Do husbands listen? NO.
I love my husband for his faithfulness, intelligence, resilience among many other wonderful qualities but his absentmindedness drives me insane. I cannot rationalize how a smart person cannot remember even the simplest things.
And you would think when it comes to the kids, he would pay more attention. No. For instance, tonight, I was going to my weekly yoga (which I skipped for more than 2 weeks because of my son’s baseball games) and told him to pick up the 2 younger ones from our neighbor’s when he returns from the baseball practice with our oldest, of course he didn’t. When I brought the little ones home, he was staring into the laptop while our oldest came downstairs after he showered up. So, what was Daddy doing in the meantime? Did he not realize that the kids are missing when he came home. No. He was more concern about what was going on in the cyberworld and his own little world.
But he loves taking the kids to their baseball or ballet practices & games, or movies, meals and toy store and whatever activities they have. And he loves all of them to death. So, he is a wonderful dad. Nevertheless, I need to vent and I’ll be nice and do it today instead of on Father’s day.
I decided to list down a couple of things that he forgets :
1. To replace the light bulbs that needs replacing
2. To change the air filter
3. To hang up my framed pictures
4. To clean up his pile of year old receipts in the bathroom, nightstand & computer desks
5. Fix that squeaky toilet door
6. Make the appointment to remove his wisdom tooth (that problem first started 10 years ago)
7. To return his friend’s cooler bag
8. To tidy up the computer desk area
9. To sell my daughter’s doll house on craigslist
10. To help me in yard cleanup
11. To change water filter on our kitchen sink tap (it’s been 6 months!)
12. To replace a screwdriver he lost a year ago
13. To fix a broken kitchen drawer
14. To setup Quicken for our business accounts
15. To put the toilet seat down EVERYTIME after he use it
16. To put everything back after he cooks
17. To a million other things that I didn’t list down.
Do you have one of those at home too?
Yes? Write & share your list/experiences.
No ? You must have the perfect husband then.