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Men! How do they survive? [Nov. 28th, 2007|12:20 pm]
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First up, to all the males on my f-list: Please don't take this personally! I just need to vent right now...

But seriously - how do men as a species survive? Simple! Because they were/are being raised by women!
This morning I asked my 20-year old brother-in-law to take Alex Jr. to school because Baby Daniel was running a temperature. Now, Junior is in 2nd grade, which means he has been going to school 5 days a week for about 2 years. And this morning, because I wasn't there to remind him, he forgot his bookbag.
Honestly, the kid would forget his head if it wasn't stuck to his neck!!!! He is so scatterbrained, I have to constantly remind him of things that should be a firm part of his daily routine, like brushing his teeth, etc. I'm so tired of this!!
As for my brother-in-law: You are taking your nephew to school. It didn't strike you as odd that he left the house without his bookbag???
The man has school smarts only, it seems. When it comes to Real Life, I could feed him to the chickens for all his uselessness.
So I put my feverish baby in the car, drive to the school, drop off his bag. Then I go get groceries for dinner tonight, try to calm fussy baby once home again, clean up and do as much as I can around the house as long as he is mellow, try to get in some online Christmas gift shopping, do laundry and research several areas of New Jersey for our house search.
And then I get an MSN IM from dear husband at work saying: Where are you? I've been waiting for you to come online!
And I can't even crawl  back into bed and pull the covers over my head because now Baby is hungry........
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[User Picture]From: [info]tarlanx
2007-11-28 06:59 pm (UTC)

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LOL! I've asked myself that same question!
[User Picture]From: [info]mzdany
2007-11-29 04:24 am (UTC)

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I seem to be asking myself that every day lately ;)
[User Picture]From: [info]cmar_wingnut
2007-11-28 07:44 pm (UTC)

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I know the feeling - men make the mess and expect a woman to clean it up. (But they have their good points...)

*hugs* for your frustration, and your exhaustion, poor thing.
[User Picture]From: [info]mzdany
2007-11-29 04:26 am (UTC)

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*hugs back* yeah, granted, they do come in handy every now and then (when the light bulb needs to be changed on the ceiling fixture I can't reach)
[User Picture]From: [info]cmar_wingnut
2007-11-29 12:52 pm (UTC)

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And when you need heavy furniture moved... and when... (quiet, I'm thinking!)

Have you seen this, btw?
[User Picture]From: [info]mzdany
2007-11-30 03:23 am (UTC)

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OMG, I have, and I agree with all the comments about Akashi in leather - yumm!! Can't wait to see that teamup. And Eiji is there, too. Yay! But what's up with Masumi's hair? He looks like a girl!
[User Picture]From: [info]aussiemouse
2007-11-28 09:00 pm (UTC)

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yes sweetheart, men can't survive without us.

Try writing junior a list - not only will it help with his reading it'll also make it easier for you. Make a game out of it - give him a gold star or something every time he gets through it correctly...

huggles and lost of love sweetie

Nita
[User Picture]From: [info]mzdany
2007-11-29 04:31 am (UTC)

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*hugs back* They would starve and suffocate in their own filth without us!
He, he, he, actually I had a different idea on how to make Junior remember his things - every time he forgets his bookbag, lunchbox or homework assignment, he has to pay me a Quarter now. But I *will* take him to McDonald's at the end of each week he manages to not forget anything :)
[User Picture]From: [info]germankitty
2007-11-29 12:17 am (UTC)

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To quote Jim Carrey from Bruce Almighty: "Behind every successful man is a woman who rolls her eyes."

In other words -- been there, done that, saw the movie, read the novelization and got the t-shirt, the lunchbox, the sleeping bag, the poster, the sticker album ... see where I'm going with this?

Ah, the joys of 26 years of marriage and of nearly 21 years of raising yet another male!

*sends hugs and non-fattening virtual cookies*
[User Picture]From: [info]mzdany
2007-11-29 04:34 am (UTC)

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Hey, throw some extra chocolate chips on those cookies *g*

ARGH, and I'm only up to 13 years of marriage and 7 years of raising yet another male!

I better start doing memory-exercises with Baby Daniel from very early on ;)
[User Picture]From: [info]germankitty
2007-11-29 09:38 am (UTC)

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All cookies I'm giving are chocolate-chocolate chips-pecan. :)

I tried those memory exercises with Gerrit, too. They started to work ... oh, about two years ago? *le sigh*