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Post by monklady123 on Aug 4, 2016 12:07:02 GMT
My dh is a great guy, good dad, responsible, hard worker, etc. -- Just getting that all out of the way first, lol. He has the type of mind that can look at reports filled with numbers and find, on page 26 column 8, the one number that has caused the State Department's budget in Eastern Europe to be off balance... And yet, he can't find his favorite coffee mug that's right in front of him in the dish drainer, except it had a colander on top of it.  I mean, if you don't see it in the cupboard, there are no dirty dishes in the sink, and you know you didn't leave it in the basement (because you went down there and looked), then surely it must be right there in the dish drainer. ?? lol. I'm fully sympathetic about needing the right mug for the morning coffee, but I just thought it was funny that I went into the kitchen, moved the colander a teeny bit and voila, there was the mug.  And yes, I resisted the urge to say anything more than "Here it is."  lol I think it's all part of that same gene that causes them -- men mostly, since my ds is the same way -- not to see the relish if it's been pushed back behind the mayo and the pickles. Rather than just move a few things they ask "does anyone have the relish out?" Just my observations first thing this morning. lol |
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Post by SockMonkey on Aug 4, 2016 12:08:48 GMT
OMG. YES. I could describe exactly where something is with relative objects & placement. My husband still would be like, "I don't see it."
Why aren't there more female fighter pilots? I feel like we'd hit our targets every time. Men can't find shit!
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 4, 2016 12:08:52 GMT
Oh yes. My DH ran his own business successfully without any help from me. He can't find his underwear in the drawer (slight exaggeration).
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Post by Merge on Aug 4, 2016 12:40:10 GMT
Same. And he seems to have passed his inability to find things on to our female children. Maybe they'll grow out of it ...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 12:58:28 GMT
Or as I like to put it, they can't find their arse with both hands.
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Post by shescrafty on Aug 4, 2016 12:59:49 GMT
I couldn't get to sleep last night and ended up staying awake until about 2 am.
This morning DH couldn't find his sunglasses and kept coming back to our bedroom to tell me how he couldn't find them. I got out of bed and started looking and then he remembered he left them in the car. 😖
Whenever he can't find something he is loud (not angry just talks through the ENTIRE PROCESS like "okay not on the armoire, okay not by my keys, nope not in the bathroom...).
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Post by peppermintpatty on Aug 4, 2016 13:01:28 GMT
How about when I get up to find it for him because I know he won't see it, even in plain sight, and he says, "I will find it, just tell me where it is"?
By the time I explain where it is, it would have been faster to get it myself.
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Post by schizo319 on Aug 4, 2016 13:04:04 GMT
LOL! I tell my husband all the time it's because he wasn't born with a uterus. Apparently there's a built in homing device in there that allows us to able to see the milk directly in front of him on the shelf when he's been staring in the fridge for a solid 5 minutes.
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Post by blue tulip on Aug 4, 2016 13:05:54 GMT
yes! all of these, plus I have so many multiples of things in our pantry now because we run out of something, I tell him there's one in the pantry, he says no and writes it on the grocery list. then when I'm putting it away after purchase, there's the one (or two, or four) that "Wasn't there" in plain, open sight.
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Post by bbkeef on Aug 4, 2016 13:10:45 GMT
Our "joke" is that YOU HAVE TO MOVE STUFF. I used to get so frustrated because the man couldn't find XYZ, yet he flies internationally for work and trains people on complicated machinery. Sometimes it just doesn't compute. Finding the ice cream or the bbq sauce or a set of keys? Totally befuddling.  |
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 4, 2016 13:15:27 GMT
You can put my husband on this list too. He'll look, ask where something is, look again, still can't find it. I get up and go to that spot, take a picture of the item sitting right there on top - grab the item and show him the picture. SMH
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 13:16:14 GMT
Uhmmmm....I think my husband may have that complaint about me. Yesterday he found my glasses on my head.
