I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

[PNWbrit]

After the last time unblocking the disposal I have told my wife that I'm removing it completely the very next time she blocks it....

So far so good. Been a month or so. Normally it's a once a week routine to dismantle the drain.

[jono]

I read somewhere that the MTBF on disposers is like 3 hours of running time total, i.e. they're only engineered to run 3 hours before crapping out. That's a pretty long time when you run it 10 seconds at a pop, not so long when you run it 10 minutes every time.

If that MTBF is real then it's empirically measured, meaning it's low because the mean use is so short that the thing has time to rust before making the 4 hour mark. Conversely, a low target still gets years and years of use; not much value to be had in putting 300 year windings on that motor/in the landfill.

I run mine a couple extra seconds to spin dry it pretty often...I think my wife has finally scarred enough spoons to just leave that switch alone, though, so I have no good disposal related contributions to this thread.

[The Tortoise]

I love my wife, but she can't cook for shit.

I once asked her to reheat the chili and make some rice. She managed to completely fuck up both.

[TNKen]

I have a wife and 3 daughters. Speaking from lots of experience, time does not remedy this condition.

None of them have a scintilla of common sense.

[TNKen]

My pet peve is we are never on time..... for anything. I can be sitting in the driveway with the truck running, 10 minutes late wherever we are going, and she will be in the house wiping down the kitchen counter top.

She will figure out some way to be late to her funeral.

[carvedog]

Keys and Sunglasses.

Always in a panic when she is about to be late for yet another appointment or some shit. "Can't find my keys. Gotta help me find my keys.....". In the early stages of our marriage I would dutifully run around and try, now I laugh in her face. Doesn't happen but once or twice a week and I refuse to get physically or emotionally involved. Fuck it, it is not my problem. And yes it has cost me some belly slapping time in the past and I still don't give a shit.

And the fucking sunglasses. I have given her close to 20 pairs in 15 years. They never last more than a month or two. Nice ones too. I get great pro deals being in the ski industry part time, so I thought I would take care of my girl you know. Now I would rather just burn $100 bills and call it good. Better that than the disappointment that she doesn't value the things I give her enough to take care of them. The last pair was some nice ESS high impact ones that I can't even buy commercially. They were a gift from a buddy there. They had a nice clear pair of lenses too so they were also my wood cutting glasses. She left them at a nighttime catering gig. Why should would even take them in the house when it was already dark is fucking beyond me. Now that we both need reading glasses she goes through 4 or 5 pair a month it seems. And then tries to borrow mine. I rip them off her face when I catch her and she says nothing as there is nothing to say. I have forbidden her from touching my eyewear ever again since the ESS incident.

And this is why we can't have nice things.

On the flip side she is a dammed good cook and is great about doing art projects and creative things with the kids. She makes sure they are where they need to be, when they should be there and supports them. Without her my kids would get cash for birthdays and stuff. And she loves to flyfish and is fun to ski with. She is starting to rip on her teles.

So we stay. Sometimes in love, sometimes in hate. Not saying it's perfect but it is.

[KQ]

glorious.

Took a girlfriend to a friend's birthday party, when she asked where my friend lived I said "the boonies". Weeks later while hanging out with that friend, the hometown of the friend came up in conversation. To which my ladyfriend replied "But I thought you lived in the boonies?" looked so great standing at my arm tho

Took a boyfriend to dinner at a friend's house. While we were there he took a liking to a picture on her wall and asked about it. She said "Oh, are you into Pop art too?" He looked confused for a moment, looked back at the picture and said "that's about pop?" She very nicely tried to explain Pop art to him but it was a lost cause. Great in bed though.

[spook]

i thought the h was for homer

[KQ]

My wife never logs into TGR either, but fuck it. Everybody needs to vent. What's next? You going to give up beating off? I gave up strange and busting my nut all over a girl's face, but I didn't give up wanting to...

Well there is a little thing called "respect".

[TahoeJ]

+1 on the lost keys and tearing through sunglasses (she just scratched some Maui Jim lenses this past weekend, in fact). I finally ordered her some of those Tiles with bluetooth so she can attach them to her keychain. Problem is, she also loses her phone a lot.

[glademaster]

Well there is a little thing called "respect".

Respect and bitching about someone's abrasive traits aren't mutually exclusive, but this thread makes me glad I don't have to deal with a nagging, whiny, foolish pain in the ass when I get home from work every day. Getting laid isn't enough fun to be worth the bullshit.

