me: but honey, it's buy 2, get one free!
boy: and if you don't buy any, you save all your money. Or if you buy just the one you really want, then you spend less money overall.

boy: but if I spend x amount, they throw all this stuff in free!
me: but do you really need that much stuff?
boy: (thinks) yeah, I could use it, if I changed my design. And it's cheaper than if I bought it all seperately.
me: but didn't you already have all those parts?
boy: yeah, but now my car will be bigger! And better!
me: so you're spending more money then...
boy: don't worry, I'll sell the parts I already bought on eb@y. (No, he never does.)

She seriously needs some Gingk0 Bilob@ or something, that memory's fading.

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Originally posted by Lulue:
On the "What?" thing, maybe it's just me and my anal ways but I would be none too pleased with my SO or family/friends if they said "What?" to me, say "excuse me?" "I beg your pardon?" "sorry I didn't catch that/hear you" "could you say that again?" etc etc but not "What?"

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I appreciate that you never do less than two or three loads of laundry at one time, but would you mind folding and putting it away? Just because it's washed and in a basket doesn't mean the job is done!

If you're going to argue with me about not carpeting our 'gorgeous wood floors' why not show me how gorgeous they can be when they are kept CLEAN?

I love that we never buy cards anymore because you would rather make them. But for my sanity's sake, put it all away when you're done. Not two days later. Please?

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Originally posted by quarkiegirl:
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qg, i've been laughing about this for days.

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Originally posted by KatieJD:
Get a clue. Rubbing my arm isn't going to make up for some really mean things you said earlier.

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Uuhhh, yeah, and what works even less is rubbing your weiner on me. How can you even think about getting some without even attempting to make up with me? Don't you realize wanting sex at a time like that makes me want to bite that thing off?

[This message has been edited by tasha (edited 10-22-2004).]

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Originally posted by silly putty:
Uuhhh, yeah, and what works even less is rubbing your weiner on me. How can you even think about getting some without even attempting to make up with me? Don't you realize wanting sex at a time like that makes me want to bite that thing off?

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Then he told me that when it was just me in my apartment - the apartment looked just like this house - all the time - so I couldn't blame him for the mess. I brought up how his house (while he was single) was only clean because his mom & sister would come in and do it - so it's not like he's the perfect housekeeper either.

I try to sleep on the futon, and he tells me, why don't you just sleep in the bed...

mr. quarkie has a habit of asking me a question, but not really revealing what exactly it is he's talking about. for instance, he'll refer back to something that we talked about hours ago, but not make it clear that that's what he's talking about. then when i ask him what the heck he's talking about, he gets all annoyed and acts like i don't pay attention to him. i DO pay attention to you, dumbass, i just can't read your mind!!! sorry that you have to say, like, 3 more words for me to get what the **#&$* you're talking about, that wastes a lot of your time, i know...*rolls eyes*

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Originally posted by quarkiegirl:
mr. quarkie has a habit of asking me a question, but not really revealing what exactly it is he's talking about.

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Me: Comes home from work after getting a haircut and going to supermarket for bread to make bread bowls for elaborate soup I am making. Rushes around chopping and measuring for said soup while keeping an eye on cats that boy has decided to let out all at the same time in an attempt to improve kitty relations. Works around boy and boy's mom, who did not decide to hover right up my butt in the kitchen until I was trying to cook and do 10 things at once. Finishes cooking after boy's mom and cats go to bed, making my lunch for next day's work, cleaning stove, cleaning up mess on cutting board, and doing dishes all at once while boy sits on couch.

We eat dinner in front of TV.

Me: Asks boy if he will help me clean up and put away dinner (keep in mind, it's only our dinner dishes and the soup pot that need washed, as I did dishes - out of turn - while cooking)

Boy: I'll help you clean it up, but I don't really feel like doing dishes.

GRRRRRRR!!!!! I gave him a look and went in the bedroom to play with my cats, who were angry from being shut up in the room, and did their litterbox (out of turn as well - as it's in our BEDROOM now, I can't play I'll-just-leave-it-until-you-do-it, and it STANK.)

And I felt like saying "You know - you got home at 7. Granted, you didn't know what I was planning on making for dinner - but had you in any way shape or form offered to help MAKE dinner - it would have been on the table faster." And by table, I mean that I brought him a bowl with the food while he was downstairs, watching tv. Yeah - I think I need a wife.

* I don't like cleaning the toilet - it is not inate to having two X chromosomes that I like doing this. When it's your turn to clean the bathroom you therefore need to clean the toilet bowl, check the bleach block, wipe the seat and be done with it. If you don't do it, you don't get to claim kudos for it!

* When you wash the dishes, wash the dishes. Don't leave greasy bits, sticky bits, green or brown bits or *anything* on them. Run the sink with hot water, not lukewarm. If it's grotty I will not put it in the cupboard - it will go back on the sink to be washed again. I do a better job because I care what I eat off of!!!

