Note: Change the pronouns around however you like to fit the dynamics of your own relationship. This is an equal-opportunity whine-fest, and all variations of love are fully embraced here at Bonnywood Manor.
1. He changes the car radio right in the middle of a song that you really, really like. (“I can’t stand that song,” he mutters, apparently forgetting that you danced to this very song at your wedding. Twice.)
2. She stares at the restaurant menu for 37 minutes and still cannot find anything that remotely interests her. Yet she wanted to go to this place. (“Madge says they have the best seafood here,” she had chirped in the car on the way over, apparently forgetting that Madge was convicted of fraud in the 90s. Twice.)
3. He doesn’t understand that inviting his friends over for dinner at the very last minute might be an issue in any way. (“Can’t you just kill another chicken?” he asks, wrongly assuming that humor will defuse the tense situation. It does not. But it does give you an idea of what else might be served for dinner.)
4. She makes fun of the fact that you can’t parallel park. (“Honey, the dog could do a better job. Hop out and I’ll scooch over.”)
5. He eats the last yogurt in the fridge that you picked out and leaves the crappy one that he chose. (“They all really taste the same, don’t they?” No. No, they do not. Never speak such blasphemy again.)
6. She insists on going down every single aisle in the grocery store. (And she insists on sniffing every single candle in the home décor aisle, even the candles that you know damn well she sniffed last week. They still have her nose-print in the dust on top of them.)
7. He doesn’t have a plan in the grocery store, and he runs from one end of the store to the other at least 26 times. (On his fourth jaunt down the dog-food aisle, a bell rings and there is a brief ceremony wherein the store manager hands him a frequent-flier award.)
8. She thinks it’s okay to answer her phone right in the middle of the Immunity Challenge on “Survivor”. (“Oh, hey girl!… No, we’re not doing anything… Joe is watching some beach sport thing… Say, honey, could you turn the sound down a little bit? This is an important call. Thanks!…. So, girl, tell me more about these sandals you just got… uh huh… really?…”)
9. He lunges to close a window on his computer screen every time you walk into the home office.
10. She starts any conversation with the phrase “I was talking to Mom the other day…”
11. He starts any conversation with the phrase “Why are you dressed up like we’re going somewhere?”
12. She abruptly ends a conversation by saying “whatever you think is best” and then leaving the room.
13. He makes that soul-killing sucking noise trying to get food out of his teeth. It takes all of your strength to not whip out the shop-vac and shove it in his mouth.
14. She sneezes like somebody stepped on an anemic mouse.
15. He sneezes like an elephant getting a rectal probe, and then he insists on following it up by hollering “DAMN!” like he has no idea what just happened to him.
16. She lets the alarm clock on her side of the bed blink for two days after a power failure.
17. He hits the snooze button on his alarm clock for two solid hours. Nations have gone to war for lesser violations.
18. She can apparently go through an entire roll of toilet paper in one afternoon. If you need to do that much damage control in your nethers, you need to seek medical attention.
19. He apparently doesn’t comprehend that when the toilet paper roll is empty one should take corrective action about the situation. A new roll does not magically appear when you flush.
20. She thinks it’s okay to flip her hair like that when talking to a complete stranger at the local bar, laughing too loudly and standing a little too closely. (This situation is heightened if a certain Bonnie Raitt song kicks off on the jukebox.)
21. He thinks it’s okay to supposedly go to the bathroom at the local bar and not come back for thirty minutes, with two buttons missing on his shirt and sheen of sweat on his forehead. (This situation is heightened if a certain Joan Jett song kicks off on the jukebox.)
22. She doesn’t understand that clicking “Like!” on anything that a former lover does on Facebook could indicate possible remorse about her current relationship.
23. He doesn’t understand that the mere act of befriending a former lover on Facebook makes him a possibly-cheating bastard.
24. She thinks nothing of wrapping herself in an afghan-cocoon on her side of the bed and thereby dimming the prospects for lusty endeavors. By the time you get the emotional corn husk off that tamale, you’ll be too worn out for any amorous shenanigans. She never used to be this way, back before she started taking spin classes at that Women’s Center across town. Hmm.
25. He thinks nothing of falling asleep on the couch while watching “Fraiser” even though you have been slinking around for the last hour in a tightly-winched but flimsy outfit that highlights all your body parts that he previously worshipped. Back before he started working late all the time. Hmm.
26. She has possibly contacted a lawyer who has an advertisement which proclaims: “We will get you every penny that you deserve!”. (Well, at least according to the newspaper she left on her desk, open to the want ads page. The ad isn’t circled, but it’s open to that page.)
27. He has possibly contacted a murky dude named “Guido” who has a tattoo proclaiming “I make things go away.” (Well, at least according to that photo you saw on Instagram with someone that may or may not be your partner standing next to illustrated Guido, clinking beer bottles and smirking knowingly.)
