Annoyed to no end.

(This is cyclist more than cycling related.)

6:30 in the morning. My dear, usually sweet partner is making a lot of noise downstairs preparing to go for a bike ride.

Comes back up to the bedroom - I thought to kiss me goodbye - but no! "Do you know where the pedal wrench is?" He's switching to his summer bike (sorry for those who are still in the snow!) and needs to switch his pedals.

"Have you tried the basket near the door?"

Dear, Usually Sweet Partner goes back downstairs, fumbles and makes more noise. Doesn't sound like he's found it. I crawl out of bed, get down there. Take the clear plastic box that has the "BIKE STUFF: pedals, saddles, lights, stuff you wouldn't believe..." on it from where he was looking. "I checked that one already." I open the box, take the clear plastic bag that contains pedals AND the pedal wrench and grease and stuff.

*sigh*

Is incapacity to find what's in your face (and labeled as such) something on the Y chromosome? Or it's just so that in a couple one has to find things and the other one can't??

This is unbelievable.

:D:D:D

Well in my family it isn't the Y chromosome. Both of us have been known to spend 10 minutes looking for our glasses when they were propped on our foreheads :rolleyes:, but if something is really lost (like a dog license or an earring in tall grass) DH can find it. I'm hopeless that way.

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Originally Posted by Grog

Is incapacity to find what's in your face (and labeled as such) something on the Y chromosome? Or it's just so that in a couple one has to find things and the other one can't??

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I vote for option #2. It's my husband's job to find my junk. That reminds me, gotta get him everything I'll need to file my tax return soon. Thank god there's enough finders out there to go around.

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Originally Posted by Grog

Is incapacity to find what's in your face (and labeled as such) something on the Y chromosome? Or it's just so that in a couple one has to find things and the other one can't??

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I constantly have to check with my DH for things like my cell phone...my car keys...my shoes (I'm horrible about leaving shoes in random places around the house). Funny, tho', he seems to always "forget" where things like pots and pans, utensils, dishes, and the like go... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Grog

Is incapacity to find what's in your face (and labeled as such) something on the Y chromosome? Or it's just so that in a couple one has to find things and the other one can't??

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Yes.

And the Y chromosome also thinks that if you don't anything away it will be easier to find.

It isn't the y chromosome.

I don't have clipless pedals 'cause I *know* I"d land too many places without 'em.

They do it to make us feel needed.







Very, very, very needed.

Ever get the feeling everyone in the house would be running around nekkid, hungry and bored if you weren't around to harrass? You know, after the snacky food and clean clothes ran out. :D

Thanks for letting me vent earlier today. :)

The hungry part is taking care of itself. Scene from last night:

I am making myself a sandwich for today's lunch:

- Are you making me a sandwich too?"
- No.
- Your mom would make me a sandwich...
- Then you can call my mom. Or yours... Your mom would make you a sandwich.

He was kidding, but still...

I knew a woman (my age, i.e. early 30s) who would go on a one-week trip to a resort with a girlfriend, but leave her husband pre-packaged meals for the whole week, and his clothes all prepared, too. :eek: That's not me.

Ok, I'm done complaining. He's a wonderful, sweet, loving, gentle man. And quite stable, too. He just likes to ride his bike at hours when his eyes are not yet open!!

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Is incapacity to find what's in your face (and labeled as such) something on the Y chromosome? Or it's just so that in a couple one has to find things and the other one can't??

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I vote for the second. My dh is veeery tidy, to a fault almost, and I keep having to ask him where he's "tidied away" (i.e. hidden) my stuff. I like leaving stuff out where I can find it ;)

OTOH, our son is AMAZINGLY bad at finding things. Granted, we expect a lot from him because he's otherwise very capable for a ten-year-old - but he can look in a drawer full of clothes for, say, a pair of socks like this: push aside a couple of t-shirts, glance vaguely over the rest, and then conclude that there are no socks in that drawer. Quite funny, actually :rolleyes:

