On Not Quite Understanding the Strategy...

So, you are a husband, right? And you know your wife keeps a blog, right? Let's ASSUME for a second that this blog is about marital life. Can you please tell me what would make you not check- let alone BOOKMARK!- your wife's blog?? Because, really, I don't get it.

I've even thought of opening it up to him for counterpointing, because I was feeling guilty about blogging about him! I guess the offer is gone, and since "What he doesn't know can't hurt him"...

I think I'm back to blogging... :)

On Knowing Where It Hurts

My husband yesterday was complaining about a paper he has to write. It's a final for a negotiation class where he has to lay out the plan for his life. I know, I didn't ask either.

"I can write it for you: "My plan is to go back to being a husband!""
"No, it needs to have something to do with negotiations!!"
"Okay, so, "I negotiated with my wife that at the end of this block I am going to go back to being a husband and not a roommate.""
"Am I being a roommate?"
"Yes, but not a Gug-like roommate. A Christophe-like roommate."

I know that without knowing the details of our previous living situation this is going to be a hard reference to catch. Nevertheless, I got back today to a clean kitchen and to trash taken out. Knowing where it hurts really does miracles.

On Being Suspicious

Last week my friend was here, and life is not smiling on her. So, my husband was asking me how she was.
"Not too good," I replied, "I think I should really try hard to spend more time with her this summer."
"Sure. You can go there any time you want. Actually, maybe you can meet somewhere else, once in Seattle, once in LA, once in Vegas... During the summer you should make time and spend your weekends with her."

How nice. How incredibly great. "You really have a great one," said my friend, "It's almost too good to be true!"

Uhm. Too great??? Does he have an affair and he's just trying to get rid of me???

On Husband’s Inebriation

Apparently, “Drunk” trumps “Right Answers”.

Conversation last night after a bottle of champagne (I GOT A BIG GIRL JOB!!!):

“…Then you don’t really love me”

“No”

I thought right answers were embedded in the source code. Boy was I wrong (and I hope he enjoyed the couch!).

On Being Disgruntled

I am having a tough time being light-hearted and funny when I am disgruntled. I will be disgruntled for a few more days, then I will hopefully get a job offer and life is going to smile on me again. And I will be back and funny and witty- but right now I am not being a very good wife!

Should not write when pissed off. Should not post when I am being a bad wife.

On Being Arrogant

Game Theory class, 8 am, Tuesday morning. My team and I have built a pretty tough reputation- for which we got called arrogant, stand-offish, impossible. But we're making a lot more money than anyone else. we got grilled last week on our attitude, but this week we're getting some pretty good rewards.
"Being arrogant pays off", I say to our professor.
"Apparently," he replies, "however my wife doesn't seem to think so".

Good to know other people's marriages work exactly like mine!

On The Correct Use of Adpositions

Adpositions (aka prepositions) are very important. Very, VERY important. For example, it might happen that, as you walk out of a restaurant and your husband says something really, really silly, you might burst into laughter, and at his question "What are you laughing about?", you might answer: "I'm laughing AT you."

No. No no no no no!!
"I'm laughing WITH you" is the correct phrase for those who want to stay married.

Mentally noted.