General Chat

Aunt Christine and Janice ....... you don't talk to them Just get the hoover out and start vaccing see if they do that one....... NB.......must pass on my book to Aunt Christine of how to put hubby in place, now where did he put it when he was tidying up ...

Baby doll fortunately I,ve only the one to deal with,But do you know our daughter got very concerned after HE retired cos she thought we were always at each others throat and she wondered if our marriage was going down the pan!!. I,ve reassured her I love him to bits and wont give up that easily,its our fiftieth next Aug and he aint getting away that easily.not that he wants to go!!. BUT he still does it!! and i bite back. Shirley

well shirley, firstly CONGRATULATIONS on your 50th anniversary! i have been with mine for 23 years. both of us are the youngest of kids! and as my hubby says he had to shout loud in case he missed out! bless him. still i love him. (when he's a sleep!)

But I do think they get hormonial otherwise WHY do they get so Grumpy??

i have to agree with you shirley. i think they get hormone attacks worse than us. but mine seems to have daily attacks especially when the kids are about aven though they are 27 and 16!

But no amount of in depth talks when they are in a good mood resolves thing's agree with what you say,cant explain why they are like it,and say they will try. Mine gets better for a bit after such talks but slips back again!! guess its an ongoing battle thing not to get browbeaten.

like you Christine.......................mine is one in a million wouldn't swap him for all the tea in china....... must delete this before he see's it...lol

lol wilde child.thats the sort of thing i do. never let him know what you think of him. (unless you want something) shirley.. only had 3 swear words from my victor at the moment. so i think that means the footy is ok. (i hope)

Only 3 babydoll wow lost count.........................but I don't think he is happy.. now he has gone in to the back garden to moan at the neigbours , sorry mean rant...........and his vioce has gone higher ..... but the the big question is .....What tea shall I start tea..???

There seems to be common consent that men have their grumpy side. My husband does too. I think that partly a) men don't realise how grumpy/moany they seem and b) women are perhaps more sensitive to tone of voice etc. Usually I escape onto the computer or into a book, or go out. But sometimes I shout back. Trouble is, he usually has got it all out of his system after a moan and then accuses me of being moody!!! nell

wilde child. the only reason he has sworn 3 times is because i gave him his tea at the start of the game!! belly of pork strips with yellow rice. he has to pick the strips up and munch on the bones. peace and quiet is bliss!!

Think it is something to do with testosterone levels going awry - my oh is the most miserable person around, he is never happy unless he has something to moan about, if he gets upset by someone at work (most days) he come home and takes it out on me, we can't watch a tv prog together cos he is screaming at the tv, even the news, he is so bigoted and convinced that anyone with a slightly foreign sounding name is an asylum seeker and therefore should be sent back from whence they came. In many instances, they are actually British born hardworking people whose families have been here for generations but that cuts no ice with him. Wish I could just gag him sometimes for the peace it would give me. Liz

beginning to think mine was born like it lol

I have a stock reply for my family if they moan about something unimportant (nearly always the children). I just say 'that's nice, dear' and get on with what I'm doing. Hubby and I do that to eachother jokingly, too. Our two teenagers then realise that it's pointless moaning to myself or hubby. I hasten to add, it's only when it's something trivial that hubby or I say that! And we keep repeating it until they stop. Try it! x

i ask mine if he wants to borrow my ladies things lol.

Yes.... mine 72..... been a Victor Meldrew for years. 'Why are you doing that?... I just did it!' 'What..ya mean it tastes funny?' 'Are you getting up today? Day's half gone!!' 7.30-45 !! In his defence he is the kindest most considerate man, and would do anything for anyone... AND NEVER MIND or cast it up. Sorry girls but just like us... they get fed up... and take it out on nearest and dearest! I'm just luckier than most......... he hates football! Deanna X

Mines not been bad today but after yesterday we'll be lucky if we're not severed with an ASBO......lol