Funny DH Story

This one falls under the 'don't be so directive, you don't have to tell me EVERYthing....except when you do!" umbrella..

So, today we had the great good fortune of having someone come to the house to do massage/shiatsu on us both. We timed it so that it would (hopefully) work around afternoon nap. He got a massage while they were sleeping, then it was my turn. He was just finishing when they woke so i brought them upstairs, changed their diapers, etc. I told him that they would need a snack, SOON, so they wouldn't get too hungry and it wouldn't run into dinnertime. And he should give them some fruit and something else. The house is very open plan so i could hear everything while i was on the massage table. Of course, i hear him talking to someone and he's given them graham crackers and grated cheese. Ok, no biggie even though they ate hardly any lunch and i'm trying to get them to eat more solids and drink fewer bottles.

I ALMOST told him what to give them for dinner (yesterday he'd made a huge pot of turkey chili which they loved; i ground it up in the little food processor, and today he also made a pot of veggie chili; i told him that it needed to be cooked more for the girls because the HUGE carrot chunks were not soft) , but instead of telling him waht to give them, I thought 'ok,, he needs to figure it out (I generally feed them) and he thinks i'm way too controlling, so I figure i'll let him do his thing......

I'm finishing my massage and i know he's got them in the high chairs giving them dinner based on the sounds. He calls down to ask if i'm done (uh, NOOO, if i were done i'd be upstairs); then to tell me their not eating much. (OK, maybe their not hungry, maybe they don't like what you've given them. i finish five minutes later and come up. They are seated in the high chairs, on their trays are whole GIANT kidney beans, big hunks of carrot and each of their faces are COVERED in tomato-y sauce, with same sauce up to their elbows. He tells me they've hardly eaten anything and i say 'well, it has to be mashed up or pureed for them."

"How was i supposed to know that?"

UM, let's see, remember three hours earlier when you actually cleaned up from lunch and i got frustrated because you had thrown out the entire bowl of stuff which i told you was the chili that i had pureed for them so i wouldnt have to get the darn machine dirty for the next three days? Or, perhaps because you're one of the most intelligent people I've ever met, you have a freaking PhD and you should be able to realize at this point that your ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS CANNOT chew entire kidney beans that are 3/4 of an inch long or hunks of hard carrot??? I mean, really, WTH??!!!!!

he then tells me that he needs a break. "Pretty long two hours, huh? I say, sympatheticaly " (yes, i did, i had a TWO hour massage, but my back and neck were so out that it took just that to get me vertical!), and he says "yes, and the two hours this morning" (Yes, he actually took care of his own children for FOUR hours in a single day. Give the man a medal!! And yes, he had two hours with them this morning because i've been up for several hours at a time the last four nights w/teething babies - not to mention the 11 months when i woke every single nigth and did every single feed possible alone.

I'm sorry, I do this ALL DAY EVERY DAY, and that means THREE MEALS, two snacks, (which adds up to FIVE TIMES I CLEAN THE DARN HIGH CHAIR TRAYS!!!!!) innumerable diaper changes, in and out of the car anywhere from four to eight time EACH DAY.....changes of clothing that have been pooped/leaked on, drooling, runny noses, an attack of the Cling-ons who must have ME....(all of which i love - well, not the in and out of the car).

It just made me laugh, sort of. That said, he is wonderful with them, they adore him, and he tells me (though not frequently enough) that i'm doing an amazing job and he never could do it. That's all i want to hear "honey, I could never do what you do" LOL!

 

LOL!!! I say the same thing to my dh about being so intelligent yet can't figure out such simple things! This is why I still tell him what to feed them (otherwise its Jamba Juice and chicken nuggets ) and EXACTLY how to cook it, what time to feed it, etc. Often I still get told "they weren't hungry", yup, I doubt it, lol!!!


I am sooo jealous of your massage <_<

 

:rotflmbo: Oh I can relate to the kidney beans! For easter we went to my parents' house for dinner. My mom bought booster seats so the girls could sit at the big table with us. I was busy cutting up some food for the girls to eat when I see DH slicing the baby carrots and plop a bunch of ROUND carrot slices onto M's tray. I start yelling "NO CIRCLES NO CIRLCES!!" and grab the carrots. Of course my whole family thought this was hysterical and Dh was like "OMG what is your problem?" (laughing too because I sounded like a crazy person). So I had to explain how they weren't that mushy and circles are choking hazards and they need to be diced. He left the rest of the cutting up to me. I swear he'd give them a whole sandwich if I wasn't there!!!

Lucky ducky to have a 2 hour massage!!!

 

My DH is the same way... quit telling me how to do everything... hey honey, how do I do "this"?? LOL So funny.

 

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Give the man a medal!!
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YEP, FOUR hours deserves a medal in our house too! Actually, ONE hour deserves a medal in our house... lol thanks for sharing that.

 

That is a GREAT story! :rotflmbo:

 

Yes you do have to spell out exactly what to feed them and how long to microwave it --- because I will have had to cook it myself previously. If not my DH would feed them his Trader Joe's "puffs" (pirates booty) and nutragrain bars 24/7. Oh, and maybe a banana here and there.
I feel your frustration!

 

Oh my! Thanks for sharing! I think all our husbands go to a class somewhere before we meet them to learn how not to do anything right so their wives will just take on everything!!! My dh is super- but.... yesterday, I got to get out of the house with my mom and 8 yr .old to go shopping and lunch. I was back in exactly 3 hours. When I left, I had put both little men to sleep. when I came home, he was feeding one lunch and the other was still napping- lucky dad!
Anyhow, he told my mom he was nervous the whole time that he'd have both awake and wouldn't be able to get anything done- tee hee!!!! He had almost 3 hours of sleeping boys and only watched tv as far as I could tell! Hey- can't complain too much I got to shop!!! A massage might have been better though!!!!
Lanie

 

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That said, he is wonderful with them, they adore him, and he tells me (though not frequently enough) that i'm doing an amazing job and he never could do it. That's all i want to hear "honey, I could never do what you do" LOL!


If 4 hours a day doesn't do it--I'd say you need a weekend away. Leave Friday late afternoon and on Sunday evening you will hear those words.
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