Tell your wife you appreciate her....

wroughtn_harv · Apr 12, 2004

Thanks for the laugh this early in the morning Junkman.

I read it to my wife as she was ironing her work clothes for the day.

We had a great laugh.

The other day out of the blue my wife told me she loved me. I had to ask where that came from. There hadn't been the little hitch in the get up she gets when the romantic notion starts it's journey up through the system. No flicker in the big brown eyes as appreciation starts bubbling a bit.

She then told me how the wives and once was wives at work were talking about how their husbands never make them laugh. She thought of us and how I make her laugh a dozen or so times a day.

I'm very sure your Sandy shares my wife's good fortune of having a resident giggle generator.

Thanx again, well written, great imagination, kudos to you.

Henro · Apr 12, 2004

Thanx again, well written, great imagination, kudos to you.


Wharv,

You are right on in everything you said...except for one word!

Imagination!

Junkman was certainly being sincere in his post and to imply otherwise (as others have done in this thread) is not fair to him and I feel it is only right that someone stand up and try to make things right!

You have my sympathy Junkman. Seems like there are only a few of us here who can relate to your situation...and realize you were sincere in your original post... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Joe1 · Apr 13, 2004

Junkman:

When you come back from a trip with the boys, do you tell her you spent most of your money on women, booze and gambling, the rest you wasted?

thcri · Apr 13, 2004

Junkman, I really seriously think you could be sleeping out in the street tonight if you wife actually does see this wrighting??

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murph

Cliff_Johns · May 21, 2004

Junkman,
Not to bring up an old (though good) thread, but apparently lots of people liked your adivce essay, because it's being sent around the internet now. I just got a copy -- slightly modified -- from someone (who got it from some else . . . ) who sends out funny storys to an e-mail list. It wasn't attributed though. You should sue. Wierd how small a world the internet is!

Cliff

r0GuE · May 22, 2004

Junkman,

You have inspired me to be more patient with my wife as well. Being 8 1/2 months pregnant, she has begun to loose control of her tasks a bit. Occasionally dinner is not quite ready when I get home. I was just walking over and eating it out of the pan until I was full. But now I will allow her a little extra time so that she can get it on the table in a respectable manner.
This is just one of dozens of examples, but to illustrate them would parralelle your post to the point of redundancy. You have given me the courage to face the next two weeks (oh she'll probably want a week after the birth too, but you have to draw the line somewhere) and wait out this lackluster phase in her otherwise fair houskeeping career.

cc. Kim Gandy, Karen Johnson, Terry O'Neill, Olga Vives
Hotties! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Junkman · May 22, 2004

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cc. Kim Gandy, Karen Johnson, Terry O'Neill, Olga Vives
Hotties! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif )

I don't believe that any of these 4 have husbands. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Brian_Stephens · May 22, 2004

I told my wife that I loved and and read this to my wife... And she says that "he must be joking that no self respecting woman would let you live"

Now of course I'm still alive with half a millon in life insurance and 100 acres of bush with bears and wolves... My wife made sure everyone knew that 'til death do us vows meant until I kill him... something along the lines of they won't find the body until I want them too...

GregJ · May 23, 2004

Paul,
I was so impressed by your "pearls of wisdom" in this post I decided to share it with our good friends and neighbors just down the road. They happen to be sex therapist/ marriage counselors and I felt that they could benefit from such insight. I thought I would share his response back.

( Greg,
This is an immediate must have for my professional practice. I am amazed at the level of empathy and compassion demonstrated by the Junkman. If men across the US were to incorporate such wisdom of understanding in their daily lives, the aging women would cease to feel misunderstood, estranged, rageful, and despairing. I applaud the efforts of the Tractor Website as a virtual icon of progressive thinking about relatiionship intimacy. Thanks for the heads up. It helps alot to use such "pearls" as guideposts shaping a new world for men and women. There is a zen saying that you may want to send back over the web: "The holes men dig provide room for their own eventual demise" and...."Holes eventually fill up with water and lead to more ambitious undertakings"
Michael
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MikePA · May 23, 2004

It wasn't attributed though. You should sue. 
If your wife's name is Nancy from 2002.
If your wife is a phlebotomist.
Another version with a different ending.
One from Dave in 2003

Let the lawyers know they can stand down! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif