Can I live with my future husband?

[NukePooch]

I do wonder as well if God hasn't sent me a husband... because I obviously might be in danger of strangling him within the first month...

I've got a shovel you can borrow.

 

[jaydawg888]

Revised List Gets Rep.

 

[Jullianna]

Rephrased to fit me specifically...in case you were wondering.

1. Men are perfectly fine with wearing a pair of favorite jeans all...week...long, and will actually HIDE them if they have to; No need to hide them, cause I'll be wearing them, along with my favorite nasty t-shirt.
2. Forget the toilet seat thing. It's gonna be up. Period. You'll fall in during the night a couple of times and learn to put it down in your sleep; Sorry, the seat will be down. I sit at night cause it's easier to do when asleep. My older bro ALWAYS puts the lid down...now THAT is annoying.
3. No matter how many valets, drawer dividers, etc. you get them for their dresser, everything that comes out of their pockets is gonna stay in a pile on top of the dresser until they dress the next morning;
No dresser, no drawers to divide, and I don't have a clue what a valet is, except for the guy who parks your car. Stuff from pockets goes on a shelf/cabinet/whatever right inside the front door so it's always ready when I leave. No exceptions.
4. Don't bother discussing laundry sorting. It ain't gonna happen. Just sort it from the hamper when doing the laundry. And if they leave ink pens, etc. in their pockets and ruin your stuff, they owe you a new whatever it was ; Ink pens should be right next to the front door, so nothing ends up in the wash by mistake.
5. Manly noises happen. Not only do they happen, men are entertained by them; Some of us are not. Some of us will actually leave the room so as not to advertise manly noises.
6. Men will never understand all of the STUFF we need in the shower stall. Separate bathrooms are helpful; Wrong, separate bathrooms are a NECESSITY.
7. Make it a habit to LOOK AT THE TOILET PAPER ROLL WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE BATHROOM and plan on it being EMPTY; Nope. It will not be empty, and the flap will always be over-the-top, not underneath.
8. If you clean out your hubby's closet, you must save whatever you removed for at least 6 months. If he doesn't miss it, it can be donated to charity/sold at a garage sale. If you have a question as to whether it's important to him, you must subtly work this into a conversation before removing it. NEVER GIVE AWAY/SELL OLD SPORTS HATS OR T-SHIRTS - knowing this can save your life; Wrong, wrong, wrong. Never clean out hubby's closet/garage/toolbox/car trunk/anything else of his.
9. Never let a hubby help you with a garage sale because he'll take all of his stuff back into the house because he can't live without it; It should have never ended up in the sale in the first place. See #8. Don't touch.
10. If he offers to put the laundry away, just accept the fact that he doesn't understand your dresser/closet system and nothing will be where you want it. Thank him for his efforts and move it later; Put your own laundry away. Leave mine for me. You won't get my 'system' right.
11. He doesn't understand your kitchen cabinet system. If he thinks he's helping by putting the groceries away, thank him and check when he isn't looking to make sure the milk isn't in your spice cabinet; For those of us who cook, this is an insult. For most men, it's the truth.
12. When your hubby offers to help you clean, divide the chores according to the things you're picky about, which are normally going to be the bathrooms and kitchen. It's hard to mess up dusting, vacuuming and taking out the trash; Real men don't dust. There's no reason to ever do that task.

(Wouldn't know on the next two...I've never slept with anyone.)
13.If he snores, you "accidently" let you arm flop across his chest hard enough to wake him or hold his nose until he begins to snort, the quickly let go and fake being sound asleep;
14. Keep two blankets on the bed or a spare within arm's reach. If he takes one for himself during the night and you wake up frozen, you don't have to get up to get one for yourself or fight him for it;