28. She invites her mother to come live with them.
29. He invites his mother to come live with them.
30. Both mothers, having learned a bit more about life, instead opt to rent the house across the street, shove chairs up to the front window, get comfortable with some snacks and a glass of wine, and watch this drama play out in real time. Hell, they’ve already been through all this mess. It’s time to relax and let the kids finally realize that, at the end of the day it’s all just water under a bridge that they’re building together…
Previously published in “The Sound and the Fury” and “Bonnywood Manor”. Slight changes made for this post. No actual relationships were harmed during the making of this production, although it should be noted that alternative options were briefly considered.
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A little too right on there, Brian. lol My husband looks like he wants to kill me every time I make or take a call in the common area of the house. He watches reruns of shows he’s seen a zillion times! 😛 There are quite a few of them which I won’t bore you with details which he does, too. *sigh* The joy of being married/partnered. 😉
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It IS a joy, isn’t it? Oh, the things we do (and tolerate) for love… 😉
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No doubt. 🙂
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#5. Grounds for divorce
#3. Totally justifiable homicide.
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Both of these things just happened in our household. (I won’t say who did what, but still.) So don’t be surprised if one of us ends up on the Dallas nightly news in the next few days… 😉
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Good laugh! hahaha
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Always a pleasure making folks laugh…
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#1 applies to the radio AND the TV.
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And really, it applies to anything I might be doing and enjoying when SOMEONE does not fully appreciate my enjoyment… 😉
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Too true.
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Excellent.
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Thank you, sir.
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hahahahaha
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😀😀😀
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hahaha I’m bookmarking this one!
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Please do! 🙂
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Done! 🙂
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Your keen observation and clever sense of irony make this post a masterpiece. J.
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Thank you kindly, J. I’ve had a lot of field experience with this one…
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#9 is possible grounds for #26 and/or #27. I know. Been THERE. Of course, being passive aggressive the way I was, I simply took up the hobby. He got really irate..and confiscated my cell phone after finding some suggestive emails from my former lover. Um…. Ooopsie. I had a ‘what’s good for the goose is good for the gander’ defense all worked out with #26 when hubby abruptly died. If a woman (or certain men who embrace their feminine side tightly) ever goes #12, things are OVER. And no tamale unwrapping ceremonies will be forthcoming. Maybe ever again. Well not with the partner who is being profiled in your post….
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I’ll let you ruminate on who in our household might be the annoying inspiration for #9. That aside, I am guilty of possibly being oversensitive when I chance upon incidents that are suspicious on the surface but could feasibly be totally innocent. Having been cheated on in past relationships, it’s hard to let go of things. Once burned, as they say…
As for the tamale-unwrapping, well, the older I get, the less I care to unwrap. Sure, whoopie can be fun and all but, really, there are a lot more things I’d rather be doing at my age… 😉
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I totally understand the diminishment of tamale unwrapping frolics as we approach our respective ice ages (not YOU, you’ll be eternally young of course)! It kind of pisses me off if you were interested, because I got started in the frolics department rather late in life and is it wrong to feel vaguely cheated because I didn’t get as much as everyone else?
TMI. I’m with you about the hastily closed window on the computer. I’ve been through that cheated on fire myself. My sympathies. Rap his knuckles the next time he does that (gently of course) and tell him he doesn’t have to hide things. Unless they are birthday surprises for YOU of course…
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#15 is my hair shirt!
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Oh? Do I sense a story that simply must be shared?.. 😉
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#15 🤯 and #16 too… it may not be March 15 but 🔪
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It’s just wretched. And what really gets me, even more than any of these items, is that my various partners over the years HAVE KNOWN that I have a very twisted imagination and, if push comes to shove, their bodies would NEVER be found. Why do they keep pushing me to the edge?… 😉
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Hahaha. 😁
Don’t forget the farting that produces enough gas to heat a medium sized city. 😉
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Right? I’m surprised I’m not covered in scorch marks. And even the belching! Sure, we all get bubbles that prove urgent, but there’s a polite way to handle it and the wrong way. It should not become the soundtrack of our time together…
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Oh lord, perfectly incisive! Haven’t laughed so hard in a while (laugh or I’d cry, perhaps?!)
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I fully understand the laugh-cry conundrum. I have coffee with it every day… 😉
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Ricky only met a few of these. But I feel like I met way more of them. Poor Ricky. LOL
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Truth be told, I’m the culprit in many of these scenarios as well… 😉
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Oops. Lol. It happens. We could be MUCH worse!
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You should write for TV, several of these would make great sitcom episodes while the others lean more toward police drama. Either that, or start writing country music — all you need to add is a dog and a gun. 😉
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Perhaps I should write a TV show about a country singer and a comic who solve crimes! I think you’re on to something here. (Would it be pushing it if the dog is named Asta?)
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#19 I have a plaque on the bathroom wall in direct line of vision while sitting that reads:
Changing the toilet paper roll will not cause brain damage.
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Excellent idea. Of course, this would require a literate audience….
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Forgot about that…
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Bahaha! These are fa-bu-lous. There are a few I’m guilty of, so I cannot point fingers.
As an aside, I’ll be humming “Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About” for the rest of the day, and that will make it a great day indeed.
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I’m guilty of several as well, so this piece was a bit of a mea culpa..
And hum away! It’s always a good plan to keep people guessing on what you might be up to… 😉
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So true but also funny ☺☺
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Thank you!
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