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2011-10-23 09:52:32 PM
I hate people so much.
 
2011-10-23 09:58:52 PM
Ok, if you're sure you don't want to have sex you're still gonna have to blow me. I have blue balls which is a painful condition that occurs when sperm builds up in the testicles without any release.

The least you could do is a handjob.

Or at least just let me play with your boobs while I masturbate.
 
2011-10-23 10:21:11 PM
www.mojoimage.com
 
2011-10-24 12:07:30 AM
Hey ladies,

I've been laid up with a terminal condition that renders me deathly allergic to cleaning dishes. If I even touch dish soap I will die instantly. I'm going to need you to do all of the dishes, or I'll drop dead from my other condition, in which I stop breathing if there aren't enough plates for my nachos. If you believe in the man-flu, you've got to believe in that.
 
2011-10-24 01:49:39 AM
I gotta find me one of these
 
2011-10-24 02:02:46 AM
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2011-10-24 03:34:34 AM
jaylectricity: Ok, if you're sure you don't want to have sex you're still gonna have to blow me. I have blue balls which is a painful condition that occurs when sperm builds up in the testicles without any release.

The least you could do is a handjob.

Or at least just let me play with your boobs while I masturbate.


Actually, a doctor told me in front of my (then) wife that I needed to spurt a few times a week to keep my prostate under control, and she continued to ignore me.

I got so sick of doing it I started needing an... apparatus... to get off. Which she freaked out about.

/divorced
//couldn't be happier
///has a girlfriend
////getting it a few times a week now anyway
 
2011-10-24 05:54:31 AM
When my GF gets sick I have to look after her. When I catch the same thing from her and I am laid up a few days later "You`ve just got man-flu, get up and do stuff"
 
2011-10-24 07:09:46 AM
I guess I am missing that gene. I'd rather dig a ditch than watch a bunch of morons chase a ball.
 
2011-10-24 08:16:07 AM
LiberalWeenie: I got so sick of doing it I started needing an... apparatus... to get off.

I have two of those. I call them by their French names: le main droit and le main gauche
 
2011-10-24 08:44:39 AM
stuhayes2010: I guess I am missing that gene. I'd rather dig a ditch than watch a bunch of morons chase a ball.

So whats it like being in Al-qaeda?
 
2011-10-24 09:06:02 AM
I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.

After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.
 
2011-10-24 09:35:03 AM
stuhayes2010: I guess I am missing that gene. I'd rather dig a ditch than watch a bunch of morons chase a ball.

Are you sure you're not missing an entire chromosome?
 
2011-10-24 09:41:07 AM
hailin: He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off.

This is what pisses me off the most about women. Yeah, i said it. Women.

Just because you want us guys to do something for you doesnt mean we leap up at the ready and instantly do what you want above all else in our lives.

Your request gets prioritized in the queue and will be completed in a timely fashion of our choosing, perhaps even in combination with something else we were planning to do which makes it more convenient to be done at a later time. If you want something done instantly. Do it your farkin self.
 
2011-10-24 09:45:06 AM
hailin: I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.
After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.


Funny, I have the exact same problem with my wife. Guess its not gender specific after all. Does he "want stuff" but show little to no effort in doing the work to produce said stuff? Uses the word "we" when in fact he means "you", as in "We should really get that done"?
 
2011-10-24 09:51:04 AM
hailin: I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.

After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.


Or, you trade him sex for whatever you want him to do. This is how men work when their women are soulless harpies.
 
2011-10-24 09:53:23 AM
hailin: I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.

After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.


You must give really awesome BJs for him to put up with that crap. "Tasks"...bleh.

Like I tell my wife, "Just cause I'm not doing any work at the moment doesn't mean I'm looking for work to do."
 
2011-10-24 09:56:02 AM
poisonedpawn78: hailin: He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off.

This is what pisses me off the most about women. Yeah, i said it. Women.

Just because you want us guys to do something for you doesnt mean we leap up at the ready and instantly do what you want above all else in our lives.

Your request gets prioritized in the queue and will be completed in a timely fashion of our choosing, perhaps even in combination with something else we were planning to do which makes it more convenient to be done at a later time. If you want something done instantly. Do it your farkin self.