15. Never move furniture at night if your husband isn't home. Many men have been injured because of this; My dad always loved it when we kids left Legos on the stairs...
16. Husbands wreck diets. Count on it. The week you start a diet is the week they will want to go to every high-cal restaurant in town and/or bring home cookies, ice cream, etc.; Um...that's every week.
17. Sharing a checkbook never worked for me because he would forget to make registry entries, though duplicates are helpful. It's helpful to have two checking accounts with both of your names on them with each person having certain financial/bill paying responsibilities. Since most of us use debit cards more and more, it's even more important and helpful in keeping track of spending habits. After we did this, we never had the checkbook/bill paying arguments; My parents have this all figured out. My mom has all the power, and my dad has none when it comes to paying for anything.
18. Men don't understand what some of your items are and will use them for the wrong purposes, oftentimes rendering them unusable for the correct purposes. BEWARE; Likewise when ladies use men's things.
19. If you go to sleep before he does, it's highly likely that the light will come on, you will hear singing/humming/whistling, the rattle of the stuff he has to remove from his pocket and dump into a pile on his dresser, after which time he will ask, "Oh! Were you asleep???!!! Again, all pocket stuff will be by the front door, but I agree with waking you up. Sounds like fun.
20. Newspapers in the bathroom. Stacks and stacks and stacks. Maybe this is why they don't care whether there's toilet paper on the roll or not. I personally have never understood reading material in the bathroom...and wouldn't even think of touching anyone else's bathroom reading material.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I soooo knew this was coming

 

[christiancollegegirl]

Jajaja!! Pooch, that was hilarious!!!

 

[kayem77]

Hmmm..did she marry very young? Come from a large family? One of my sisters went directly from home to being married and was then divorced. It was very difficult for her to sleep alone. She was scared for awhile, but it did pass in a month or two.

I had a roomie in college for about six months right before I got married at 18. She was a total slob. I would come home after work/classes and clean everything, only to come home the next day to it being totally trashed again. And the refrigerator???? Ugh...it got to the point where I didn't even want to put food in there.... The wedding just couldn't come soon enough for me.

Hubby was a LITTLE better, having been in the military, but it still took some adjustments. I had to learn some things:

1. Men are perfectly fine with wearing a pair of favorite jeans all...week...long, and will actually HIDE them if they have to;
2. Forget the toilet seat thing. It's gonna be up. Period. You'll fall in during the night a couple of times and learn to put it down in your sleep;
3. No matter how many valets, drawer dividers, etc. you get them for their dresser, everything that comes out of their pockets is gonna stay in a pile on top of the dresser until they dress the next morning;
4. Don't bother discussing laundry sorting. It ain't gonna happen. Just sort it from the hamper when doing the laundry. And if they leave ink pens, etc. in their pockets and ruin your stuff, they owe you a new whatever it was ;
5. Manly noises happen. Not only do they happen, men are entertained by them;
6. Men will never understand all of the STUFF we need in the shower stall. Separate bathrooms are helpful;
7. Make it a habit to LOOK AT THE TOILET PAPER ROLL WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE BATHROOM and plan on it being EMPTY;
8. If you clean out your hubby's closet, you must save whatever you removed for at least 6 months. If he doesn't miss it, it can be donated to charity/sold at a garage sale. If you have a question as to whether it's important to him, you must subtly work this into a conversation before removing it. NEVER GIVE AWAY/SELL OLD SPORTS HATS OR T-SHIRTS - knowing this can save your life;
9. Never let a hubby help you with a garage sale because he'll take all of his stuff back into the house because he can't live without it;
10. If he offers to put the laundry away, just accept the fact that he doesn't understand your dresser/closet system and nothing will be where you want it. Thank him for his efforts and move it later;
11. He doesn't understand your kitchen cabinet system. If he thinks he's helping by putting the groceries away, thank him and check when he isn't looking to make sure the milk isn't in your spice cabinet;
12. When your hubby offers to help you clean, divide the chores according to the things you're picky about, which are normally going to be the bathrooms and kitchen. It's hard to mess up dusting, vacuuming and taking out the trash;
13.If he snores, you "accidently" let you arm flop across his chest hard enough to wake him or hold his nose until he begins to snort, the quickly let go and fake being sound asleep;
14. Keep two blankets on the bed or a spare within arm's reach. If he takes one for himself during the night and you wake up frozen, you don't have to get up to get one for yourself or fight him for it;
15. Never move furniture at night if your husband isn't home. Many men have been injured because of this;
16. Husbands wreck diets. Count on it. The week you start a diet is the week they will want to go to every high-cal restaurant in town and/or bring home cookies, ice cream, etc.;
17. Sharing a checkbook never worked for me because he would forget to make registry entries, though duplicates are helpful. It's helpful to have two checking accounts with both of your names on them with each person having certain financial/bill paying responsibilities. Since most of us use debit cards more and more, it's even more important and helpful in keeping track of spending habits. After we did this, we never had the checkbook/bill paying arguments;
18. Men don't understand what some of your items are and will use them for the wrong purposes, oftentimes rendering them unusable for the correct purposes. BEWARE;
19. If you go to sleep before he does, it's highly likely that the light will come on, you will hear singing/humming/whistling, the rattle of the stuff he has to remove from his pocket and dump into a pile on his dresser, after which time he will ask, "Oh! Were you asleep???!!!"; and
20. Newspapers in the bathroom. Stacks and stacks and stacks. Maybe this is why they don't care whether there's toilet paper on the roll or not...

