Posted by Vince S. (216.28.38.183) on June 21, 1999 at 20:35:19:
In Reply to: Ramblings from an Idiot posted by drummer on June 18, 1999 at 15:34:46:
Drummer,
I don’t think you and your wife have a 50/50 relationship like Cathie and I do. Here’s a list of
how we split up our responsibilities. Maybe it’ll help you:
1) She cooks.......I eat.
2) She makes the bed......I sleep in it.
3) She feeds, clothes, and nurtures the kids.......I play with ‘em.
4) When they were babies, she changed the diapers......I tickled ‘em ‘til they peed their pants.
5) She mows the lawn.......I walk barefoot through the grass and smile broadly at the neighbors.
6) She shops likes a conscientious consumer......and I consume what she buys conscientiously.
7) She takes care of the dog......I scare the shit out of the dog during cluster episodes.
8) She washes the clothes.........I wear ‘em proudly.
9) She washes the dishes........I eat off ‘em.
......and of course........
10) She lays out the Migraine Ice, towels, and Tylenol. She has the coffee pot ready to go, and
has the ice cube trays filled in the freezer, as well as the bowl sitting out that I use to soak the
washcloths in the icy water. She gets up in the middle of the night to whisper softly to me “it’ll
be all better soon, honey” and rubs my back and shoulders. I, of course, race around the kitchen
banging things, throw her hands off my shoulders, and scream at the top of my lungs at her until
the burning and aching goes away.
Yep........that’s just about how we divide things up. ‘Cept for three things......of course:
I love her 1,000,000 times more than she loves me........and she’s 10,000,000 times the person I
could ever even dream of being.......and I appreciate her 1,000,000,000 times more than she’ll
ever realize. Uh.......otherwise, it’s 50/50. --Vince