Why dont men listen?

Wizard_of_Id

What a woman says:
C’Mon...This place is a mess!
You and I need to clean.
Your pants are on the floor
And you'll have no clothes
If we don't do laundry now!

What a man hears:
C'MON.... blah, blah, blah
YOU AND I blah, blah, blah
blah, blah ON THE FLOOR
blah, blah, blah, NO CLOTHES
blah, blah, blah, blah, NOW!

gettingtheresometime

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I would say write him a list but I forget the list more often than not!

KiKi

To be fair, sexting Margaret is probably more fun than buying your carrots.

mgdavid

whatever happened to MSE meal-planning and buying for the week?

owen_money

Ohh Margaret , I'd empty your bin any day...................

owen_money

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Set up an organized list on your phone and either put it in the cloud so you can both access it or send it to his phone.

That way he can't forget the list or its contents.

We have a spreadsheet set up, sorted by aisles, so I don't even have to go to the effort of writing down what I want and I'm prompted by the items already written on the list.

I just check the boxes and he picks up the spreadsheet as he walks in the supermarket.

WFT? You're joking right? The man is a saint and a fool :rotfl:

calicocat

owen_money wrote: »

WFT? You're joking right? The man is a saint and a fool :rotfl:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:




I asked OH once to nip to the shop and get food for a couple of days. This clearly was confusing to him....bless....and asked what he should get. My response was to just get what we usually eat.....chicken or fish.....veg or salad...you know things like tomatoes etc.

He came back with a chicken, a loaf, and some tomatoes..... :rotfl: nothing you could make a meal with.

We still live seperately half the week, it gives me a break from explaining things...

Once he has grasped things a bit more, there may be more hope, untill then, i am happy with it how it is.

DCFC79

What have you learnt from this OP ?

If you want something specific from the shops either get it yourself or give him a list.

calicocat

How_easy_is_it wrote: »

I asked hubby to get me some carrots at the shop, what did he come home with? :mad: a ginsters pasty a paper and some loo roll. He doesn't forget the essentials so he can sit in the toilet for half an hour reading his paper:mad: i do sometimes think he's in there texting Margaret. Why dont they listen? I now have to walk down the shop just for a pack of carrots :mad:

Does margaret like bin men ?

peachyprice

If you'd have put a spy app on his phone you would have known he hadn't been to the carrot shop and could have reminded him before he got home.