^^^^
"Hey honey, could you do the dishes & clear the kitchen up a bit for me so I can get on with dinner?"
"Sure. Hey, how about you give me a hand with this and I'll help with some of the prep work you've got to do!" /winning.

"Do this for me, do that for me, nag nag nag."
"Oh. I don't feel well. Sorry." /losing.
 
2011-10-24 10:17:57 AM
My wife is usually pretty sympathetic to the fact that I work a lot more than she does. She works in the office of a factory, and pretty much just does 40 hours per week. I work at a small business and never work less than 50-55.

I just make sure that I do all the lawn mowing, leaf collecting, and snow shoveling. I also have an amateur interest in refinishing wood furniture (which I got into so I could buy quality, old used stuff and make it match as much as possible). Beyond that, I make dinner a couple nights per week and she doesn't complain about doing most of the dishes, laundry, and cleaning.
 
2011-10-24 10:25:05 AM
hailin: I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.

After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.


I have a four year old nephew that behaves the same way. Should Chris Hansen be notified about your relationship?
 
2011-10-24 10:55:25 AM
hailin: I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.

After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.


Emphasis mine. So what you're saying is that he does what needs to be done, you just don't like the way he does it and feel the need to criticize him about it when he doesn't work with your pace/methodology.
 
2011-10-24 11:34:06 AM
shArkh: "Hey honey, could you do the dishes & clear the kitchen up a bit for me so I can get on with dinner?"
"Sure. Hey, how about you give me a hand with this and I'll help with some of the prep work you've got to do!" /winning.


BAHHAHAHAAAAHAAHAAA
 
2011-10-24 12:20:13 PM
I've got the whole taking out the garbage thing down to a science. Not that I won't take it out, I will and do sometimes.

Her - "Will you take out the trash?" Me - "Sure, as soon as I'm done (insert plausible excuse)"

Her - "Did you take out the trash?" Me - "No, I'm still (insert plausible excuse)"

Her - Takes out the trash

We also do this thing where we ignore the over full can in the kitchen until the precarious balance is in danger of toppling. Then whoever attempts to balance that last bit and causes trash to hit the floor is required by treaty to take it out.
 
2011-10-24 12:24:10 PM
angry_scientist: shArkh: "Hey honey, could you do the dishes & clear the kitchen up a bit for me so I can get on with dinner?"
"Sure. Hey, how about you give me a hand with this and I'll help with some of the prep work you've got to do!" /winning.

BAHHAHAHAAAAHAAHAAA


Brosef, if I have to dry some dishes and chop some onion to get indian / bangla cuisine served every other night, then call me a butler and fetch those onions.
 
2011-10-24 12:25:04 PM
All I can say is our situation is different. I work 40-60 hours a week and my husband works 12. He himself is the one that has agreed he should shoulder more responsibility for the household. I have daily and weekly chores to do and I do them. My husband has told me he doesn't function without a list and for me to spend time making him a list every week if I want stuff to get down. Since I have to spend my time making the list I expect that stuff to get done. We go over the list and if he feels I've given him too much to do, then I will remove items until he accepts the list.

Some things need to be done when I ask...like when his fishtank is flooding all over our hardwood floor. That isn't something that can wait an hour while he finishes running a dungeon. If I ask him to take out the garbages Sunday, then it needs to be done because trash day is Monday and our can needs to be out. Since our can is always full every week, when he doesn't do that I get ticked because now on my day off I have to take a load of trash to the landfill (and pay for it). I'm not saying I tell him to do the dishes and then get ticked off he hasn't started it after five minutes of me asking. The only time I get made is when I go to cook dinner and dishes haven't been done (btw he chose dishes as his chore since he won't touch the catboxes).

