Comments on: Communication Issues http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: t3rrible http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164839 t3rrible Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:15:30 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164839 ha ha sucker!! ha ha

sucker!!

]]> By: Joe Huffman http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164812 Joe Huffman Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:08:32 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164812 "What we have here is a failure to communicate." <em>Cool Hand Luke</em> Just before the bullet goes through his neck. My wife not only expects me to read her mind she thinks she can read mine. When I ask, "Did you take the film into be developed?" she thinks I am really asking, "Why didn't you take the film in?" When she tells me of all errands and chores she did for the last week but never once mentions the film I think she didn't hear my question or she is avoiding the question so I repeat myself. She repeats herself. I repeat myself LOUDER. Things go downhill from there. No blood has been spilled yet but a lot of tears have. “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Cool Hand Luke Just before the bullet goes through his neck.

My wife not only expects me to read her mind she thinks she can read mine. When I ask, “Did you take the film into be developed?” she thinks I am really asking, “Why didn’t you take the film in?” When she tells me of all errands and chores she did for the last week but never once mentions the film I think she didn’t hear my question or she is avoiding the question so I repeat myself. She repeats herself. I repeat myself LOUDER. Things go downhill from there.

No blood has been spilled yet but a lot of tears have.

]]> By: Captain Holly http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164761 Captain Holly Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:36:14 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164761 I've found that my wife's definition of <em>romantic evening</em> and <em>date night</em> and <em>affordable clothes</em> are quite different from mine, too. I’ve found that my wife’s definition of romantic evening and date night and affordable clothes are quite different from mine, too.

]]> By: straightarrow http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164757 straightarrow Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:14:13 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164757 I don't speak female either. A sin for which I have and expect to continue to pay dearly. But God love 'em, what are you gonna do. You can't live with 'em and you can't get away with mur..... uh, no, I mean uh, yeah. Seriously, the illogic of the female mind is like getting a new surprise present everyday. For the adventurous it is a delight, for the more settled it can be unsettling. My only real problem is the one time you are completely wrong, they got it right and never, ever let you forget it. My wife and I have an understanding, simply put it is that I am wrong. Seems to work. :) I don’t speak female either. A sin for which I have and expect to continue to pay dearly.

But God love ‘em, what are you gonna do. You can’t live with ‘em and you can’t get away with mur….. uh, no, I mean uh, yeah.

Seriously, the illogic of the female mind is like getting a new surprise present everyday. For the adventurous it is a delight, for the more settled it can be unsettling. My only real problem is the one time you are completely wrong, they got it right and never, ever let you forget it.

My wife and I have an understanding, simply put it is that I am wrong. Seems to work. :)

]]> By: tkdkerry http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164753 tkdkerry Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:28:31 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164753 Sometimes I declare a day of "down time" for myself. That means only, and absolutely only, what I want to do when I want to do it. Wifey has ALMOST learned what the frac that means. Sometimes I declare a day of “down time” for myself. That means only, and absolutely only, what I want to do when I want to do it. Wifey has ALMOST learned what the frac that means.

]]> By: nk http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164728 nk Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:51:47 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164728 The secret to a happy husbandhood: "Yes, dear." "Ja, Liebschen." "Qui, cheri." "Si, querida." "Tak, kochanie." "Da, draga moe." "Nai, agame mou." The secret to a happy husbandhood:

“Yes, dear.”
“Ja, Liebschen.”
“Qui, cheri.”
“Si, querida.”
“Tak, kochanie.”
“Da, draga moe.”
“Nai, agame mou.”

]]> By: Michael Silence http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164727 Michael Silence Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:46:17 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164727 Clearly, you have not learned yet. Don't translate literally! "Don't do as I say. Do as I think." Good luck with that one! As for the previous comments: What they said. Clearly, you have not learned yet. Don’t translate literally!

“Don’t do as I say. Do as I think.”

Good luck with that one!

As for the previous comments: What they said.

]]> By: Chris http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164717 Chris Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:52:37 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164717 I've got two words for you... managed expectations. Two hours in front of the idiot box once in a while isn't a bad thing. Twenty hours a week will make a vegetable out of the strongest of us. So she's PO'ed because you didn't read her mind... she'll get over it. I’ve got two words for you… managed expectations.

Two hours in front of the idiot box once in a while isn’t a bad thing. Twenty hours a week will make a vegetable out of the strongest of us. So she’s PO’ed because you didn’t read her mind… she’ll get over it.

]]> By: Melody Byrne http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164716 Melody Byrne Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:44:46 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164716 Considering that my personal definition of "take it easy" is "do half the stuff I usually do on a daily basis" I can't say that I'm surprised. Considering that my personal definition of “take it easy” is “do half the stuff I usually do on a daily basis” I can’t say that I’m surprised.

]]> By: Kevin Baker http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/02/08/communication_issues/comment-page-1/#comment-164714 Kevin Baker Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:12:56 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/02/08/communication_issues/#comment-164714 As "Do these pants make my ass look fat?" means "Remember that sex we were going to have? Ever again?" "Take it easy and enjoy yourself" means "Do chores while I'm away. Or else." How long have you been married? As “Do these pants make my ass look fat?” means “Remember that sex we were going to have? Ever again?” “Take it easy and enjoy yourself” means “Do chores while I’m away. Or else.”

How long have you been married?

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