At 03:02 AM 6/27/2000 -0400, S2Mumford@... wrote:
> > What's all this talk of wives? Everyone knows you shouldn't get
> > married......just find a women you don't like...and buy her a house. It
> > works out the same as getting married, just less stressful and much
>cheaper.
> > Big Nick
> >
>
>What, and miss out on all the gestapo-like interrogation, constant
>complaining, bad cuisine, and right crosses to the jaw? Get married like a
>man !
>
>CA Stu. < -- ready for round three
I'm with you Stu...
Since being married I've learned so much about myself.
1)I'm selfish
2)I spend too much money
3)I don't take responsibility
4)I can't be trusted with a credit card
5)I can't be trusted with the kids (Ok so I wasn't hungry one day and I
forgot to make lunch)
6)I don't appreciate the efforts of others
7)I don't appreciate my wife
8)I'm anal
9)I don't listen
10)I don't talk
11)I only do what I want to do
12)I wish I married someone more like my mother
13)I never pick up after myself
14)I am always too busy
15)When I'm not busy I find another project
and on and on.....
How are all you bachelors gonna learn stuff like this if you don't get
married. GEESCH!
These are all from isolated incidents (mostly), my wife is generally happy
with me. In fact she paid me a great compliment just yesterday.
Here's the story.. This past weekend I was installing a new storm door on
the front of the house. We have an old house and we had 7' doors, well you
can't buy an off the shelf 7' storm door. So I go to build a false
header. I start tearing into the old casing and discover that the 50 year
old threshold is giving up the ghost. So I start tearing out the threshold
to replace it. Well one pull with the pry bar and the whole casing starts
falling apart.... OOPS.. head down to Home Depot to get a new front
door. Now not only did I spent twice as much on the project than I should
have, One nice storm door vs. one nice storm door AND a new front door, but
I used the credit card (see 2 & 3 of the list) Then 14 and 15 applies yet
15 doesn't quite fit since I was already swamped with my M/C which got
neglected for a day and half. My wife is out of town on vacation so I've
been working on my bike full time when I get home from work, and so 11
applies, since I haven't started painting the trim I figured I wouldn't
worry about picking up all the debris thus 13. Since my house is 50 years
old the rough framing is not quite plum anymore. It took my two tries to
get the new doors hung and swinging just right, hence 8. HOWEVER, Mrs.
Dash said, well we did need a new storm door, I'm glad you replaced the old
door too, she didn't want me using the credit card but that's OK..... HHMMM
what's wrong with Mrs. Dash? Then she floors me.( I just about spewed beer
from my nose, and that hurts)... "I'm so lucky that you can do things
around the house (like installing doors and windows, but not loading the
dishwasher), then she told me a story of when I went on travel, and she
called a friend of mine to light the pilot light on the water heater, and
she ended up figuring it out herself, since he wasn't inclined. Hell, I
ain't never got a compliment like that.
LaterZ
Dash
whos takes pride in the little things.