It doesn't matter if you have ADD, if you are standing in line on your wife's behalf don't leave.
Another adventure from ALA. I have ADD I cannot focus on anything for long. But the worst thing to me is standing or sitting still. At ALA there were a lot of long lines for book signings and other things. Because I was there as an extension of my wife I was expected to wait in these lines for her while she went about other business.
So I waited in line shifting from one foot to the other, shrugging my shoulders, looking around, whistling, singing to myself, chatting with others, and all in all being a general nuisance to those around me. But I got the things she wanted and her happy smile made it all worth the wait. Kind of.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Wife Rule #79
When your wife is excited about doing something it does not matter if you are sick. If you can stand you are going.
My wife was at the ALA conference this weekend and for two of the days I was supposed to go with her. On the morning of the first day I woke up feeling terrible, but i knew she was excited about me going with her so I sucked it up and went.
It was terrible. I felt so sick, but I did not want to ruin the day for her so I put on a stiff upper lip and she had a great time. She mentioned several times how much it meant to her for me to be there so my (semi)silent suffering definitely got noticed.
My wife was at the ALA conference this weekend and for two of the days I was supposed to go with her. On the morning of the first day I woke up feeling terrible, but i knew she was excited about me going with her so I sucked it up and went.
It was terrible. I felt so sick, but I did not want to ruin the day for her so I put on a stiff upper lip and she had a great time. She mentioned several times how much it meant to her for me to be there so my (semi)silent suffering definitely got noticed.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Wife Rule #78
If your wife has to wake up early, so do you.
This weekend my wife and I traveled to Chicago to visit my family. While we were there she went to the American Library Association Annual Conference for work. Each day she had to wake up at 6 AM in order to make the hour drive downtown and I got up with her each morning to see her off.
Even though my waking up served no real purpose, (we hit the snooze timer and woke up too late for me to maker her breakfast, and she really only had time to get ready and leave so its not like she even really got to see me) she really appreciated me making the effort to see her off.
This weekend my wife and I traveled to Chicago to visit my family. While we were there she went to the American Library Association Annual Conference for work. Each day she had to wake up at 6 AM in order to make the hour drive downtown and I got up with her each morning to see her off.
Even though my waking up served no real purpose, (we hit the snooze timer and woke up too late for me to maker her breakfast, and she really only had time to get ready and leave so its not like she even really got to see me) she really appreciated me making the effort to see her off.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wife Rule #77
Do not leave packing until the day that you are leaving on a trip.
One of the things that I love about my wife is that she will start packing for a trip a couple days in advance. I however do not. I like to pack the last 10 minutes before we leave. I can't help it I obsess that if I pack in advance I will forget something. Of course I always forget something anyway, but my mental sanity depends on being able to pack the day of.
This habit annoys my wife. She will be packed and waiting to go while I am scrambling around the house looking for my Ipod. This is not to say that I am bad at packing or I am incapable of packing in advance, it is just hard on my OCD to do so.
One of the things that I love about my wife is that she will start packing for a trip a couple days in advance. I however do not. I like to pack the last 10 minutes before we leave. I can't help it I obsess that if I pack in advance I will forget something. Of course I always forget something anyway, but my mental sanity depends on being able to pack the day of.
This habit annoys my wife. She will be packed and waiting to go while I am scrambling around the house looking for my Ipod. This is not to say that I am bad at packing or I am incapable of packing in advance, it is just hard on my OCD to do so.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wife Rule #76
She did not marry you for your ability to quote movies and TV shows.
I am a quoter. I love quoting my favorite lines from movies and TV shows. I also enjoy enjoy doing really bad impressions. But my wife does not normally find these quotes as funny as I do. In fact she often becomes annoyed by my quoting. However, worse that just quoting is when I say something without citing where it is from. If she thinks that something I frequently say is my original quote and the she finds out that it is not she is not only disappointed by my lack of originality but she is also disappointed by my lack of wit.
A great example of this was a quote I frequently say about Yertle the Turtle. I call it, "possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking." Then when we were watching the Simpsons and Lisa said a similar thing, I was busted and fessed up to taking that quote from both the Simpsons and Full House(which has another similar quote on the same subject.)
The solution may be to start small and try to go a whole weekend without quoting anything. We did this one weekend when we were still dating and she was so impressed with my natural humor that it actually took a long time for me to start quoting things again.
I am a quoter. I love quoting my favorite lines from movies and TV shows. I also enjoy enjoy doing really bad impressions. But my wife does not normally find these quotes as funny as I do. In fact she often becomes annoyed by my quoting. However, worse that just quoting is when I say something without citing where it is from. If she thinks that something I frequently say is my original quote and the she finds out that it is not she is not only disappointed by my lack of originality but she is also disappointed by my lack of wit.
A great example of this was a quote I frequently say about Yertle the Turtle. I call it, "possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking." Then when we were watching the Simpsons and Lisa said a similar thing, I was busted and fessed up to taking that quote from both the Simpsons and Full House(which has another similar quote on the same subject.)
The solution may be to start small and try to go a whole weekend without quoting anything. We did this one weekend when we were still dating and she was so impressed with my natural humor that it actually took a long time for me to start quoting things again.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wife Rule #75
Always listen to the wisdom of your mother-in-law.
My mother-in-law has been the greatest supporter of my blog from day 1. OK, not really day 1 because she did not start reading it until day 7 or 8. But she was always very supportive of the idea, even though I am blogging about my relationship with her daughter. However, she has always had one criticism, my posts were not long enough. She wanted more information on how the wife rule had come about. Well from now on the wife rules will have a the story behind each one, so I hope you enjoy them.
And to my Mother-In-Law,
thanks Mom
My mother-in-law has been the greatest supporter of my blog from day 1. OK, not really day 1 because she did not start reading it until day 7 or 8. But she was always very supportive of the idea, even though I am blogging about my relationship with her daughter. However, she has always had one criticism, my posts were not long enough. She wanted more information on how the wife rule had come about. Well from now on the wife rules will have a the story behind each one, so I hope you enjoy them.
And to my Mother-In-Law,
thanks Mom
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wife Rule #74
If your wife is better than you at something you both do swallow your pride and listen to her advice.
Curious as to what this means? Check back tomorrow.
Curious as to what this means? Check back tomorrow.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Wife Rule #73
Marriage sometimes takes sacrifices. Is it worth a huge fight to protect your 30 VHS movies from being given away? Probably not.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Wife Rule #72
Don't brag that you can do something better than your wife. If you can, she will not appreciate being reminded of your superior skill, and if it turns out you can't you will never live it down.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Wife Rule #71
If she drops a birth control pill down a chair just have her take the next one...you probably will not find the one she dropped and even if you do if will probably not be in edible condition.
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