Husband's ...I don't Know!!!

lol...I can't count the number of times my husband's been inconsiderate (though he's getting better now after all the yelling) We had a similar incident as yours when my older son was around a year old. We had to go grocery shopping at two Pm and I called and reminded him. He didn't turn up till around 7 PM with guests!!!! And what guests...2 people trying to elope...by the time we talked and got down to convincing them...it was too late to go grocery shopping and I had absolutely nothing to give them! We had bread for dinner way after midnight!!! Then there was the time when we were travelling to Africa with a one year old son. And I went to change his diaper in the toilet...and was asked to come back (due to turbulence) before I had a fresh diaper on him....and asked to sit somewhere in the middle. Poor baby was howling his head off...and even threw up on the next seat (luckily empty...but a little of it splashed on the guy in a suit in the next seat). And all through this hubby darling didn't know (he was in the same plane if anyone's wondering!) and it was the guy in the suit who helped me with the baby. I was so mad at my husband (he had the earphones on..was listening to music and didn't hear baby's screams)that I didn't talk to him all the way to our destination. I don't mind my husband having fun with his friends...but he needs to do what he has to for the family before he leaves. He expects that of me...and I cook and keep everything he might need IF I ever went to meet my friends...so why I can't I expect the same from him?

i think most men are like this only.they are very lenient about the day to day affair. i do not like thsi casual approach. when he knows there is no food at home to cook and groceries to be bought, he should come at time. may be they will nerver change.

Oh I know!LOL And then when you growl at them they dont get it! They say Oh I thought you would be happy that I brought some dinner home. Right? That is definetly something my hubby would do too. So now you still have to do some grocery shopping. You gotta love em but you still can growl at them!heheheh

Believe me when I tell you, they really feel like they are doing the right thing. You needed dinner, he bought dinner. He probably thinks you would be thrilled that you did not have to cook. They mean well and they are sweet and yes, you gotta love them.

You know husbands alway has this old mentality that the role of a wife is cooking, cleaning and caring for the children. Even if men were married, they still have this "little boy" in them, expecting everything is well taken care of by their "mommies". My husband is the who does all the grocery shopping. He will check what to buy and then go and buy it. My duty is to cook, clean and care for our children. When he forgot to replenish our grocery, his shortcut is to bring us out for dinner.

Hi Maddysmommy! How are you? Sorry I have not been around much. Problems,Bills ect. But, yes I just got off the phone with my mother. And guess what we were talking about? Men! They don't understand us and we don't understand them. Like a book says: Men come from Mars and women come from Venus. Somehow you do gotta love them, hahaha!

Well, sometimes husbands can be interesting for sure. And at least he did bring home something for you to eat from McDonalds, so that was better than nothing. He might have been having too much Fun and it slipped his mind that you needed to get Groceries, etc. Sometimes things like this do happen. As for your situation with your friends coming over you need to make sure and take time to get this prepared, and hope for the Best. I am sure it will all happen for the best. Just remember things usually never go as planned and how you would like them too. You just wish they did. Hope your son is feeling better as well.

Yeah they tend to have one tracked minds dont they but hey at least he came home with food mine doesnt even do that he just strolls in with a smile like im not gonna be mad.

Oh aren't these men wonderful creatures! lol I am sure he was very pleased with himself for bringing home dinner so that you didn't have to worry about getting groceries - not thinking that you need other things and that you will still be without groceries in the morning! I think there is a little switch in the male brain that lets them override common sense and think their ideas are wonderful and switch off everything their partner has asked of them! lol I do hope that your gorgeous boy is feeling much, much better today! Hugs xxx

they're all a piece of work. I'm on my second one and he's definitely goofier than the first!

Oh they do drive you crazy, the other day the ice cream van came round and my hubby said do you want anything, i said just a small ice cream, in he comes with a massive great big thing, I scowled and said but I didn't want that I did say (and he had choc sauce when i asked for strawberry!) anyway his response was, 'i thought you needed cheering up!' Yes I had had a bad day but that DID NOT cheer me up just goes to show men don't listen, if he'd done as i asked that would have cheered me up LOL, yes they are crazy but they do try in their own funny ways, its true what they say though, they are from a different planet LOL!

Now let me sum up your wifely duties so far... *you entertained your hubby's work friends like a good wife would and your son got sick. * you allowed them to go off to dinner while you stayed home to nurse your son. Again something any good wife and mother would do. *your son still wasnt well the following day so you kept him home and nursed him. Good mothering again. *hubby comes home with what was a less than favorable request but you thought of his happiness and said yes. Nice wifely act again. *you are there waiting on him to honor his end of the bargain by getting the groceries (we all try to put that much faith in them) but he turns up with a consilation prize instead. Um...WHAT?!!!!. Let down. big let down. I swear my brother is going to be like that with his partner unless she is a very strong and influencial person. Why men dedicate themselves to building a home and family but run out at key moments to have fun with friends is beyond me. Let the woman dump it on them for a change and the baby comes out wailing why its unfair for that to be asked of them. I dont think we'll ever be able to figure them out but I do know we cant let up too much or else they'll get totally comfortable leaving it all up to their wives to run the home. Do you suppose it has much to do with them having had a super nany or power house mom? I swear we can only change this by teaching our boys to get involved in those chores from early. No supermom here guys. You have to assist. (lol)

Lol - I know - they think they've done good by bringing dinner home but we'd much more appreciate them just doing what we had planned to do - I mean after all especially when you were so nice and let him go off playing tennis whilst your son was ill!!