just take what looks like the cheapest item available. Nooooooooo! We have to perform a complex set of calculations involving unit price and other factors that I don’t fully understand. All I know is that we stand in front of the tissue section FOREVER while he compares the unit prices on every single box of tissues before deciding which one is .00005 cents cheaper per tissue.
4. His need to be right about everything and his willingness to fight to the death to prove it. Too many nights we have been chatting in bed before falling asleep and gotten into a heated argument about some ridiculous thing like whether there is an art museum at the Bellagio (I was right on that one!) or the correct usage of the word “literary.” He must prove he is right at all costs, which involves many late night trips back downstairs to boot up the computer to prove his point.
5. His continual need to point out every dent and ding that I have ever put in the car. OK, so I’ll admit I’ve had some minor mishaps while pulling out of the garage. Maybe two or three mishaps. Maybe one time I ripped off the side view mirror. Maybe another involved actually backing into his car. Maybe I scraped the entire side of the car when I thought I was clear of the garage door part that sticks out a little. Maybe I did pull in too far and knock his bike onto the hood. But does he have to point out all these minor cosmetic damages to everyone who is ever within 5 feet of our car? I don’t think so. (And just so you know, I’ve only had fender benders within my own garage or driveway — with this car anyway.)
(Happy Valentine’s Day, Hon! This is all you are getting, by the way.)
2. His good-natured attitude at how lax the housekeeping has become since I started blogging. I mean, he is the only one working and bringing in money right now. You’d think I could keep a clean and sparkling house, put nutritious meals on the table and maybe present myself better like the classic housewives of yore. But I don’t, and he loves me anyway and doesn’t complain (too much). (And if you think this might a suck-up move on my part, you are right.) But seriously, he has been so supportive and encouraging of my blogging because he knows I love it so much.
3. His love of dry, overcooked chicken. I am not joking that he likes his chicken cooked this way. And, being a horrible cook, I can do that. I can do that really well. So that is wonderful. Makes life easier for me (although less tasty).
4. His wonderful, witty sense of humor. Sure I’m often the victim of his stinging wit, but he is so funny that I laugh and can’t get mad. When I did my nerd post the other day, someone commented that they weren’t a nerd; they were a dork. I read this to my husband and he immediately said: “I think you are really a dork instead of a nerd because the word nerd implies some sort of intelligence.” Ouch…but so funny. I had to laugh…then I slugged him. Since we are going to be together for a very long time, the fact that he can make me laugh like no one else on earth is very important and makes me love him more than anything.
5. The fact that he loves me no matter what I look like, the dumb things I say or do (remember the car mishaps I mentioned?) or how annoying I can be. (I know — me? Annoying? Who woulda thunk?) He’s made me feel loved for being my true, messy, gullible, silly, nerdy, dorky, overweight, glasses-wearing self. What else could you ask for in life?
I can’t go grocery shopping with my dad because he does the same thing with the unit cost. OMG! Just get the darned eggs already!
It sounds like he keeps you on your toes!
Finding dents in the car really hit a button with me! My husband always finds them, even the littlest one. A terrific post! It sounds like you’re a great couple. Laughing together is a great way to keep the marriage alive and happy!!
I love that he set up a blog! LOL!
This is great. I loved reading it!!
Oh my gosh, this is hilarious! Hahaha!!!!
Came over from Dirty Socks and am so glad I did. Love your sarcasm. There are so few of us blessed with the true gift of smart ass!!
You can now tell your husband that “WE have a new follower”.
Nice to meet you!
I love your husband. He sounds like a nerd and I do like me some nerds.
What is with this wordpress envy? Why?
And Pat started referring to “our” blog when I started making a little money off my ads…suddenly he wants to know when “our” check will be here.
What a great guy! Sounds like you two have a great relationship.
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Hope you have a great Valentine’s Day!
Ok, he makes me laugh. I have often wondered when people have like 6000 people in their feed if they totally photoshopped that, lol!
ROFL! I nearly choked when I read your last 5 things disclaimer
Loved reading this list. He sounds like a keeper!
So glad I found you because I love your sense of humor! I wrote a similar post on Thursday about my husband. Nice to “meet” you, came over from Debbie at Suburb Sanity.
Love it! thanks for joining in! A bit sad though that he blames you for parking HIS bike in the wrong spot, parking HIS car behind you, and not fixing the part of the garage that sticks out because you can’t do everything! Men!! Ha! Can he add a few followers on for me? lol Wait, seriously! I must say my blogging has also lead to a messier house but you know what if he can sit and watch football, music videos, basketball, more music videos (hello you are in your 30s stop with the videos!) then I can surely sit, blog and not feel as guilty about it! Right?!
The pluses seem to outweigh the minuses, so keep him.
LOL the reasons why he annoys the crap outta you are GREAT but I LOVE the reasons why you love his guts
My hubby isn’t getting anything for Vday either.
Ok I’m back….you must be laughing at me now huh? The words mentioned above were a plant! You put those words to see if the adsense would catch them. Ha! Got me!
Can I say that you are absolutely adorable? Your way of seeing things & expressing them is so fresh & real! I love reading you! Just now as I scrolled down to this section my eye caught the subject of an old post about "vaginal odor"..I must go read it because what in the world could you be writing about that???Ha!
You have to remember, us people of the male persuasion believe fervently in the following rules:
1) I am always right.
2) If I am wrong, see rule 1
It goes along with the no asking for directions gene.
That’s a great post. We need to have more positive marriage stories around.
Ah, how I can relate to #2, second list.
Does he call it a “crack addiction” too? That’s a favorite of my hubby’s.
This was a fun list. I can’t believe your husband is so invested in your blog! How funny. Now if he ever figures out a way to get REAL followers that quickly, have him shoot me an email, okay?
My husband also tries to figure out unit price too… part of the reason he is banned from grocery shopping!
I just loved this! I loved your honesty in doing both the good and bad. And while the good things definitely outweigh the bad, I think that blog manipulation would not have gone over well with me either:)
Oh my goodness with the unit price!! I’m in the same boat!
Hubby: How many ounces are in that one?
Me: I dunno.
Hubby: Well we have to see how much they’re charging us per ounce. Let me see your phone’s calculator.
Me: I usually just pick the one with the prettiest picture …
I love your post. Your husband must be a funny guy!
Sounds like your husband is a keeper! (Even if he annoys you…)
I enjoyed this post so much I’m now your new stalker..um, I mean follower lol sounds like ya’ll have a great relationship!
Awesome post, Jenners. My husband makes jokes about me, too, that I just laugh at and them slug him for. That’s one of my favorite things about him. I am just in stitches over here about the fake blog. That is way too funny.
He sounds wonderful! And I can’t believe he set up a fake blog!! That’s hilarious. Sounds like y’all make a great pair.
That is so funny that he set up a fake blog! Great lists! I think your husband will be happy with that list as a Valentine’s gift.
You and I are kindred spirits, sister! I am married to a huge nerdanderthal that makes me laugh every day, is always checking my car with his strap on flashlight (not as pervy as it sounds!lol!)and is always trying to hijack my blog!
I love your blog! Count me as a permanent resident! Hugs!
Great post. Marriage is so much fun!