If you ask a man to make the bed, he’ll pull up one corner of the sheet and then see your laptop on the bedside table.
He’ll decide to do you a favor, and put away your laptop.
On the way to plug in the computer, he’ll notice that everything is dry outside and he’ll wonder why the sprinklers didn’t run.
So he’ll set down the computer and go outside to check the sprinklers. When he gets outside, he’ll remember that it’s Wednesday, not Thursday, and realize that the sprinklers are just fine. Because they are set to run on Thursday.
But that will remind him to check the city website and confirm that we are watering on the correct days, so he’ll come back in the house and go to his office.
He’ll sit down at his own computer and see an email about a big project at work, so he’ll answer that email, which will remind him that you sent him an email with a YouTube video of the kids last night.
He’ll watch the YouTube video of your kids playing air guitar and that will remind him that he needs new strings for his real guitar. So he’ll order the strings from Amazon, and the word Amazon will remind him of the river by the same name. That will remind him of water. And sprinklers.
He’ll check the city website for the water restriction guidelines, and about that time the kids will wake up. The little one will have a very full diaper that leaked onto his sheets.
The wet sheets will remind the man that he was going to make the bed, so he’ll return to the bedroom and see that you just stepped out of the shower.
The man will stare like he’s never seen a woman before, until you remind him that he was making the bed.
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Love this! Unfortunately, you are describing me, save the standing there when you come out of the shower. ‘Cause that might be a little weird.
This is perfect except for in our house the man would say “oooo…boobies.”
Very cute post. The man of my house would NOT ever remember to make the bed.
This explains a lot about why my husbands socks are always on the floor but the dishes are always done. It’s because sprinklers are distracting.
This is so true! He will want credit for remembering that he forgot too.
Um…that’s me most days. Which is how I wind up with clothes left in the washer or dryer hours (or days) later. Ugh.
I need to burn this so my husband doesn’t read this. He’s still in shit for not doing things I ask even if he did get some productivity done.
Ok, I don’t give him too much shit…he does put up with me afterall.
I *Love* this! My hubby is constantly saying he has too many chores, but really it’s only because he can’t seem to complete one… Major distractions!
Oh, this is too funny. (I was just doing a “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…” thing to my 3yo this morning…)
And I’m sorry to say that the whole easily distracted thing applies way too much to me these days. I often find myself standing in front of the refrigerator, having absolutely no idea why I’m there!
Haha! Love it!
Oh man, have you been in my house?
Sure seems familiar….