As far as not being happy when he does something...that is hit or miss. He does tend to half-ass everything, but I ignore it on things like dishes and sweeping because I can re-wash a dish or do a quick sweep job. It DOES however piss me off on things like DIY projects for example: We needed to re-tile our shower after a mishap with a window being installed. We both did demolition, he installed the new cement board while I was at work, then I spend the weekend cutting and installing the tile. I left one wall unfinished and he said he would finish it up and grout. While I was at work he cut one of the tiles too small. Rather than re-cutting the tile he put it up anyway and then grouted it all, so now we have a spot in our shower with 3 inches of grout. Also he didn't use spacers so 2 walls are perfectly spaced at a quarter inch and one wall is all over the map for half and inch to no gap. I took my time, re-cut tiles when needed, and used spacers everywhere. He didn't and now it looks like shiat. We only have one bathroom and it was crappy enough being without our shower for one week. Everytime I talk about re-doing it he gets pissed off. After that I just make sure with any DIY project we do if shoddy workmanship is going to piss me off, I do the project by myself. I'm painting our living room and like hell I'm letting him help. He leaves paint drips running down the wall to dry. If he half-asses the cleaning though I just choose to ignore it because that isn't the end of the world.

I NEVER barter sex for chores. That is stupid. I might as well tell him he can't eat or breath until all his chores are done. You don't barter with life essentials.
 
2011-10-24 01:17:52 PM
hailin: All I can say is our situation is different. I work 40-60 hours a week and my husband works 12.

[snip]

I NEVER barter sex for chores. That is stupid. I might as well tell him he can't eat or breath until all his chores are done. You don't barter with life essentials.


He's using you and you should dump his lazy ass.
 
2011-10-24 01:19:36 PM
shArkh: angry_scientist: shArkh: "Hey honey, could you do the dishes & clear the kitchen up a bit for me so I can get on with dinner?"
"Sure. Hey, how about you give me a hand with this and I'll help with some of the prep work you've got to do!" /winning.

BAHHAHAHAAAAHAAHAAA

Brosef, if I have to dry some dishes and chop some onion to get indian / bangla cuisine served every other night, then call me a butler and fetch those onions.


No no, I was laughing at the very fact that ANY wife would actually stop doing what she asked your help for, especially when it directly affects dinner time. Fair? Absolutely, especially if she's on one of those "equality" kicks. Look at the big picture though, and see you've just shot yourself in the foot- you've only gotten one more check off of the To Do List, and supper will be later now!

/may have tried that once or twice with mostly negative consequences
 
2011-10-24 01:48:44 PM
 
2011-10-24 01:52:09 PM
dready zim: When my GF gets sick I have to look after her. When I catch the same thing from her and I am laid up a few days later "You`ve just got man-flu, get up and do stuff"

This. I love my wife but damn if whenever *I* get sick it's always a "man flu"

To be fair, most of my exes and most women I know have the same belief that men never get sick but just sit there and fake it.

Apparently I'm the healthiest guy on the planet.

Ladies wtf?
 
2011-10-24 02:14:15 PM
hailin: All I can say is our situation is different. I work 40-60 hours a week and my husband works 12. He himself is the one that has agreed he should shoulder more responsibility for the household. I have daily and weekly chores to do and I do them. My husband has told me he doesn't function without a list and for me to spend time making him a list every week if I want stuff to get down. Since I have to spend my time making the list I expect that stuff to get done. We go over the list and if he feels I've given him too much to do, then I will remove items until he accepts the list.

Some things need to be done when I ask...like when his fishtank is flooding all over our hardwood floor. That isn't something that can wait an hour while he finishes running a dungeon. If I ask him to take out the garbages Sunday, then it needs to be done because trash day is Monday and our can needs to be out. Since our can is always full every week, when he doesn't do that I get ticked because now on my day off I have to take a load of trash to the landfill (and pay for it). I'm not saying I tell him to do the dishes and then get ticked off he hasn't started it after five minutes of me asking. The only time I get made is when I go to cook dinner and dishes haven't been done (btw he chose dishes as his chore since he won't touch the catboxes).

