lessons in marital communication #256
December 27th, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
an apartment full of boxes somewhere in dallas…chris and anne are discussing final moving things, including the new living room furniture they picked out last week.
chris: so, when is our furniture getting delivered?
anne: um…i thought you said we were going to wait until we moved up there to order it…
chris: yeah, i said that, but i thought you’d get it anyway!
anne: (mouth hangs open overdramatically)…i was just being a submissive wife! i’m not going to spend a bunch of money without us being on the same page.
chris: i just assumed that what i say has no meaning!
anne: so you want me to order it?
chris: it would nice to have furniture when we get there.
lesson: wives, don’t be submissive to your husbands. evidently what they say has no meaning…
Dangit · Family · Lessons in Marital Communication · Marriage · Moving · Oklahoma
andy said,
December 27, 2007 at 4:13 pm
i love Jackson conversations
Joe Louthan said,
December 27, 2007 at 4:57 pm
har har… greatness
Kyle P. said,
December 27, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Whenever my wife and I got married, we agreed she could make all the minor decisions and I would make all the major decisions. Oddly enough, every decision we have encountered thus far has been classified as a “minor” decision - including our new furniture. ;)
Jordan Like the River said,
December 27, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Or, just don’t move away.
Then you don’t have problems like these.
Anna said,
December 27, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Oh, dear! Well, at least you tried, Anne… :)
Laura said,
December 27, 2007 at 8:50 pm
that is hilarious. i looove it.
Dan Atchison said,
December 28, 2007 at 1:11 am
that’s funny. Good luck on the move and the new furniture.
Yonas said,
December 28, 2007 at 1:53 am
I’m serious my dad told me this…”I actually let your mom run things since she likes to control everything so much..and it makes things easy for me, now all I have to do is just read my newspaper and watch sports on TV”
Thanks dad for your awesome wisdom! :)
tunz said,
December 28, 2007 at 6:42 am
How was the game? Thought of you as I was flipping between the Mav’s b-ball and Texas football.
Carol said,
December 28, 2007 at 7:45 am
Amen on “marital communication” - I love that title “256″! Just wanna wish y’all the best in Oklahoma on your new furniture!!!
Zack said,
December 28, 2007 at 9:10 am
Oh the lifelong lesson in everything that we call marriage….
I appreciate your transparency Anne!
kristiapplesauce said,
December 28, 2007 at 9:22 am
Married people can do fun things on the floor with or with-out funiture. Duh.
With our with-out carpet for that matter.
John Ireland said,
December 28, 2007 at 10:41 am
ah, yes…the growth path of marital communication! can be painful in the moment, but often bears some fruit…:)
Joni said,
December 28, 2007 at 11:07 am
oh my friend, yes. The classic panic provoking opening line in marital communication: “I thought you…” Or “I thought we decided … “
Julie said,
December 28, 2007 at 7:33 pm
That sounds like me and my husband! :)
Jenn Cady said,
December 29, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Love it! Love it! Been there done that and will probably do that again I’m sure! The madness of… I thought you were…No…I thought you were… “Marital Mush” :)
Reminds me of running in circles playing Duck..duck…duck…GOOSE!
zocken im Internet said,
July 31, 2008 at 2:21 am
Marital communication skills which I believe are essential to success in marriage. Being deficient in even one of these may spoil the mutual understanding.
I would like to appreciate you for your sincere efforts