Ok, I'm oficially scared about marriage lol especially with the toilet seat thing, I just HATE it! I used to argue with my brothers about that... And the manly noises ...ughh no comments...
I hope I'm like you and one day find all that...adorable
For now I'll just enjoy my singleness and pray I'm not too picky someday. I too was wondering once if I was a person who is hard to live with. I remember when my friends came to visit and they used to let their clothes on the floor or bed and I was always telling them to put their stuff in their area. I don't consider myself picky but sometimes I wonder....
I guess you can only hope the other person's habits are tolerable and maybe put some limits and compromise.

 

[kayem77]

Rephrased to fit me specifically...in case you were wondering.

1. Men are perfectly fine with wearing a pair of favorite jeans all...week...long, and will actually HIDE them if they have to; No need to hide them, cause I'll be wearing them, along with my favorite nasty t-shirt.
2. Forget the toilet seat thing. It's gonna be up. Period. You'll fall in during the night a couple of times and learn to put it down in your sleep; Sorry, the seat will be down. I sit at night cause it's easier to do when asleep. My older bro ALWAYS puts the lid down...now THAT is annoying.
3. No matter how many valets, drawer dividers, etc. you get them for their dresser, everything that comes out of their pockets is gonna stay in a pile on top of the dresser until they dress the next morning;
No dresser, no drawers to divide, and I don't have a clue what a valet is, except for the guy who parks your car. Stuff from pockets goes on a shelf/cabinet/whatever right inside the front door so it's always ready when I leave. No exceptions.
4. Don't bother discussing laundry sorting. It ain't gonna happen. Just sort it from the hamper when doing the laundry. And if they leave ink pens, etc. in their pockets and ruin your stuff, they owe you a new whatever it was ; Ink pens should be right next to the front door, so nothing ends up in the wash by mistake.
5. Manly noises happen. Not only do they happen, men are entertained by them; Some of us are not. Some of us will actually leave the room so as not to advertise manly noises.
6. Men will never understand all of the STUFF we need in the shower stall. Separate bathrooms are helpful; Wrong, separate bathrooms are a NECESSITY.
7. Make it a habit to LOOK AT THE TOILET PAPER ROLL WHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO THE BATHROOM and plan on it being EMPTY; Nope. It will not be empty, and the flap will always be over-the-top, not underneath.
8. If you clean out your hubby's closet, you must save whatever you removed for at least 6 months. If he doesn't miss it, it can be donated to charity/sold at a garage sale. If you have a question as to whether it's important to him, you must subtly work this into a conversation before removing it. NEVER GIVE AWAY/SELL OLD SPORTS HATS OR T-SHIRTS - knowing this can save your life; Wrong, wrong, wrong. Never clean out hubby's closet/garage/toolbox/car trunk/anything else of his.
9. Never let a hubby help you with a garage sale because he'll take all of his stuff back into the house because he can't live without it; It should have never ended up in the sale in the first place. See #8. Don't touch.
10. If he offers to put the laundry away, just accept the fact that he doesn't understand your dresser/closet system and nothing will be where you want it. Thank him for his efforts and move it later; Put your own laundry away. Leave mine for me. You won't get my 'system' right.
11. He doesn't understand your kitchen cabinet system. If he thinks he's helping by putting the groceries away, thank him and check when he isn't looking to make sure the milk isn't in your spice cabinet; For those of us who cook, this is an insult. For most men, it's the truth.
12. When your hubby offers to help you clean, divide the chores according to the things you're picky about, which are normally going to be the bathrooms and kitchen. It's hard to mess up dusting, vacuuming and taking out the trash; Real men don't dust. There's no reason to ever do that task.

