Honey, Let's Just Stop and ASK Someone
03/18/2014
It was such fun to think about divisions-of-labor last week . . . that Carole has us doing it again this week. Only in reverse!
I asked Tom to help me with this week's list . . . Ten Things I Do That He Could Do -- But Doesn't.
Here's what we came up with:
- Laundry
Tom: Sorting? Folding? Why bother?
Kym: Care labels = required reading. - Household paperwork, including bill-paying, taxes, and deadlines
Tom: I have a PhD in organic chemistry!
Kym: (Can't fill out a form to save his soul.) - Packing his suitcase
Tom: You're just so much better at it than I am.
Kym: That's because I fold things. - Wardrobe approval
Kym: Tom is colorblind. (Very colorblind.)
Tom: Colorblind means never having to say, "It clashes!" - Wrapping presents
Tom: Why bother?
Kym: Again, it has to do with folding. - Home décor including where to hang things on the wall
Tom: How about here?
Kym: Are you freakin' kidding me? - Managing the social calendar, including which cultural events we'll take in
Tom: Mixed Martial Arts is coming to Wings Stadium!
Kym: Too bad. We have opera tickets that night. - Menu planning
Tom: Meatless Monday again? Isn't it Thursday?
Kym: Yep. - Making the bed
Tom: Why bother?
Kym: Neat covers = sweet dreams. - Asking directions
Kym: Let's just ASK someone.
Tom: [mumbles under breath]
How about YOU? What do you do . . . that your significant other could do, but just doesn't?
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You say it so well!! I hear an echo in here as this sounds like home. I'm going to have Smith read your post. He'll laugh, too!
Posted by: margene | 03/18/2014 at 08:32 AM
HA! We have a lot of the same things on our list. As for the asking for directions thing, my husband never wants to turn left ...
Posted by: Bridget Clancy | 03/18/2014 at 08:33 AM
I love your list and the way you presented it! LOL I can relate to so many of them :-)
Posted by: Dianne | 03/18/2014 at 08:54 AM
Great approach to this list, thanks for the morning laugh!
Posted by: Carole | 03/18/2014 at 09:08 AM
This was so funny! Love it and #6 made me laugh...no the picture doesn't go three inches from the ceiling!
Posted by: Patty | 03/18/2014 at 09:40 AM
What a great list. I got a good laugh! I can just imagine you guys in the car arguing over asking directions.
Posted by: Donna | 03/18/2014 at 10:07 AM
Hahaha! Love your format.
We solved #10 with GPS! It's wonderful. :D
Posted by: Marilyn | 03/18/2014 at 10:16 AM
Love the dialogue...the one about online bill payments could have happened right here. He also used to do the taxes, but somehow has managed to pawn it off on me. I suspect he's colorblind, but he won't own it!
Posted by: Jo | 03/18/2014 at 11:01 AM
Sounds about right (except I don't make the bed either...).
I would add that Keith's big one is UNPACKING anything. I'm pretty sure he'd still be living out of boxes from our move if I'd let him.
"Why should I unpack. I can get everything I need from this box?"
"Yeah, but there's a friggin box in the middle of the room!"
Posted by: Erin | 03/19/2014 at 11:15 AM
this cracked me up! I never thought about how much folding goes into happy homes (and marriages :-)
Posted by: Mary | 03/21/2014 at 07:17 AM