We met with some friends for lunch, and on the way out I pulled an old grocery list from my pocket. The Captain looks at me and says “Is that a grocery list?”, in which I reply it is. He then proceeds to tell me and our friends that he feels that I am always at the store, and therefore am “inefficient” in my shopping. I then remind him I go to the store about 1 time a week, and don’t find myself inefficient at all. But as I said it I realized that I really should let The Captain do more around the house, since he seems to have better ways of doing things…because of course….Captain Awesome can do it better!
The Captain may work all day, run the finances, and do the technical stuff in the house. You know the man jobs…but that pretty much leaves me with everything else. I cook, I clean, do the laundry, grocery shop, dry cleaning and even buy his clothes. As a matter of fact, in the 10 years that we have been together Captain Awesome has not cooked me ONE DINNER. But does that stop him from standing over a pot telling me how to cook or stir the dinner? Nope!
What is it about a man who always thinks that although things miraculously get done around the house…things like dirty towels always magically hung up, and dirty socks left in the couch put away….that they could still do it better? And to say this to their pregnant hormonal wife? As I write this I am thinking that maybe I should just let him take charge. My “inefficient” ways just don’t seem to be working any more I guess…
Like I said…I guess Captain Awesome can just do it better.
Kiddo…they all do that. When I was a kid, one of my friend’s moms went on strike for 2 weeks. She only took care of herself and left the cleaning, laundry, cooking, everything alone just to show her family all that she did. Maybe you need to go on strike and let him figure it out. Might be a fun experiment, and great for BEFORE little Pooh shows up.
lol I’m not sure the experiment would work, because I doubt he would care about the mess and would get take out! lol Worth a thought though!
The Fridge would be cleaned but other than that…not sure I’d even notice
I like Niki’s idea of you going on strike. My husband can do it better, as well, and that’s why when I’m gone back to the home state and I’m finally coming home to him, I receive a text that says, “sorry about the mess.” Of course, that’s if I’m lucky enough to be warned ahead of time. ?
ahhh yes…when i travel back to PA I always come home to a mess! Or he’ll rush around and “clean” and I come home and it’s still a mess and he’s like “what?? I cleaned! lol” such a disaster lol
Grrr, men. I also love how when I finally try to teach him a lesson and don’t do the laundry so whe will run out of work clothes, he only does his clothes, and then he doesn’t fold them. But I will say he doesn’t ever complain about how I do things.
I say don’t go shopping for a week and let him see what happens.
hahahha so he doesn’t do your stuff? That’s too funny! At least he doesn’t complain!
My husband ended up with dishwasher loading on his to do list after he showed me the right way to load it.
haha good one!
Men are all the same. Mine can do everything better too. I like the idea of the 2 week strike.
I think that men just like to feel like they’re taking care of us, so that’s why they always have to feel they do it better. Does that make sense?
But my hubby gave up a while ago. I think I finally broke him!
You know what? That actually does make sense….
But like yours I hope my hubby learns to keep his mouth shut about those issues! hahaha, but your theory definitely makes sense!
Such a man ?
Although, we have learned in my house my man IS better at the shopping than me. He is faster, cheaper and doesn’t get distracted by “SALE” and bring home stuff we don’t need ?
You know, I bet the captain would be better than me in that regard…but since I am the one doing it, I think he should let it be! lol
Jen, Sometimes the trust just hurts, you can’t blame him for trying to help you. My wife hates it when i help out
Mr. Right,
When you are right you are right and it is not our fault we are often right.
If he thinks he can do the grocery shopping better, I say give him the list and let him at it! It would save you some time.
I would totally do that, but since my job is mostly taking care of the home and will be even more once baby arrives I need to be responsible for that. I figure if he works all day I can take care of the house ? But I wish I could do that! hahaha but who knows what foods he’d come home with!
I think the key to a happy marriage is assigning tasks to each person based on their strengths. For example, I stupidly shrink laundry or turn it pink, and I load the dishwasher very poorly (picture me twirling my hair and blinking profusely, and you’ll understand…I did those things on PURPOSE! And now the husband does the laundry and dishes!) I do, however, make an amazing Coq au Vin. Fortunately, I LIKE to cook. Imagine that!