Two bloggers. Two different hemispheres. One vision (largely impaired by too much clutter, dirt and booze). Exposed for all the world to see as Housekeepers Of Ill-Repute, Proprietresses of Dubious Maternal Instinct and Woefully Neglectful Wives.
Here they are, flashing their dirty bits yet again in the third (and final) of three simultaneous postings. Click here to read the sister post.
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On a recent visit to my aunt and uncle’s home, I slept like a Queen in a bed that was a little something like this:
Well, it wasn’t quite like that but let’s just say it may as well have been, considering my husband slept on the floor like this:
Yes. Yes, it’s true. I made my husband sleep in with the kids. On the floor. Like a dog.
And for the record, he said he slept okay, except for the three times Tiddles McGee woke up him and when Mr Justice dropped a bionicle on his head some time around the dawn. (An aside: have you ever stepped on a piece of Bionicle weaponry? And how many stitches did you require? Is it no surprise that Lego is behind all this Bionicles madness? Watch out, Lego. That class action of mine is a steam-train a’coming… see “Unwrapped” for more details).
Now, let’s consider the clothes storage arrangements in our household:
VS.
And hang on on dog garn moment, Mr Important City Gent: what’s going on with those socks?
Could it have something to do with this impressive assortment of odd-socks that I had AFTER I’d done the bi-annual Big Sort?
And as for this common household appliance that I literally have not used in over three years:
Are you getting the picture here? In case I have to spell it out for you: my husband is a second class citizen in his own home. And that home is a sock-eating slum, run by a slovenly witch who merrily exposes her décolletage in country pubs but wears neck-to-knee nightgowns to bed at night. Who not only blogs instead of reuniting his odd socks or ironing his shirts, but blogs about about his Ultimate Sacrifice (that pissy little day-surgery procedure also known as the vasectomy) and every single time he enters his own Private Hangover Hell, and then posts photos of her Gross Domestic Neglect for all the world to see. And all with the full knowledge that People From His Work will read it (even if he, himself, will not).
Yes, my husband has himself a wife who got Decidedly Grumpy with him when he a) slipped a disc in his lower spine instead of resettling the baby; and b) tried to get out of reading books to his firstborn by lying on the ground with a dislocated arm. A wife who will only kick the cat when he’s not around to Take The Brunt of it All. Who will not let him slurp his tea within a 100m radius of the house. A wife who, time and time again, puts him at the very bottom of her list of priorities because he is the least likely to throw a tantrum or shit his pants. Who gets set off by the smallest thing and raves and rants because That’s How She Really Feels and then the next day is sheepishly “raising the Japanese Flag” and reaching for the tampons. Who stands between him and his Other Woman, the motorbike, by rolling her eyes and stamping her pudgy little foot. Who tells him she loves him but yawns mid-sentence. Who. Can. Not. Make. Yorkshire. Puddings. Like. His. Nana. Used. To. Make.
And yes, I am that slovenly witch, that bitch of a wife, that woman he has vowed to have and to hold (no easy task in itself considering my rapidly increasing girth) for the term of his natural life. And yet, somehow he still loves me. Or so he claims. And actually, now that I think about it, it’s a good thing he will never read this blog because I’ve just put together a far more convincing Dossier of Evidence than George Double-Ya and Mr Blair ever could. So if you ever happen to meet him on the street, don’t mention this post, okay? Just pat him on the back and tell him he’s one hellavu lucky son of a gun. Because he is, right?
Yes, he is. Great post! I’m sure he didn’t marry you for your ironing skills.
Of course he is. Not only do I make my husband iron his own shirts, I make him iron mine too. (Well, I did, back when I had some shirts that weren’t covered in baby spew and a reason to wear them…)
Yep.
Well of course he is! And why does he not read your blog? Doesn’t he know what a creative genius he has for a wife? (For the record my husband isn’t much interested in my blog either. Maybe he’s too busy ironing his shirts.)
I have stepped on many bionicle in my day. I believe I still have a piece of Pohatu stuck in my heel. (or is it Gali? I don’t know, the brown ones that are the same colour as hardwood floors)
stop blogging and go write a novel.
I think I have used your iron more than you have! But then again, I’m just an ironing freak who will iron anything anywhere at anytime…
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