I've been having a hard time these past few days. If I want anyone to do anything around here it is a battle. Fussing, nagging, whining, arguing, dragging of feet, all that, from all 3 that can talk and plenty of crying from the one that can't talk -yet. Notice that these numbers include my husband. I had to send him upstairs twice on Saturday to take care of his BO. I really hate that I have finally put it into words, but he is like a boy who has just begun to have BO and doesn't notice or remember, or is too lazy, to do something about it. I find that I frequently have to remind him to put on deodorant and since he gets up before I do that means he often doesn't wear any and comes home with BO. I imagine he has it at work as well. Saturday, he'd been outside working on the car with the help of a couple of friends. One invited him to come over to watch hockey. Now, this is a fledgling friendship. I've met the wife once or twice and I like her and they have young children so we're a good fit for family friends. Not wanting to scare them off, I asked him if he had on deodorant - "No". He goes upstairs for a while and when he returns I ask, "Did you put on deodorant?"- "Yes"- "Did you clean off the old sweat before you put it on?" (notice how I knew I had to ask that question) the answer, "No, do you want me to take a shower or something?" - "At least take a washcloth and hot, soapy water and clean up then put on more deodorant." Now, notice that I had to specify "washcloth and hot, soapy water." "You're acting like a mom or something," he said. Since he was trying to make a joke I remained silent when I really wanted to shout "Don't you think that's a PROBLEM?? Isn't there something wrong when your wife has to remind your 43-year-old-stinky-self to put on deodorant on a regular basis??!!!"
I really didn't mean to go in this direction, I guess I've had enough of it - 10 years of it. I'm sick of being his mother!
Anyone get my totally obscure TV reference? I could only recall the line and had to google it to find out where I remembered it from.
