General Chat

Don't worry, its a world wide fault in dependants!!! When I was in hospital once, years ago, my BIL had died and I missed the funeral. But, just to include me, my hsband phoned the nurses centre to ask where his dress shoes and his black tie were!!!! The nurses had a laugh, they hear it often! Deanna

What about this girls, got up at 5.30 to see the man of the house off to work as he may foget its Monday,then as morning progressed i prepared for the son and daughter to appear, got cups of tea ready, got breakies ready, went to bathroom and when i came out ,there at the table were ,not 2 but 4 at the table, Morning Ma, they all pipped up one after the other, (daughters boyfriend and sons girl friend) then the door opened and with a yawn my sons pal walks in from the lounge, morning ma, didn't mind me borrowing your sofa last night did you? I said, looking over his shoulder,no but is there any more of you to come? Fed and watered them and sent them on thier way. OH PEACE AT LAST. Shirley Ann

In my experience (living with two of the opposite gender for the past 26 years), it doesn't pay to complain. Yes, I've experienced most of the above problems with them, but yesterday my son decided he would have a 'blitz' on his room. This resulted in a sackful of paper, cardboard and plastic bottles being put on the landing this morning. AFTER the refuse collection had been round and taken our other rubbish sacks put out on the driveway. He is also a past master at producing items of clothing for washing just after I've started the machine cycle which should have included them, despite the fact that those items have usually been draped over a chair or the spare bed in his room for several days. Of course, those are the items that he 'really must have' to wear immediately. When he was at school, these were usually items of sportswear required to be worn the next day or he'd get a detention. I am convinced that my husband has always had a set of Venetian blinds fitted to every pair of specs he has ever worn. These are, naturally, invisible to the rest of the world, but they come down, slats firmly closed, whenever he looks for something that is not immediately in front of him at eye level. Plaintive cries from me of 'It's in the cupboard' or 'It's over there' are the triggers which bring down these blinds. My husband would win prizes for leaving in unusual places items he has been using - hence a 'lost' Black & Decker drill found by me in the airing cupboard (?), a packet of cigarettes left under the bonnet of my car (He wondered where they went!), a mouldy ham sandwich on a plate in the garage (How old? Don't ask!), and the garden shed keys (which I need to get out the shears) in the pocket of his jacket, which is draped over the back of his office chair in Central London. The latter is only a problem because we live in Hertfordshire. He has also now taken to 'helping' me put away the shopping. This results in my being under the impression that we are still out of XYZ and must have forgotten to buy it, so XYZ goes back on the kitchen blackboard for next week's list. He sometimes notices this addition to the blackboard and asks if I've used up all the XYZ again. I say we've been out of it since last week, and he says, 'But I remember putting that away!' I say, 'Where did you put it?' He says, (All together now, ladies, you know the words!) 'I can't remember.' This phenomenon is, I have to say, not confined to my own family in this house. Another GR member caught the bug just over a month ago and failed to remember where something was whilst visiting, but I have have it on good authority that the jacket concerned is now being carefully monitored by other GR members, who have undertaken to reunite it with its owner, should the two become separated at the next London Meet. From my experience, this problem seems mainly to affect males, but I have to confess I'm no longer immune to it myself. Now, where are my glasses ...? CB >|<

Dave, i thnks you tell porkies, theres no such thing.

Read the replies dont know how you put up with it girls. I must be the only perfect male in the country then.! Davex

Yes I owned up! It was HIS fault for hanging the key on the wrong hook and I'm sticking to it!! A very good trick to cement something in the memory is to repeat it three times in your head (e.g. 'bring down glasses' when you go upstairs) - it DOES work! Lily

Nell, You don't understand!! The fairies pick them up!! [or the mugs :-( ] Janice

I am so glad to know I'm not the only one. But all the males in my house put the loo seat down. Thye can't change toilet rolls and they think that when they've had a shower/bath/hairwash the best thing to do with their towel (despite being told that they can put it on the towel rack in the airing cupboard which will dry it), to either a) put it half-in half-out the laundry basket with the wettest part inwards or b) just leave it on the floor in the bathroom/bedroom/on the landing nell

That's their problem! Have a wonderful holiday and don't even give them a thought. They'll be too busy with their learning curves!! Steep too by the sound of it. Janice

To late Janice,ive already ironed it. Im off to Portugal on the 15th. How will they cope.lol

Shirley - show the lazy tike where the iron is!

But did you admit to dropping key in your pocket Lily?

When both partners get over sixty and short term memory starts to let you down, it's TWO of you looking for things! Just you wait!! Lily (whose hubbie looked all afternoon for shed key, which had been accidentally removed from hook with front door key by me, and dropped into my coat pocket - oops)

Shelli, Im down to 2 males and one female, not much difference between them as you say. they all came back to day,that made 3 sons 2 daughters, partners and all, and guess what the question was, WHERE'S THE TEA MA? just sat down for a break , now out of all the shirts my son has, he wants the one thats not ironed, for work tomorrow. sHIRLEY

Shirley nope same in our house, I live with four males and only one female-though she is just as bad as the males!!! My standard response when they ask for anything... does it look like it will fit me??? NO????? Well I haven't worn it so no idea. Usually get a humpy response but they are slowly learning Mandy PMSL

Princess Bex, don't blame you , as what we have all said is only the half of it .lol.

Well.... I'm NEVER going to get married or procreate!

Only got as far as reading Mandy in Somerset..... Are you me Mandy....or am I you......gosh. Obviously when God invented man she was having a practice run until she got it right!!!!! Jacquie xxxx

my husband found the cooker today and has made a lovley lamb meal, can we count him? LOL lynnxx

Mandy Big hugs and lots of empathy and sympathy. I have to share a house with 3 of the male species :-( I changed the loo roll holder (myself, by the way!) for an open ended one so there would be no trying to work it out excuses. I buy loo rolls in 12s and leave them by the loo. Can they work it out? I have to go volcanic about leaving empty loo rolls for the next person to change and you'd think I was talking Chinese. Son no 2 does put the lid down but he always drops it down even at 3 in the morning!!! And they have the male eyes that look but don't see. One son says it needs mummy eyes, the other says it's not jumping up and down and saying boo! Husband just says have you seen my ........? He even started answering the hall phone in the dark cos he couldn't work out that the bulb had gone (and I was on strike!!). When it was pointed out he claimed he didn't know where the spare bulbs were kept! Same place for the last 26 years - maybe he needs a bit more time AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Rant over for now!! Janice