As far as not being happy when he does something...that is hit or miss. He does tend to half-ass everything, but I ignore it on things like dishes and sweeping because I can re-wash a dish or do a quick sweep job. It DOES however piss me off on things like DIY projects for example: We needed to re-tile our shower after a mishap with a window being installed. We both did demolition, he installed the new cement board while I was at work, then I spend the weekend cutting and installing the tile. I left one wall unfinished and he said he would finish it up and grout. While I was at work he cut one of the tiles too small. Rather than re-cutting the tile he put it up anyway and then grouted it all, so now we have a spot in our shower with 3 inches of grout. Also he didn't use spacers so 2 walls are perfectly spaced at a quarter inch and one wall is all over the map for half and inch to no gap. I took my time, re-cut tiles when needed, and used spacers everywhere. He didn't and now it looks like shiat. We only have one bathroom and it was crappy enough being without our shower for one week. Everytime I talk about re-doing it he gets pissed off. After that I just make sure with any DIY project we do if shoddy workmanship is going to piss me off, I do the project by myself. I'm painting our living room and like hell I'm letting him help. He leaves paint drips running down the wall to dry. If he half-asses the cleaning though I just choose to ignore it because that isn't the end of the world.

I NEVER barter sex for chores. That is stupid. I might as well tell him he can't eat or breath until all his chores are done. You don't barter with life essentials.


1) Your husband is playing you
2) You don't hire a sanitation specialist to build a rocket engine
3) None of the things you mentioned are life essentials. As you already stated, your shower still works. A shower can be considered a life essential. One with geometrical harmony isn't.
 
2011-10-24 02:24:52 PM
bhcompy: A shower can be considered a life essential. One with geometrical harmony isn't.

No, but it still bugs the hell out of me. I wish I would have taken that day off of work like I planned to.
 
2011-10-24 02:54:43 PM
Man flu exists.
What women refer to as "regular flu" is really, to us, more like the sniffles or a bit of congestion. Man flu is more of the "OH GOD I'M SO COLD, OH GOD I'M SO HOT, MY MOUTH IS SO DRY BUT I CAN'T DRINK ANYTHING" variety.
 
2011-10-24 05:03:21 PM
hailin: I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.

After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.


That's cool and all, but if he doesn't act like a responsible partner in the living situation, I think he's not called a "husband"; the word for him is "son".

/same for a "wife" that won't do what needs to be done.
//games, books and everything rocks so much more when you're already done
///JUST DO IT ffs
 
2011-10-24 05:09:07 PM
exactly three days: hailin: I just think my husband is allergic to work of any kind. He'll be laughing, talking, and feeling fine while playing video games with his friends. The minute I make him do housework, yard work, or home projects he starts coughing/has a migraine/has a stomachache and needs to go "rest" which involves playing video games or reading.

After awhile I figured out how to get around that. Once he starts whining I tell him to go lay down without any books or electronics and take a nap. He hates taking naps, so miraculously he can power through whatever task I give to him. Actually it works better for me to task him with stuff on days I work. He gets it done and then I don't have to watch him dragging his feet to get whatever done which just pisses me off. On my days off if I want something done I'll do it myself.

That's cool and all, but if he doesn't act like a responsible partner in the living situation, I think he's not called a "husband"; the word for him is "son".

/same for a "wife" that won't do what needs to be done.
//games, books and everything rocks so much more when you're already done///JUST DO IT ffs


THIS. I usually have a few things I want to get done on the weekend. I started dvr'ing football on Sundays so I can get things done, then I watch the game and drink beer and it's just better. Plus, I can fast forward all the commercials.
 
2011-10-24 05:19:38 PM
I hope I'm not repeating anybody above me but 50% of people do not have below average intelligence. That's not what average means.

/99% of people have an above average number of legs and arms
 
2011-10-24 07:40:35 PM
LittleSmitty: I've got the whole taking out the garbage thing down to a science. Not that I won't take it out, I will and do sometimes.

Her - "Will you take out the trash?" Me - "Sure, as soon as I'm done (insert plausible excuse)"

Her - "Did you take out the trash?" Me - "No, I'm still (insert plausible excuse)"

Her - Takes out the trash

We also do this thing where we ignore the over full can in the kitchen until the precarious balance is in danger of toppling. Then whoever attempts to balance that last bit and causes trash to hit the floor is required by treaty to take it out.


Lisa: It's full, Dad, that means you have to take out the trash.
Bart: Yup, that's the rule. "He who tops it off, drops it off."
Homer: Nuh-uh. "It isn't filled until it's spilled."
 
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