The Rules

   / The Rules #1  

Ozarker

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The Rules.... this time by Men. We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note ... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us bitching about you leaving it down.

1. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present yet again!

1. Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.

1. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be!

1. Don't cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you're stuck with her.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. We don't remember dates. Mark birthdays and anniversaries on a calendar. Remind us frequently beforehand.

1. Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do! Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that last for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Check your oil! Please.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We refuse to answer.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway; it's genetic.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colours, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a colour. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. It is neither in your best interest or ours to take the quiz together. No, it doesn't matter which quiz.

1. BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.

1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know we really don't mind that, it's like camping.
 
   / The Rules #2  
From April. Guess when you've been around here long enough, like me, you get to see things a few times. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
 
   / The Rules #3  
Shown the post to my better half and started to agree w/some rules,than I got one of these /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif..oops..the couch isn't all that comfortable. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
 
   / The Rules #4  
Well, I just saw it for the first time, and both were written outside of the inadmissable period, according to rule #1 /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

My wife has just finished watching two football games (Pats vs Jets & Bills vs Vikings) as her b-day celebration. She hasn't cooked a meal all day, and has enjoyed a cake made this afternoon (box mix). Yesterday we walked through a coastal tourist town and went in about 700,000 stores. We bought nothing. I enjoyed some of the art places, but I've gotten the idea I'm working way too hard for my money - $175 for a "primative" (what's that - an excuse to do a bad job? "Hey, Hon, I cut the lawn - primative style!" Ooooooh!) carved cat with a little watercolor daubed on it. I could do as well at my desk with my pocket knife.

She tells her friends I'm in touch with my female side - she tells me to stop touching it.
 
   / The Rules #5  
Mark

Day late but pass "Happy Birthday" to the spouse. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
You have my admiration .... living with a Virgo. I'm one myself and my wife keeps telling me how annoying I am (I'm even more annoying .... because I ignore her ... /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif).

Art? yuck .... let's not start down that path. At least I have an artistic sister who paints "realistic" pictures that look good on a wall .... not Picasso "stuff" And I agree with you about the "rustic" stuff .... I'm starting to firmly believe "rustic" is a euphemism for "I can't build sh*t"
 
   / The Rules #6  
If you get tired of her, let me know. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Just kidding! My wife is a good one too. Compromise is the key. Her eyes don't glaze over too bad when I start babbling about tractors, and I try to be tolerant when she talks rubber stamping.
 
   / The Rules #7  
Thanks, guys. I coughed up a lung over the above list.
 

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