With all the abuse I been takin at home lately I decided that after all these years I was gonna lay down the law. Wasn’t sure how to do that so, I sent a PM to my good buddy drcjv.
Charles told me, ”Dick, it’s simple really. You can never let on that you are irritated or annoyed. You just have to be kind and considerate. Think about how she feels and ask her nicely, honey could you please take a little time to care for our home and on occasion, prepare a pleasant meal for our wonderful family”. I said, “Chuck, you’re kidding, right? That’s it?” He said “ Yes, I immediately saw a change in her attitude and my sweet darling has been taking wonderful care of us ever since.”
Well, I definitly felt that I needed a second opinion on this. I don’t think that’s gonna work with my woman. So I sent a second PM with the same question to my good buddy J-Mech. (Yeah, I had to send it to him separately as he cannot read everyone’s PM’s any more since, well, you know) So yeah, I figured Jon would give me some good advice as he has forgotten more about manners, I mean relationships than most of us ever knew, So Jon says, “ Dick, you just gotta tell them how it is. I mean like this isn’t kinderarden you know. The dinner needs to be on the table and the house needs to be clean, and the clothes need to be washed!” I said, “ So how’d that work for ya”. He said “well, the first day I didn’t see much change around the house. The second day I saw quite the improvement, and by the third day I saw that she had fallen into line”.
So, three days ago I mustered up enough courage, I mean drank enough wiskey to give this a shot. After I finished up the dinner dishes, swept the kitchen floor and started the wash, I went into the den where my wife was watching TV and I just laid it all out. I said,” Gertrude, your performance around here is sorely lacking. Just to make my expectations clear,.. you will, from now on, keep the house clean, keep food in the pantry, cook the meals and keep up with the laundry.”
The first day I saw nothing.
The second day I saw nothing.
This morning when I got up off the couch the swelling had gone down just enough in my left eye that I could see enough to start on the dishes but my arm is still just to sore to sweep the floor. I’m still have trouble trying to pee.