I tend to wander the house with things in my hands that get left in odd places. Keys in the freezer, books in the laundry room, credit card on the coffee table are things I've done this week alone.
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Post by wellway on Aug 4, 2016 13:26:31 GMT
I can relate, you have all been in my house it seems!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 13:37:06 GMT
DH went downstairs to get his water bottle. Came up with his laptop. Asked him where his water bottle is and he answers with i think I left it outside.
I go downstairs to get myself a cup of water and figured I'd grab a different cup for him. As I'm pouring myself some water, I spotted the water bottle behind the paper towel. Mind you, I don't have my contacts in nor am I wearing my glasses. I can't see more than 2 feet in front of me and I found the stupid water bottle.
DH was ready to praise me for going out in the dark and plucking his bottle off the fence where he left it.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 4, 2016 13:39:04 GMT
DH went downstairs to get his water bottle. Came up with his laptop. Asked him where his water bottle is and he answers with i think I left it outside. I go downstairs to get myself a cup of water and figured I'd grab a different cup for him. As I'm pouring myself some water, I spotted the water bottle behind the paper towel. Mind you, I don't have my contacts in nor am I wearing my glasses. I can't see more than 2 feet in front of me and I found the stupid water bottle. DH was ready to praise me for going out in the dark and plucking his bottle off the fence where he left it. Lol. Depending on my mood I might have just let him think I did go out in the dark to fetch it! |
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Post by GiantsFan on Aug 4, 2016 13:39:44 GMT
My dh is a great guy, good dad, responsible, hard worker, etc. -- Just getting that all out of the way first, lol. He has the type of mind that can look at reports filled with numbers and find, on page 26 column 8, the one number that has caused the State Department's budget in Eastern Europe to be off balance... And yet, he can't find his favorite coffee mug that's right in front of him in the dish drainer, except it had a colander on top of it. I mean, if you don't see it in the cupboard, there are no dirty dishes in the sink, and you know you didn't leave it in the basement (because you went down there and looked), then surely it must be right there in the dish drainer. ?? lol. I'm fully sympathetic about needing the right mug for the morning coffee, but I just thought it was funny that I went into the kitchen, moved the colander a teeny bit and voila, there was the mug. And yes, I resisted the urge to say anything more than "Here it is." lol I think it's all part of that same gene that causes them -- men mostly, since my ds is the same way -- not to see the relish if it's been pushed back behind the mayo and the pickles. Rather than just move a few things they ask "does anyone have the relish out?" Just my observations first thing this morning. lol Hahaha, my DH is the same way, but it's phone, car keys, sunglasses, etc. We think it's because I was born with a "uterine homing device." All I have to do is think of something and activate the UHD and within minutes the object is found.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 13:53:59 GMT
I can relate to your frustrations! There are clones of your DH all over the world  |
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Post by scrappert on Aug 4, 2016 13:54:48 GMT
You can put my husband on this list too. He'll look, ask where something is, look again, still can't find it. I get up and go to that spot, take a picture of the item sitting right there on top - grab the item and show him the picture. SMH I just did this the other day, took a picture of the item he was looking for and sent it to him. He claims I "staged" it! LOL!! |
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 4, 2016 14:04:01 GMT
You can put my husband on this list too. He'll look, ask where something is, look again, still can't find it. I get up and go to that spot, take a picture of the item sitting right there on top - grab the item and show him the picture. SMH I just did this the other day, took a picture of the item he was looking for and sent it to him. He claims I "staged" it! LOL!!  |
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Post by wallyagain on Aug 4, 2016 14:26:54 GMT
I wanted a small tart tin out of the kitchen, DH said he'd get it for me. So I watch him walk to the kitchen, open the drawer where they are stored, close the drawer and start looking all over the kitchen. I was laughing so hard, they were right in front of him and he couldn't see them.
The saying in our house is that he doesn't have "the parts".
