Quite a while ago I wrote a post calling hubby a “bad looker forer”. (Yes, I do sometimes make up my own words.)
This post discussed the widespread phenomenon of men being unable to locate basic items. These items are generally not lost, or misplaced or even necessarily hard to find. More times than not, they are in plain sight and screaming out “Here I am, Here I am” as a man gives a cursory glance right over the item and then declares he cannot find it!
So, here I am more than a year after writing that original post, writing about it all over again. Because even after a year, hubby has still not honed his viewing skills. As someone with 20/20 eyesight, this is just mind boggling to me!
Last night we are discussing dinner. We’ve both been working a ton and there are not a lot of food options in the house.
Hubby says…. “I’m hungry, what should we do for dinner?”
“I don’t know, do you want to order something?” I reply.
“Like what?
“I don’t know… Chinese?”
“No way…. I totally don’t want Chinese.”
“Italian?”
“Nope.”
“Do you want to pick something up? Like Chili’s, or Applebee’s or maybe some boneless wings from that place down the road?”
“No.. I don’t think so”
“Ok, you’re killing me… what the heck to do you want then? A burrito from Chipotle?”
“I had a burrito yesterday.”
“Since when does that matter…. I thought you were the guy who could eat a burrito every day, forever?”
“Nahhhh… no burritos tonight”
“Ok then, I don’t know what to tell you…. I think we have a frozen DiGiorno pizza, or some stuffed chicken? How about pasta? I think we have a jar of that vodka sauce we like.”
And….. here’s where it starts.
Hubby says, “Actually I thought about pasta. But, I looked and we don’t have any vodka sauce”
“Are you positive? I’m pretty sure we have some.”
“I’m sure. I looked for it. But, you do always say I’m a “bad looker forer” so feel free to check” he says in his most challenging way……..
Lo and behold.. there’s vodka sauce in the pantry.
Dinner is ready….. and right after Hubby spoons the vodka sauce over the pasta, he opens the fridge, and calls across the room. “Oh no… we don’t have any cheese!”
“Yes we do.”
“Nope… I’m looking in the fridge it’s not here.”
From across the room I say, “It’s on the first shelf, all the way to the left, by the wine holder…”
“Ahhh” he replies “I see it”.
Yes, of course you do.
You know, dear hubby, if you actually opened your eyes when you look for things you might actually find them….
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We are not suppose to know where stuff is. We are suppose to ask the WIFE and SHE is suppose to TELL us where it is or GET IT for us.
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Scott ~ You should be careful or the WIFE may get confused and just tell you where you can “GET IT” (or not get it)… you may not always like the answer! LOL 🙂
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HA! This happens in my house…DAILY! Somehow, things hide from their view. Same thing with remembering things. I’m going to go ahead and say that it’s because it’s not one of 3 things:
golf, remote, or beer.
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mrslltkings ~ I’m with you 100% but I think you may have missed 2 things: Pizza & Sex 🙂
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My hubs-to-be just says that I’m better at looking for things than he is, and I should come and find it. It’s true, but still annoying.
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Yep, this is what it sounds like in my house too! But I’ve learned that the phrase “Do you know where ___ is…” really means “Honey will you get it for me” Visiting from LBS
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Lol…my hubby suffers from the same thing! Anytime I hear “have you seen” or “do you know where”…it’s an alert!!! All I have to do is show up beside him and presto…there it is!!!
Stopping by from Lady Blogger Tea Party is say hello!
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And ain’t that the truth! I swear men are all the same! My Significant Other thinks my uterus is a tracking device. The Son is even worse. Living with two men in the house makes for one unhappy woman as I invest hours carrying out search and rescue operations for items all the way from keys to a football. Seriously, a football. Grief. Great post! 🙂 Popping over from the LBS!
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Visiting from the Lady Bloggers Tea Party!
LMAO! I cannot tell you how many times I’ve had a conversation like that with a guy or my dad. They can never find anything…that’s right in front of them.
Awesome post!
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It must be in the male chromosome! I too am the locator of all things in our house! Stopping by from LBS.
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Thanks for the laugh! My hubby is the same way. My mom’s response to my Dad asking where something is cracks me up. After 30 years of marriage she is done finding things for him or directing him to them. Her response now is, “Do you think my ovaries are tracking devices? Find it yourself.” LOL
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You know, sometimes I think I should be somebody’s husband…
stopping in from the LBS tea party
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Are you sure you’re not talking about my husband?!!!
Visiting from LBS
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Visiting from LBSTP – It is soo true!! I don’t think they look – its so annoying!!!
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HAHAHA So true!
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Yep, totally know what you mean. Although in my household, the affliction is known as domestic blindness and whenever my husband tells me that he looked for something and couldn’t find it, I invariably ask “well did you boy-look??”.
“Boy-looking” pretty much meaning that his eyes were open when he was thinking that he wanted to locate something but since it wasn’t in his field of vision for his 1-2 second scan, it wasn’t actually there.
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