Mother's Day

Post by **TheCatt** » Sat May 02, 2015 7:50 pm

What's a reasonable Mother's Day present? I'm thinking dinner, or fancy brunch.

Me: What do you want for Mother's Day?
Her: A trip.
Me: Uh, I meant like "dinner" or something.
Her: Then why'd you ask what I wanted?

My otherwise very reasonable wife has suddenly become unreasonable.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat May 02, 2015 8:23 pm

It's never suddenly.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat May 02, 2015 9:03 pm

I tend to be literal, too. You asked her what she wanted, and she told you. If you don't want to know what she wants, don't ask her what she wants. Ask her what she expects.

My wife: "Do you want to help me with the dishes?"

Me: "Absolutely not. Who would ever want to do dishes?"

Wife: "Asshole."

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Post by **TheCatt** » Sat May 02, 2015 9:17 pm

For the record, I asked for doughnuts for Father's Day.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat May 02, 2015 9:23 pm

If I'm lucky I <s>met</s> might (stupid auto-correct) get to choose what food I cook for dinner on Father's Day.

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Post by **Leisher** » Sat May 02, 2015 10:25 pm

TheCatt wrote:What's a reasonable Mother's Day present? I'm thinking dinner, or fancy brunch.

Me: What do you want for Mother's Day?
Her: A trip.
Me: Uh, I meant like "dinner" or something.
Her: Then why'd you ask what I wanted?

My otherwise very reasonable wife has suddenly become unreasonable.

Did she give birth to you?

Post by **thibodeaux** » Sun May 03, 2015 8:28 am

Exactly.

My wife: "I better get a present for Mother's Day."

Me: "You're not my mother!"

Not that I got my mother anything either. It's a fake holiday.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun May 03, 2015 9:30 am

Leisher wrote:Did she give birth to you?

Yeah, let me know how that works in your house.

Post by **Vince** » Sun May 03, 2015 10:12 am

I've never impregnated anyone, so it makes it easy on me. I would imagine Gordo has it easier than most fathers since it was later in the marriage before a kid came along. So years of no expectations.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun May 03, 2015 11:19 am

Vince wrote:I've never impregnated anyone, so it makes it easy on me. I would imagine Gordo has it easier than most fathers since it was later in the marriage before a kid came along. So years of no expectations.

Years of lowered expectations, that is.

Post by **Vince** » Sun May 03, 2015 11:57 am

I was referring to the "no expectations on Mothers' Day", but the lowered expectations of being married to you in general works as well

Post by **Leisher** » Sun May 03, 2015 1:11 pm

TheCatt wrote:
Leisher wrote:Did she give birth to you?
Yeah, let me know how that works in your house.

Works great. She has the same attitude. She doesn't expect me to go all out for her.

Granted, I have to make sure the kids celebrate Mother's Day, but the best gift is typically getting them out of her hair for a few hours.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun May 03, 2015 1:36 pm

Funny.... the one thing most mothers want on Mother's Day is to forget they are a mother for a couple hours.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun May 03, 2015 3:32 pm

GORDON wrote:Funny.... the one thing most mothers want on Mother's Day is to forget they are a mother for a couple hours.

I asked for that specifically on previous Father's Days... so, no judgment here.