Oh Dear!

Thought – July 10, 2014

If you are married, or have been married, you know all too well the normal conversations that go on around the house between a husband and a wife.  Mostly the wife will sigh when asking simple questions, while the husband calmly tries his best to give the answers his wife wants to hear.  And, if he doesn’t get the right answer on the first few tries, he might as well give up as he is probably in the “dog house!”

There are some marriage mates that have their routine down pat and know what they have to do to keep out of troubled waters.  But still, every now and then there will be an “oh dear” moment.   It may seem at times that when you speak, no one listens.  It would seem that because some things are bound to happen that we would learn from years of experience and for no other reason, that we would keep an extra supply of things we tend to run out of when we need it because the last person (the mate) forgot to tell us we were out of these things when we went to the store, such as toilet paper, ketchup, tissue, mile etc., etc.

Then there are times when despite how angry we are because what we need is not there, the mate comes back with a shocker and throws us totally off guard and before we know it, we have forgotten all about what we were angry about in the first place.  This is a polished mate one who has weathered many storms and knows just how to charter his boat!  This one is a keeper!

What about you?  How do you get through your “Oh Dear” moments?  Share your thoughts with us…Jeanne Claire Probst

Poem:  Oh Dear

“Did you use the last bit of toilet paper and forget to replace the roll again?”

Yup dear I am guilty and you have exposed my sin.

“Where the heck is the ketchup…did you use the last of this too?”

Yup dear, I’m so sorry, I meant to pick some up when I was at the store but didn’t and then I forgot to tell you.

“What about the tissues, did you use the last sheet of this.   Unbelievable.”

I want to say yes my dear; again it might be highly possible?

“What about the garbage…is it going to walk to the trash cans on their own?”

Oh, no….I planned on taking it out when I finish texting my friend on the phone.

“Oh man, don’t tell me there isn’t any milk for my coffee?”

Ah dear, let me check the fridge….no… I don’t see any.

“Did you put the wet clothes in the dryer like I had asked?”

I meant too dear but ah, um, I got busy and forgot to complete this task.

“What gives?  Do I have to do everything around here?”

“We’ve been married 20 years and during these years I have made my needs very clear!”

I am sorry I did not get to do all the things you asked of me today,

But I did remember to love you as much as the day we got married, in my defense this is all I can say.

Jeanne Claire Probst