[booner]

It's chapstick for my wife

I think she averages about 3 days before she loses a new one

[KQ]

Respect and bitching about someone's abrasive traits aren't mutually exclusive, but this thread makes me glad I don't have to deal with a nagging, whiny, foolish pain in the ass when I get home from work every day. Getting laid isn't enough fun to be worth the bullshit.

I was thinking along the lines of respecting your marriage by not airing your dirty laundry but that's just me. Air away.....

[AK47bp]

Respect and bitching about someone's abrasive traits aren't mutually exclusive, but this thread makes me glad I don't have to deal with a nagging, whiny, foolish pain in the ass when I get home from work every day. Getting laid isn't enough fun to be worth the bullshit.

Hey. We've all been that single guy that had it all figured out.

You blink, the next thing you know your married, the dogs knocked up and your daughters missing.

[TahoeJ]

I was thinking along the lines of respecting your marriage by not airing your dirty laundry but that's just me. Air away.....

Actually, most psychologists would say that a little venting is far better for your marriage than bottling up your frustration. I'm willing to bet that on average women do it more than men. Men tend to drink more.

[spook]

preventive marital venting for porn lovers: "study after study says there's nothing wrong with it so FUCK YOU"

[KQ]

Actually, most psychologists would say that a little venting is far better for your marriage than bottling up your frustration. I'm willing to bet that on average women do it more than men. Men tend to drink more.

There are more than two choices here (bottling it up or publicly posting complaints about your spouse). You could try communicating with your spouse rather than risking the potential that they or someone they know might see an internet post which could lead to feelings of betrayal, hurt and distrust - bells that are hard to unring .

One sex doing it more than another is a non-starter. I would say that on average unhappily married people do it more than people in a happy respectful marriage. But I'm not a psychologist, I just play one on the Internet.

[spook]

Took a boyfriend to dinner at a friend's house. While we were there he took a liking to a picture on her wall and asked about it. She said "Oh, are you into Pop art too?" He looked confused for a moment, looked back at the picture and said "that's about pop?" She very nicely tried to explain Pop art to him but it was a lost cause. Great in bed though.

just have to keep something in his mouth!

[stfu&gbtw]

There are more than two choices here (bottling it up or publicly posting complaints about your spouse). You could try communicating with your spouse rather than risking the potential that they or someone they know might see an internet post which could lead to feelings of betrayal, hurt and distrust - bells that are hard to unring .

One sex doing it more than another is a non-starter. I would say that on average unhappily married people do it more than people in a happy respectful marriage. But I'm not a psychologist, I just play one on the Internet.

I'm certain you're the one woman on the planet who would simply love it if your spouse or significant other told you all about the things you do that drive them insane, but most of us are married to normal women who couldn't be expected to understand that jumping into a pool may lead to getting wet. Women LOVE communication - when they're doing the communicating. Otherwise, it all falls on the list of shit I should fix without her having to worry about it. On the respect tip - I think your avatar pic is the next one to get an imaginary facial.

Next time I see my wife, I'll tell her you said hi.

[KQ]

I'm certain you're the one woman on the planet who would simply love it if your spouse or significant other told you all about the things you do that drive them insane, but most of us are married to normal women who couldn't be expected to understand that jumping into a pool may lead to getting wet. Women LOVE communication - when they're doing the communicating. Otherwise, it all falls on the list of shit I should fix without her having to worry about it. On the respect tip - I think your avatar pic is the next one to get an imaginary facial.

Next time I see my wife, I'll tell her you said hi.

Wow.

[stfu&gbtw]

Wow.

You surprise easy for an internet psychologist.

[frorider]

Keepin it Klassy.

[flyandski365]

My gf seems to think there is some kind of force field that keeps heat in the oven. T-day this year and she was doing the bird for the first time. Every time she took it out to baste it (WAAAY too many times BTW) she left the oven hanging open. I noticed this and started shutting it every time, to which I got an annoyed "Why do you keep doing that?!" Then later "Why is this turkey taking so long to cook?"

Also seems to flat out refuse to change her oil. The damn thing screams at her to change it every time she starts it, somehow that doesn't sink in, yet she's gets aggravated with me for "badgering her about it". I've never seen a Ford Escape explode before, but I reckon it should be any day now.

[Adolf Allerbush]

Also seems to flat out refuse to change her oil. The damn thing screams at her to change it every time she starts it, somehow that doesn't sink in, yet she's gets aggravated with me for "badgering her about it". I've never seen a Ford Escape explode before, but I reckon it should be any day now.

I just take care of this for my wife...there's no point in trying to make her take care of it...it just won't happen.

[riser4]

I've never seen a Ford Escape explode before, but I reckon it should be any day now.

Please get this on video.