(Wouldn't know on the next two...I've never slept with anyone.)
13.If he snores, you "accidently" let you arm flop across his chest hard enough to wake him or hold his nose until he begins to snort, the quickly let go and fake being sound asleep;
14. Keep two blankets on the bed or a spare within arm's reach. If he takes one for himself during the night and you wake up frozen, you don't have to get up to get one for yourself or fight him for it;

15. Never move furniture at night if your husband isn't home. Many men have been injured because of this; My dad always loved it when we kids left Legos on the stairs...
16. Husbands wreck diets. Count on it. The week you start a diet is the week they will want to go to every high-cal restaurant in town and/or bring home cookies, ice cream, etc.; Um...that's every week.
17. Sharing a checkbook never worked for me because he would forget to make registry entries, though duplicates are helpful. It's helpful to have two checking accounts with both of your names on them with each person having certain financial/bill paying responsibilities. Since most of us use debit cards more and more, it's even more important and helpful in keeping track of spending habits. After we did this, we never had the checkbook/bill paying arguments; My parents have this all figured out. My mom has all the power, and my dad has none when it comes to paying for anything.
18. Men don't understand what some of your items are and will use them for the wrong purposes, oftentimes rendering them unusable for the correct purposes. BEWARE; Likewise when ladies use men's things.
19. If you go to sleep before he does, it's highly likely that the light will come on, you will hear singing/humming/whistling, the rattle of the stuff he has to remove from his pocket and dump into a pile on his dresser, after which time he will ask, "Oh! Were you asleep???!!! Again, all pocket stuff will be by the front door, but I agree with waking you up. Sounds like fun.
20. Newspapers in the bathroom. Stacks and stacks and stacks. Maybe this is why they don't care whether there's toilet paper on the roll or not. I personally have never understood reading material in the bathroom...and wouldn't even think of touching anyone else's bathroom reading material.

Wow I applaud you for putting the toilet seat down haha. Really funny correction, a man's point of view is always interesting for a lady. I guess all that about touching a man's stuff is a cliché for real reasons.

 

[thimsrebma]

Thanks everyone. I am glad to know I am not the only one annoyed by others.

I have had other roommates but years ago when I was in college. We had on campus apartments which had a common living area and kitchen but separate bedrooms and bathrooms, so I could never hear my roomie going to the restroom or see the lights from her room to my room.

In my house there is only one bathroom so we are sharing and that has been inconvienient but not too bad. She is an early riser too but it has been good for me to get up a little earlier.

There were also two other incidences that I was not too happy about but quickly got over.

1. She broke one of my driveway path lights and didn't even tell me. It can be glued back together, but just ignoring it is plain rude.
2. One night I went into the bathroom after she took a shower and there was water everywhere. I really do mean everywhere, it was like someone had gone in with a water hose and sprayed the place down. I asked what happened and she said the shower head went crazy. Now that one was more funny than anything, I just cannot understand how you could do that to an entire bathroom while taking a shower. I was wondering if she got any water on her body cause to me it looked like it was all on the floor.

 

[thimsrebma]

I just thought of something else. I have actually had others stay with me and I have loved it. My cousin and his wife, from Florida stay with me everytime they visit and when they come their neices some times come too. So that is 3 or 4 extra people. I have never had any problems, except when my little cousin peed in my bed. Luckily I have a water proof mattress protector aso I just washed that and the sheets. But it still wasnt as annoying as the lights.

Maybe its that one thing that bothers me so much I am nit picking at other stuff with her. I guess I will add that to my prayer list for a mate.

Dear Lord, Please bring me a man who will turn off the lights before he leaves a room, let my husband not be afraid of the dark. In Jesus' name Amen.

 

[kayem77]

I just thought of something else. I have actually had others stay with me and I have loved it. My cousin and his wife, from Florida stay with me everytime they visit and when they come their neices some times come too. So that is 3 or 4 extra people. I have never had any problems, except when my little cousin peed in my bed. Luckily I have a water proof mattress protector aso I just washed that and the sheets. But it still wasnt as annoying as the lights.

