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re: Who feels more productive when their wife is out of town?
Posted on 3/16/26 at 7:56 am to sta013
Posted on 3/16/26 at 7:56 am to sta013
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says something like "I see you didnt wipe the stove clean!!"
You gotta leave some low hanging fruit laying around so her imagination can run wild about how much of a mess it was hours before she got home.
The boys are in on the game now and its awesome.
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Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:02 am to Salmon
It’s because women are naturally disorganized and overwhelmed and desire leadership in the home to provide boundaries, expectations, and regulation.
Maybe instead of laughing about how much better life is when your wife is gone, you should do some self-reflecting on your value as a man.
(And then share your notes because my house is the same way)
Maybe instead of laughing about how much better life is when your wife is gone, you should do some self-reflecting on your value as a man.
(And then share your notes because my house is the same way)
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:02 am to sta013
quote:always!
Always when the wife returns, she sees everything you have done but she always says something like "I see you didnt wipe the stove clean!!"
she even said before she left "you should use this time to clean out the garage" I'm like bitch please, I got plans within plans and the garage ain't on the list
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:05 am to CAD703X
That's a nice looking room / setup. With the wood paneling. Hats off to you.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:06 am to Saint Alfonzo
quote:we have 3 dogs, one rescued black lab puppy found in a dumpster, a cat, 2 lizards, a snake and 2 birds.
Snakes and bearded dragons aren’t real pets. Get a puppy.
Now ask me how many of these *I* authorized to live with us
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 8:07 am
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:10 am to MBclass83
I'm always more productive, my fiancée's talent is finding the absolutely most inefficient way to complete a task. Something as simple as mopping the floor became such a tedious chore that I now only do it while she is out of the house. I have zero interest in taking 4 hours to do a 45 minute task.
Of course she gets upset when I tell her all this, but even her mother tells her the same...
Of course she gets upset when I tell her all this, but even her mother tells her the same...
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:12 am to CAD703X
Looking sweet! Need's an ambilight...
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:21 am to StringedInstruments
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It’s because women are naturally disorganized and overwhelmed and desire leadership in the home to provide boundaries, expectations, and regulation.
Truth.
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Maybe instead of laughing about how much better life is when your wife is gone, you should do some self-reflecting on your value as a man.
Why be a dick>?
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(And then share your notes because my house is the same way)
Kinda redeemed your post.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:32 am to CAD703X
My wife is always bitching that I don't finish projects timely.
My wife fails to realize she is the reason I do not finish projects timely.
My wife fails to realize she is the reason I do not finish projects timely.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:36 am to StringedInstruments
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Maybe instead of laughing about how much better life is when your wife is gone
I literally said it was unsustainable because I run myself exhausted
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:41 am to CAD703X
Wife works three nights a week. I get more done in the shop and sleep better.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:03 am to CAD703X
When I was married, I was always more productive when my wife wasn’t around. The simple reason was that she was very particular about how every chore and task had to be completed. She was like a government bureaucracy in that respect, and her “supervision” inevitably would grind every project to a halt until I just gave up to save the headache.
When she wasn’t watching, I could actually get things done and shortcut her neuroticism. When she’d return home and see the finished product, she usually was happy with it, but if she saw the process, she would do nothing but criticize me every step of the way. With no one watching me, I felt free to do things my way, and guess what? My way f$&king works!
I am no longer married, and the amount of projects I have to complete has dropped tremendously.
When she wasn’t watching, I could actually get things done and shortcut her neuroticism. When she’d return home and see the finished product, she usually was happy with it, but if she saw the process, she would do nothing but criticize me every step of the way. With no one watching me, I felt free to do things my way, and guess what? My way f$&king works!
I am no longer married, and the amount of projects I have to complete has dropped tremendously.
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 9:04 am
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:09 am to CAD703X
Not me. I’m a lazy bum when she’s not home.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:11 am to kingbob
quote:
The simple reason was that she was very particular about how every chore and task had to be completed. She was like a government bureaucracy in that respect, and her “supervision” inevitably would grind every project to a halt until I just gave up to save the headache.
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she would do nothing but criticize me every step of the way.
sounds like an insufferable count, was she this way in the bedroom too?
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:15 am to kingbob
quote:this.
When she’d return home and see the finished product, she usually was happy with it, but if she saw the process, she would do nothing but criticize me every step of the way
I knew i'd probably run into some kind of issue installing the radio in her car which would mean the entire dash would be laying on the front seats for longer than one day and should would lose it if she saw her car in that state.
Sure enough, I needed a doodad from Amazon to finish the job so the car interior is still pulled apart this morning while I'm waiting on that to arrive.
That could have only worked out if she wasn't here. I love her but she's thinks I'm a magician and this magician can only pull rabbits out of his hat when there's not an audience present
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 9:17 am
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:18 am to 777Tiger
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sounds like an insufferable count, was she this way in the bedroom too?
Yes, hence the term EX wife
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:19 am to kingbob
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Yes, hence the term EX wife
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:20 am to CAD703X
Amazing how much stuff you can get done when no one is looking over your shoulder telling you that you did it the wrong way, at the wrong time, and/or not how they would have done it.
Women mainly contribute to projects through criticism as opposed to productive effort.
Women mainly contribute to projects through criticism as opposed to productive effort.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:23 am to StringedInstruments
I don't know why you're getting so many down votes. I liked your response.
I liked your response.Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:25 am to MBclass83
Yeah! I had noticed the same thing,
My wife went to visit one of her relatives. While she was gone I mulched all her flowers.
Don't know if its boredom or the benefit of a "Lack of Supervision" that prompts me.
My wife went to visit one of her relatives. While she was gone I mulched all her flowers.
Don't know if its boredom or the benefit of a "Lack of Supervision" that prompts me.
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