Rea Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 OK so its very sterotypical, but for goodness sake, why cant they ever find anything? Hubby couldnt find his van keys this morning. He said ( ) he searched everywhere and then got me to stop what I was doing (writing his invoices) to help in the hunt. Everywhere I suggested, he'd already looked in, and gave me the that sigh that really means 'I'm not that stupid' He went to work with the spare key but told me dramatically to 'carry on looking, theres a really important key on there'. So, I stopped to think and then looked where he'd looked, and found them, hanging on a nail in the garage. The lads will ask me for something later on and I'll be able to find that too. Am I alone? Please tell me its not just my house that would fall apart if I dropped dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertwin Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 exactely the same in my house, cannot find something so i look everywhere it is supposed to be and find it or where they have just "looked" hubby and 2 teenage boys, totally drives me up the wall, i have to get to work in the morning also !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Actually, It's usually me who can't find something until I look in my pocket again, but what gets me is when HWMBO can't find something - obviously I've moved it. Couldn't possibly be he who doesn't remember where he put it! Honey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 owww exactly the same!!!!!! and why does it take them weeks to do a small task that you ask of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 owww exactly the same!!!!!! and why does it take them weeks to do a small task that you ask of them Dont get me started on that one. Hubby is a gas engineer but my boiler has had a dish underneath it to collect leaking water for about 3 months!!! It took him so long to repair the gas fire a few years ago I chucked it out. ..and he still hasnt popped home for the key that was SO important! Aplogies to any men reading this, I'm not having a pop at you just ranting about hubby for whom I should be given a medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 In my house this is known as 'having a man look'! There is a big difference between a 'proper look' and a 'man look'!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 In my house this is known as 'having a man look'! There is a big difference between a 'proper look' and a 'man look'!!! Yes ........ 'look with your hands' is my favorite saying!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 This thread has cheered me up! Mr ppp is like your men, occasionally as he is a very organised man. However, he just doesn't listen..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Zebedee slams about the place, shoving papers everyehere and throwing stuff about when he can't find something and I take my life in my hands (not really) if I ask what's 'hiding' (I have to put it like that, If I ask what he's lost he gets ratty) This makes him sound a right ogre, but he's really not. Actually, what winds me up is when he decides to put my things away - so I get to work in the mornings and put my hand in my coat pocket for my door keys only to find he's taken them out and hung them up! I now keep a spare set in my bag as I've lost count of the number of times I've stomped back home with a heavy bag of stuff to get them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Actually, what winds me up is when he decides to put my things away - so I get to work in the mornings and put my hand in my coat pocket for my door keys only to find he's taken them out and hung them up! I now keep a spare set in my bag as I've lost count of the number of times I've stomped back home with a heavy bag of stuff to get them! Mr Sunnyday has never put anything away in his life - so I don't suffer this one!!! Right I'm getting worried now that our male forum buddies will stop speaking to us lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 well if we cant moan here where can we - ive got home polystyrene beads everywhere inside - outside aghhhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Zebedee slams about the place, shoving papers everyehere and throwing stuff about when he can't find something and I take my life in my hands (not really) if I ask what's 'hiding' (I have to put it like that, If I ask what he's lost he gets ratty) This makes him sound a right ogre, but he's really not. Actually, what winds me up is when he decides to put my things away - so I get to work in the mornings and put my hand in my coat pocket for my door keys only to find he's taken them out and hung them up! I now keep a spare set in my bag as I've lost count of the number of times I've stomped back home with a heavy bag of stuff to get them! Same here. Why does he have to tidy my stuff away but then not tell me what he's done??? The key cupboard is the very last place I would look for my keys, pockets, bags, arm of the settee, next to the microwave, but not the key cupboard. The men on here will speak to us, they're EY peeps so understand we have to have our own organisation for things to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 you have all cheered me up!! i live with 3 teenage boys and my husband (who could also be classed as a teenage boy!!!) not in age just behaviour!!! i now turn a deaf ear and blind eye when i sense he has lost something it drives me crazy you do sometimes wonder how we all live together don't you? saying that i would be lonely without them!!!!! oh and less stressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I too suffer the same with 3 men in the house. I just wondered what us perfect half of the population could possibly do that winds the other half up as much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 (edited) Hubby popped home, took the van keys I found for him, but now I've found his front door key hanging in the front door!!! I...well... sigh!!! Edited November 15, 2010 by Rea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Spitting feathers Rea??? Is it too early for a large glass of something strong and comforting? Laugh or cry? Who knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 (edited) Oh I laugh at him, I'm too old to take on a toddler, let him do what he will. Its such a shame too, he really is lovely Edited November 15, 2010 by Rea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mundia Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Im afraid it me always losing things and saying Ive looked in our house. And whatever it is is always where I've looked too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo A Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 ....and using the last of the tin foil and not tell anyone so that when you need it there isn't any and you have just had a Tesco's deliveyr.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 ....and using the last of the tin foil and not tell anyone so that when you need it there isn't any and you have just had a Tesco's deliveyr.... Actually - in our house, it tends to be the last of anything which they use and don't mention! I even find empty packets in the cupboards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 empty juice cartons in the fridge!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verona Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I lose things sometimes (well, "I've usually put them somewhere safe ) and can't find them . I ask "Has anyone seen my keys?" and the reply comes back "Where did you last have them???) WELL IF I KNEW WHERE I LAST HAD THEM - THEY WOULDN'T BE LOST, WOULD THEY????????????????? Sue J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Thank goodness it's not just me! Been divorced 5 years now but my teenage son has taken over from my ex, who could never find anything!! It's amazing how things of his grow legs and move into his bedroom (a place I never venture even though my vaccinations are all up to date) when he "definitely left it on the side in the kitchen/living room/hallway" etc. Oh and I just love the way he will open a drawer/cupboard and say "it's not here", without actually moving anything to have a look!! You gotta love 'em!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmileyPR Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I know the feeling!!! That has happened several times. Thankfully he has taken some tips that I have given him to minimise the situation, but some moments still come now and then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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