* Put the toilet seat AND the lid down after use (which is how you'll find them!!!!). Not because I'm a girl but because the toilet is old and splashes. I *always* put the toilet lid down so that it doesn't splash or smell for that matter - kindly pay me the same respect.

* Put the frickin remotes back where you found them. On top of the TV so I don't have to hunt around to find them!!!!

* When I say "don't lean the couch back on the wall" don't go back and do it again 5 mins later. You are marking the wall. Your name is not on the lease so I have every right to ask you not to mark things that you won't be held responsible for!!

* When I decide to cook dinner is *NOT* the time for you to decide to cook dinner too. Esp if you are going to say nasty things about what I'm eating. Yes you're a vegetarian and yes I eat meat - you know this and I am sick of you giving me grief for it. If you pick a fight with me, try to convert me, or make snide comments about my health being directly related to what I eat, I will fight back.

* Housework is not the woman's job. If I come home and the communal areas of the house are messy, and you're on the computer/TV/phone then I have every right to be a teeny bit upset. Do not wait for me to come home before starting to do things.

* Do not whinge about getting up in the morning. I am a morning person but I do not like getting up any more than the next person. Quit it!!!

* I will throw things out of the fridge if they are mouldy. This is not open for discussion.

* If my kitty meows and looks plaintively at her bowl, please give her some nibbles. She's hungry and doesn't understand why you won't feed her. I know she's my cat but if I'm not there please don't be mean to her. I'm not talking the wet food which is gross - just the nibbles. Also, do not lecture me on what I feed my kitty.

* Pick up your clothes. Fold your clothes. Do you own washing. Take the clothes off the line when dry - don't leave them there until I spit the dummy about them!!! Check the washing machine when it's done to collect the random undies/socks/hankies that will stick to the roof of the machine...

* Similar to the cooking one - when I want to wash clothes is not the time for you to decide that you want to wash clothes too. Same with using the bathroom - if I'm having a shower, I will then get dressed and return to the bathroom to do my hair, makeup and teeth. It's not rocket science. Or at least ask if I'm done before having a 30 min shower.

*sigh* most of these are current housemate beefs. He gets home today from being away for a week and I have taken a week to get the house back neat and tidy and clean.

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Originally posted by Eckerslie:
* If my kitty meows and looks plaintively at her bowl, please give her some nibbles. She's hungry and doesn't understand why you won't feed her. I know she's my cat but if I'm not there please don't be mean to her. I'm not talking the wet food which is gross - just the nibbles. Also, do not lecture me on what I feed my kitty.

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Thatcher and Hubby have now been residing together for just over two years now and Hubby has FINALLY gotten over this "not feeding the cat" affliction.
Usually Thatcher waits for Momma to come home to beg for food - but not always. And recently (not that Hubby will admit this) I have overheard Hubby say to Thatcher in the morning "Do you want to eat? Are you hungry? All right, All right - I'll get the food!"

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Originally posted by Eckerslie:
I don't have an SO at the moment but here are things that my housemate (boy) does and previous SOs have done that drive me *WILD*

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When you come home from your long and tiring bush job on the weekend, please DO NOT start telling me what stuff I have not cleaned, or what stuff needs to be cleaned better. I stay up until at least 2:00 every night just trying to get done the sh!t I have to do for school, AND working. You get two days off a week, I get one. Yes, your job is very physically demanding and tiring, but at least you get a solid 10 hours a night of sleep to recuperate. I need "them" to make a 36 hour day just to get my own sh!t together. So please don't explain to me how much cleaning I need to do. And no, I don't wait until Sunday to clean because I want you to see me do it. I wait until Sunday because that is the only time I have to do it, and believe me, I would much rather spend it doing ANYTHING else. On a related note, I have told you MANY times that if you want me to also do your laundry on Sunday (and thus have no time to do my own!), please let me know as soon as you get home, don't wait until 3:00 on Sunday, when I have no option but to stop what I'm doing and do it NOW. Oh, and by the way, you're off all day Sunday, AND Monday, so DO IT YOURSELF!! I know you know how! I feel and look stupid humping a garbage bag full of stinky duds over to dad's place on my back, and it don't look any better when I'm muttering under my breath, too.....

Love, your wonderful, caring girlfriend.

You say "But I don't know where anything goes." and I can see that - since I found my measuring spoons on the top of the cupboard (which I had to get on a chair to collect) - but use your head. Most of the stuff in the dishwasher - you use. Bowls. Silverware. Glasses. It's not rocket science!

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Originally posted by Finch:
If my mother is sweet enough to invite us over for dinner on my birthday, please do not refer to her house as 'the place flavor goes to die' on the way home.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by pollyhyper:
I laughed at this and then felt really bad. But it IS funny.

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Originally posted by quarkiegirl:
heh, i laughed too. *shame*

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