Maturity Seeps Through Our Pores
Last night, Moanna was bouncing on top of a balloon on our couch. Steve takes the balloon, and pops it. Right in front of Moanna.
Moanna, “What did you do to the balloon?” eyes wide and confused.
Steve, “I popped it.”
Moanna, “Why?” eyes still wide and confused.
Me, “To traumatize you.”
Steve, “Um well, uh. It’s not safe to bounce on balloons. Um, if it popped while you were bouncing on it, it would hurt really bad.Ummm”
Me, “I bet you wish you would have thought this through a little better.”
Moanna, “Yea buddy. You should have thought about it.”
Sometimes Steve does things before thinking them through. Sometimes I can’t keep the sitcom that is constantly running through my head to myself.
Later on that evening…
Steve and I were making the bed, and talking about… I have no idea what we were talking about… when…
Me, “Man, you are so high maintenance.’
Steve, “Yea? Well, you’re too low maintenance.”
Me, “Most guys would appreciate a girl who is low maintenance. Would you prefer if I wore makeup everyday?”
Steve, “Yes.”
Me, “What? Are you trying to make me cry?”
Steve, “…NOT that you need to wear makeup. Obviously you don’t, or I wouldn’t have married you.”
Me, “Not helping.”
Steve, “… I just think that you would feel better about your day if you took the time to do your hair or put on makeup everrday.”
Me, “Well maybe if I had the time, I could do that now and then. But, SOMEBODY takes for-ev-er to do his hair in the morning. AND, he takes up the en-ti-re bathroom to do it.”
Sometimes Steve speaks before he thinks. Sometimes, I’m rubber and you’re glue.
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My oh my! Foot in mouth – so funny what husbands will say sometimes that are meant to be nice and encouraging but come out so wrong!!
and yet i’ve found that while john doesn’t say things the “right” way that i always thought ‘my perfect husband’ would, i find it’s entertaining enough that it still helps me to be happy. what i needed in ways i never expected it:)
Ladies, don’t forget the lesson we learned way back in kindergarden….boys are stupid!
Oh my… this sounds too familiar! I have come to expect those ‘foot in mouth’ moments- and if I’m in the right mood they can really make life fun. This is probably terrible but I sometimes like to watch Matt squirm to explain himself. Its the simple pleasures really.
Their ability to articulate does not improve with age either. After 20 years Larry still utters the most indecipherable things and ends up looking like a deer in headlights when he gets the hairy eyeball. If watching them squirm really amuses you, ask them what they meant! After the foot comes out of the mouth, the tongue usually falls on the floor and they step all over it trying to explain
if you ask him if he would prefer if you wore makeup and he answers honestly that yes women do look better with makeup on, i dont think you should get mad at him. Women always claim to want honesty in relationships, except when it gets in the way of what they want to hear. But yes… we do tend to rush in and say the wrong thing. You ladies get us so nervous sometimes.
Have a good one!
Men are so funny! When we entered parenthood my husband gave me more than a few giggles with his thoughts & approaches on parenting. I joke with him that he spent too much time playing doctor as a child when he should have been playing house.