Friday OT - The Return of the Confession

[coolerifyoudid]

I feel like we've been needing a good Friday Confession for awhile. What ya got?


My wife bought a $25 Starbucks gift card to give to our day care director for her last day (yesterday). Last weekend, I was out running errands, pulled in to Starbucks to grab a hot chocolate and used the gift card.

I meant to get a new card with the full amount to replace the one I used, but I forgot. My wife gave the director the partially used card yesterday. I kept my mouth shut.

 

[cycart]

Whenever my wife gets herself some ice water, I always like to take a drink of it, due to the convenience factor. Most of the time she catches me at some point, but when I get away with it she always is surprised with how fast she has "drinks" her water.

 

[mj4cy]

1. I prefer McDonalds double cheeseburgers over most burgers I gotta pay 8-10 bucks for. Few exceptions of course but most of the time I think to myself 'I could have paid a buck at McD's for something that tastes just about the same to me'

2. I don't like ACDC. Lead singer's voice is super annoying.

3. I'd rather watch a movie I know than try a new one.

4. I've never been able to get through a Lord of the Rings movie.

5. Pitch Perfect might be one of my favorite movies.

 

[bos]

I dont like mj4cy anymore.

 

[zarnold56]

Once or twice a year, I take a sick day and play video games. Though most of the time it is because I have sick days I have to burn through each year.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Once or twice a year, I take a sick day and play video games. Though most of the time it is because I have sick days I have to burn through each year.

That sounds pretty fantastic.

 

[EnhancedFujita]

Once or twice a year, I take a sick day and play video games. Though most of the time it is because I have sick days I have to burn through each year.

At my old job I used to get every other Friday off. On those Friday's my duty, according to my wife was to clean the house and cook dinner for that night. So every Friday I'd take the kids into daycare/school, come home, eat junk food and play video games until about 3:30. Then go hardcore cleaning the house for an hour, get the kids and start dinner. The house was always in great shape and my wife thought I spent all day cleaning.

 

[theantiAIRBHG]

At my old job I used to get every other Friday off. On those Friday's my duty, according to my wife was to clean the house and cook dinner for that night. So every Friday I'd take the kids into daycare/school, come home, eat junk food and play video games until about 3:30. Then go hardcore cleaning the house for an hour, get the kids and start dinner. The house was always in great shape and my wife thought I spent all day cleaning.

I've never understood this. I can spend 30 minutes cleaning the apartment and have it looking exactly the same as what it takes Ms A 5 hours to do.

 

[mj4cy]

I dont like mj4cy anymore.

I've never liked him.

 

[CtownCyclone]

I've never understood this. I can spend 30 minutes cleaning the apartment and have it looking exactly the same as what it takes Ms A 5 hours to do.

So my wife decided that it takes too much time to clean the house, so we have to hire a housekeeper. My wife makes up a list of things she'd like the housekeeper to do, along with a secondary "if you've got time, these would be nice to get done, but don't worry about it if you can't get to these items" list. She sets up the lady to come twice a week, with the hope that she'll get all of the things on the "needs to get done" list completed and some of the things on the "like to get done" list completed.

You guessed it, both lists were complete after the first day.

 

[3TrueFans]

I've never understood this. I can spend 30 minutes cleaning the apartment and have it looking exactly the same as what it takes Ms A 5 hours to do.

But you're not doing it "the right way".

 

[Fitzy]

My fiancee loves to clean and is way faster than me at it (and she does a good job). Reading this thread makes me feel like I hit the lottery.

 

[mj4cy]

But you're not doing it "the right way".

Been there. The wife often complains I don't do enough around the house (in terms of cleaning/organizing ect) but half the time when I start a project or try to show initiative to clean, she jumps in the middle and tells me how I'm doing it wrong and usually takes over. Then wonders why I don't take initiative.

 

[carvers4math]

My sister in law got my dog a beautifully decorated giant dog cookie shaped like a bone for Christmas. Looked like frosting and sprinkles on top. It was big so I was breaking it up and giving him a few bites at a time. Curious, yes indeed I tasted it. It was delicious.

 

[BCClone]

My sister in law got my dog a beautifully decorated giant dog cookie shaped like a bone for Christmas. Looked like frosting and sprinkles on top. It was big so I was breaking it up and giving him a few bites at a time. Curious, yes indeed I tasted it. It was delicious.

I know a vet who tries everything he sells for dogs. I gagged when he said that.

 

[BCClone]

wife likes to move my stuff around. I laugh inside at times when she complains about losing something and later it gets found in a spot where she would have put it.

 

[dtISU]

My wife is probably the worst housekeeper ever, but it's inherited. Her two sisters are even worse. I've come to enjoy cleaning. It helps keep my blood pressure down while watching ISU basketball games.

 

[EnhancedFujita]

I've never understood this. I can spend 30 minutes cleaning the apartment and have it looking exactly the same as what it takes Ms A 5 hours to do.

My wife is the same way. It's amusing because it takes her so long and now that I'm in another job she laments the fact that I don't have Fridays to spend cleaning anymore.

 

[cowgirl836]

At my old job I used to get every other Friday off. On those Friday's my duty, according to my wife was to clean the house and cook dinner for that night. So every Friday I'd take the kids into daycare/school, come home, eat junk food and play video games until about 3:30. Then go hardcore cleaning the house for an hour, get the kids and start dinner. The house was always in great shape and my wife thought I spent all day cleaning.

if you hadn't mentioned kids, I'd think you were my husband. He also gets every other Friday and I usually ask that he do the dishes, maybe an errand/house chore that needs to be done, and he usually tries to do lawn work in the summer. It becomes obvious to me that he doesn't get started til 3:30 when that's about the time he texts me asking what groceries I need or I get home and he's only half-done mowing the yard.

 

[cowgirl836]

So my wife decided that it takes too much time to clean the house, so we have to hire a housekeeper. My wife makes up a list of things she'd like the housekeeper to do, along with a secondary "if you've got time, these would be nice to get done, but don't worry about it if you can't get to these items" list. She sets up the lady to come twice a week, with the hope that she'll get all of the things on the "needs to get done" list completed and some of the things on the "like to get done" list completed.

You guessed it, both lists were complete after the first day.

I've about convinced myself that we're going to have a 1x week or every other week person after we have kids. We're both bad about doing house chores and I doubt that only sweeping the floor every 3 weeks or so will fly at that point.