DH is wonderful. He's often not good at finding things, either. Once he actually had to pay a fine because he could not produce his drivers licence. The catch was, it was in his wallet the whole time! :eek::eek: When I got home and looked I found it in less than 3 seconds. I have no idea what the lesson was on that one. yikes! I find most things, but not all. He remembers most things, but not all. It's a pretty good balance. :p

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

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Originally Posted by lph

I vote for the second. My dh is veeery tidy, to a fault almost, and I keep having to ask him where he's "tidied away" (i.e. hidden) my stuff. I like leaving stuff out where I can find it ;)

OTOH, our son is AMAZINGLY bad at finding things. Granted, we expect a lot from him because he's otherwise very capable for a ten-year-old - but he can look in a drawer full of clothes for, say, a pair of socks like this: push aside a couple of t-shirts, glance vaguely over the rest, and then conclude that there are no socks in that drawer. Quite funny, actually :rolleyes:

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Ah, but your son sounds exactly like MY HUSBAND - who is over 50! Hope he grows out of it!

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Is incapacity to find what's in your face (and labeled as such) something on the Y chromosome? Or it's just so that in a couple one has to find things and the other one can't??

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For me personally this has always been an issue for the males (dh, brother, and dad). They also have what is known as "male refrigerator blindness".. If moving something is required to find what they're looking for... well, forget it.

Outside the fridge I've noticed that the more obvious the location, the more likely he (dh) WON'T find it. In plain sight, say, on the coffee table, is the worst!

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Originally Posted by spokewench

Ah, but your son sounds exactly like MY HUSBAND - who is over 50! Hope he grows out of it!

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Well, Spokewench, you can always hope, but the prospects are not good--MY DH is about to turn 60 and STILL can't find something that's staring him in the face.

Welcome to married life Grog!

When my kids couldn't find something, mostly because they were too lazy, I charged them a dollar if I found it. It made them look a little harder before they came asking me. Not sure if it works with husbands though....

My mom's line was always "YOU HAVE TO MOVE THINGS!!!". That's a standard line in my house now...

My younger son was always coming home with stuff he found on the ground. We christened him good at finding things. It helped him break the chain of "can't find anything" he would have inherited from his father.

Most of the time that DH is storming through the house looking for small object X, I ignore him. Sometimes I just go and get it.

Of course I lose things too; but he definitely has it more seriously than I do.
Being the age that he is, he often just buys replacements and then finds the original later. This does not help much for car keys and wallets.

Neither BF nor I can find the butter dish. Who loses a butter dish? I think he did it.

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Originally Posted by Beane

In plain sight, say, on the coffee table, is the worst!

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Shortly after I bought my last house, we (ex DH and I) decided to have a housewarming party. It was a warm February day, perfect for a party on the porch and in the house, including all these people from my new job. Halfway through, there were like 10 or more people in the living room, all having a grand time.

I froze. There...on the lower level of the coffee table...in plain view...was A BRA! MY BRA! OMG! :eek:

I had done yoga the night before and had taken it off halfway through, and had not noticed it until the middle of the party.

What could I do? I just left it there and let them wonder...

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Originally Posted by tulip

What could I do? I just left it there and let them wonder...

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OMG! That's awesome! :D

Well, in my house it's the XX that causes the problem with lost stuff. I specialize in "poofing" things. You know, it was in your hand 30 seconds ago, and now it's vanished? But it works both ways, I also excel in finding lost stuff. My haul so far is two twenties, one fifty, a whole bunch of fives and ones, more pipes than any nonsmoker needs, a lotta junk jewelry which I kept, and one very expensive ring with lotta diamonds that I turned in. I can also find lost objects for people better than most.

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Originally Posted by tulip

I froze. There...on the lower level of the coffee table...in plain view...was A BRA! MY BRA! OMG! :eek:...

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Hysterical, tulip!!!!

Fortunately, I don't have a coffee table in my living room....:D:eek::rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by tulip

I froze. There...on the lower level of the coffee table...in plain view...was A BRA! MY BRA! OMG! :eek:

I had done yoga the night before and had taken it off halfway through, and had not noticed it until the middle of the party.

What could I do? I just left it there and let them wonder...

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HOw embarrassingly ..funny.

:D:D:D tulip

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