OH bored and has to do something...

pukkamum

I am thinking of running a campaign titled

STOP THE GLORIFICATION OF BUSY!
Dh and i were talking about this last night, people who cannot lounge about.
Both DH and I and other members of our family are very good at just sitting and relaxing but our brother in law is on of those people who must always be doing something, we have stopped staying at my sisters for a weekend because he is exhausting, always organising something etc.
Thats fair enough if he wants to do it, just don't enforce your inability to sit still on others!

I love being lazy!

ciderwithrosie_2

victory wrote: »

:rotfl: you must know him:rotfl:

Well I know my OH and it's what he would do!

System

Last night as it was getting dark, hubby noticed our neighbour 3 doors down was in his shed. The light was on, he often potters around his shed.

'A man always needs a project' hubby sighed.

'You've always had projects' I told him. 'The difference being, his projects usually cost pennies to start with, yet yours start off costing hundreds'.

The fact is, hubby has these projects but has to force himself to finish them off.

YORKSHIRELASS

Ah well with us its slightly different.

I can lounge about. I just dont get the opportunity very often. OH can ignore things that need doing and put his feet up on a weekend whereas I find this difficult. Thats just how I am.

During the week I work so weekends are about cleaning, washing, ironing, sorting the finances, making lists of things to do next week, helping my son with his homework, making sure the dog gets at least one decent walk, taking both kids to play football and a million other tasks that might crop up.

I dont get how anyone has time to properly relax on a weekend. No criticism, I just dont know how you do it.

CH27

I'm not good at sitting doing nothing when there are jobs that need doing.

System

CH27 wrote: »

I'm not good at sitting doing nothing when there are jobs that need doing.

I am.... I'm expert at it if people leave me alone.

CH27

Judi wrote: »

I am.... I'm expert at it if people leave me alone.

I do envy you.

VJsmum

My OH was a bit like that this morning

"I have had a nice morning but I haven't achieved anything". For me the "having a nice morning" would be an achievement. (i achieved loads - sorting laundry, writing an assignment and tomorrow's lecture notes, cleaning the bathroom - but I would rather have had a relaxing morning achieving nothing):D

Pukka mum - I agree, it isn't a contest

Janepig

I love a bit of lazing around, I'm bone idle!!! My weekends though are taken up with the kids' activities - DD was in extra athletics training yesterday, plus one weekend a month is a Saturday netball tournament. Then my Sundays are taken up with DS who has done football and rugby this morning (we were out by half past nine, home by half past one) and then DD does cheerleading on Sunday evenings. It's all go! That's without the weekends in the summer when there are athletics competitions far and wide, and the other weekends all year when there are cheerleading competitions again far and wide (often overnighters). Can't remember when I last had a lie in on a weekend.

Jx

trailingspouse

I have a very low boredom threshold, and my worst days would be days when there's nothing much needing to be done. Luckily OH is the same if not worse than me! We're both rubbish at doing nothing!!