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Post by woodysbetty on Aug 4, 2016 14:29:48 GMT
yup same here...I think he uses up all his radar when he is at work!!
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Post by mimima on Aug 4, 2016 14:30:11 GMT
Hahahaha. So true. Our joke I'd "it's behind the mayonnaise " since it is often something in the fridge
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Post by txdancermom on Aug 4, 2016 14:32:09 GMT
my dh - today a prime example - he came home yesterday complaining that there were ants in his office, and now they were in a tote bag he uses. well I had him seal that bag up in a plastic bag to suffocate the ants. And suggested if he suspected ants in any of his other work bags (ie the rolling briefcase!) that he put it in the bathtub in the extra bathroom.
well, there were ants in it, now in the bathtub - so he rinses the bathtub and puts the bag in the spare bedroom! I made him put it in a trash bag and seal it up - and he asked why - I said until you are sure there are NO ants in it, you need to keep to protect the rest of the house.
he has sealed it up, just praying that there are no ants in the house.....
and hopefully when he gets to the office on Monday they will have done something about the ants.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 4, 2016 14:35:31 GMT
LOL! I tell my husband all the time it's because he wasn't born with a uterus. Apparently there's a built in homing device in there that allows us to able to see the milk directly in front of him on the shelf when he's been staring in the fridge for a solid 5 minutes. LOL. The theory in our house is that you have to have given birth. Because DD can't find anything. |
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Post by 5peanutsnana on Aug 4, 2016 14:37:24 GMT
It's called "man looking". If they have to move something to see it, they can't find it. I have been witnessing it for 49 years. There is no cure for it.
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Post by triplejscrapper on Aug 4, 2016 14:41:37 GMT
Ladies...truly...from the bottom of my heart...thank you for giving me yet another reminder of why divorce is so SWEET!!!!
UHD-That's what I called it too!!! I see my daughter going through the same struggles with her husband...I even bought him a really organizer for the top of his dresser. It has a place for his keys, wallet, loose change and all the other stuff they keep in their pockets. He won't use it!!! She reports that nearly every morning he runs around looking for his keys, his wallet and his hat. She sweetly reminds him that he has a landing zone for all of it, if he would just use it.
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Post by tincin on Aug 4, 2016 14:41:58 GMT
LOL! I tell my husband all the time it's because he wasn't born with a uterus. Apparently there's a built in homing device in there that allows us to able to see the milk directly in front of him on the shelf when he's been staring in the fridge for a solid 5 minutes. After my hysterectomy I told my XH and sons that I couldn't help them find things anymore, my device had been removed. |
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Post by gorgeouskid on Aug 4, 2016 14:42:34 GMT
DS is like this. He accuses me of cloaking things with my invisible Mom Cloaking Device that turns off when I'm in the vicinity.
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Post by Peamac on Aug 4, 2016 15:04:12 GMT
I love my DH! He works hard,is a loving father and husband,and has overcome a difficult upbringing.
Somehow he is never sure if the dishwasher is clean or dirty. Even when he opens the door and looks in, he doesn't see the grimy food remains that are slopped on the floor of the dishwasher or still shmeared on the plates. I don't even rinse the dishes before I put them in the dishwasher. (Magnets don't stick to the outside, so a "clean/dirty" magnet wouldn't work.)
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Post by perumbula on Aug 4, 2016 15:23:49 GMT
In our house we call it the "magic uterus." My husband isn't quite so bad as some of these husbands, but if it's not in the first place he looks, he panics and says he can't find it. Then it's my turn to go get it.
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I mean, if you don't see it in the cupboard, there are no dirty dishes in the sink, and you know you didn't leave it in the basement (because you went down there and looked), then surely it must be right there in the dish drainer. ?? lol. I'm fully sympathetic about needing the right mug for the morning coffee, but I just thought it was funny that I went into the kitchen, moved the colander a teeny bit and voila, there was the mug. 
And yes, I resisted the urge to say anything more than "Here it is." 
lol