Maybe its that one thing that bothers me so much I am nit picking at other stuff with her. I guess I will add that to my prayer list for a mate.

Dear Lord, Please bring me a man who will turn off the lights before he leaves a room, let my husband not be afraid of the dark. In Jesus' name Amen.

Hahaha or you could buy a sleeping mask =) I use one for sleeping because I hate when the sun light enters through my window.

 

[NukePooch]

Wow I applaud you for putting the toilet seat down haha. Really funny correction, a man's point of view is always interesting for a lady. I guess all that about touching a man's stuff is a cliché for real reasons.

I prefer to say, "Don't EVER touch ANYONE'S ANYTHING!"

I've moved a few ladies' items before and heard the sky fall in and the world implode. Bottom line for me is, unless I'm in a public place where almost everything is fair game, then I don't touch anything that is dirty, askew, misplaced, etc...I will leave the room if it gets bad enough. People will usually leave things where they can find them...at least that's the idea.

As far as the toilet seat being down, that's just at night. During the day? It might be up, might be down, might be removed entirely if I've got my plumbing hat on that day. If one can't look to see before one sits, then there's no hope. I will put the seat/lid back to whatever condition it was in before if I'm in someone else's place, though.

 

[NukePooch]

Dear Lord, Please bring me a man who will turn off the lights before he leaves a room, let my husband not be afraid of the dark. In Jesus' name Amen.

Hahaha or you could buy a sleeping mask =) I use one for sleeping because I hate when the sun light enters through my window.

When I worked nights, I bought 'blackout' curtains for the windows...it really helped me to be able to sleep during the day. Also, I've mentioned it before, but disposable foam earplugs are AWESOME! (especially if you are on a long flight, a concert, are babysitting, or live in a cheap roach-infested apartment where you can hear your neighbor breathing through the walls...)

 

[Rissa77]

When I worked nights, I bought 'blackout' curtains for the windows...it really helped me to be able to sleep during the day. Also, I've mentioned it before, but disposable foam earplugs are AWESOME! (especially if you are on a long flight, a concert, are babysitting, or live in a cheap roach-infested apartment where you can hear your neighbor breathing through the walls...)

I prefer the silicone ones for total noise blockage (though I get ear infections by wearing them multiple nights in a row.. no breathing of the ear with them). Blackout curtains are EPIC but I agree with the facial mask. I use that in the college dorm because they have a "keep the lights on" policy for the hallway, which seeps in under my door and illuminates my room. Plus the fact I couldn't hang heavy curtains in my windows and there was a light pole right outside my window.. and I like the room to be pitch-black... yeaaaaa the face mask works lol

 

[thimsrebma]

I tried ear plugs before when I was in my apt and there was a train near by. I Didnt last more than a fem minutes with those things in my ears. They were itchy and "earitating". hahah I need to be able to hear if there is an emergency so I don't wanna block out that much sound.

I will think about the face mask.

 

[zeroturbulence]

I think you just need to move out of your house Amber

 

[kayem77]

I prefer to say, "Don't EVER touch ANYONE'S ANYTHING!"

I've moved a few ladies' items before and heard the sky fall in and the world implode.

I couldn't agree more with you.Only I know where my stuff should be FOR ME.
I remember arguing with my mom when she used to come to my room and put "things in order", and then I could never find them again because she forgot where she put them...

I think you just need to move out of your house Amber

Sounds like the obvious solution.

 

[Jullianna]

Btw Nuke, this is a valet. A few years ago someone got the idea to rename them "charging stations" and add compartments for cellphones to make it seem more manly.

 

[allforfun]

Btw Nuke, this is a valet. A few years ago someone got the idea to rename them "charging stations" and add compartments for cellphones to make it seem more manly.

I have three of those just for my gadgets alone.

Plus a wireless charging station. I hope if I get married he likes tech

 

[Jullianna]

allforfun, it won't matter. he'll just pile everything on the dresser and you'll have them all to yourself. haha

 

[allforfun]

Haha, no what I am saying is...I hope he doesn't mind I have so much stuff. I don't care where he puts his honestly. I have three just for me.

 

[Suzie2family]

These posts were fantastic! Thanks for sharing!