OT: DH at the kitchen table with fried eggs and incense

[KValley]

In 9 years of marriage, there is much about each other that DH and I have learned to accept, accommodate, compromise on.

There are a couple of things, however, that send me over the deep end: DH (accidentally!) calling me by the dog's name and DH making fried eggs. He has a habit of turning the heat too high and cooking them about 30 seconds too long - that awful smell of cooking eggs permeates EVERYTHING.

This morning, I came stomping out of my office to let loose about the horrible smell and why doesn't he open a window, only to find DH sitting serenely at the kitchen table, eating his eggs and reading a book, with a stick of patchouli incense burning in front of his plate.

Here's to the next 9 years http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[greysangel]

Here I am at my desk pretending to work and all of a sudden a burst out laughing!

Thank you...the visual there is priceless http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

With me it's biting my tongue everytime my DH washes dishes....a for effort but he's got selective vision or something.

JeAnne

[Jewel]

I got the visual too Lady! My DH's problem isn't cooking too long, it's cooking too MUCH! He went from a family of 6 (3 brothers) to a family of 2. When he goes shopping without me (which I try to discourage for obvious reasons) he comes home with those huge industrial size cans of tomatoes and those tuna cans the size of a wheelbarrow tire.

One of the best explanations I ever got from him was after the tuna escapade. He stood there looking down and kicking the bottom of the kitchen cabinet like a 5 year old in trouble. "Well, I thought since tuna is normally so expensive...um...and I know how much you love tuna...um...I thought I'd...um, you know, get a big can so we could save money and I could...um, you know, make you happy that I was thinking about you". He spent $8 on that whopping can, when Safeway had a sale going for fifty cents a normal size can. He opened the big one, used about 2 ozs, then tried to find a Tupperware bowl big enough to store the rest until I could find a way to use it for him. You know what old tuna fumes do to the interior of the refrigerator???

I hear you shaking your head over there just as I'm shaking mine!! Gotta love them, though, don't we? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[Wendy w]

That's funny and is quite the visual! BF loves to cook but he cannot do so neatly. As he puts it, he cooks with "reckless abandon"!

[hka]

KValley, I too got a great visual with that story! What a cutie he must be. I'm sure you couldn't help but smile and NOT be mad at him. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif My husband has this habit of leaving shoes everywhere! I'm forever picking up his shoes and returning them to his closet. One time, he asked where his shoes were and I said, they're in the closet where they belong! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif That's how bad he is. He doesn't think to look in the closet first. We'll be going on our 8 year anniversary next month and I love him more, quirks and all, than I did the day I married him. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[This message has been edited by hka (edited 06-08-2001).]

[NgocBao]

Um... Forgive the ignorance of my question, but - what the heck does DH stand for?

I gather from the posts that it means your husband, but what is the "D"? Dear husband? Dirty husband? Dandy husband? Da husband?

I even checked the FAQs! No info http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/frown.gif

[hka]

NgocBao, yes, DH usually means dear husband.

[carolyn.1]

KValley,
Thank you sooo much for the warm smile and might add giggle that I could not control. My office co-workers just turn and look. I just give them this sheepish grin & shrug.
That was a cute thing your DH did.

NgocBao, DH means Dear husband, BF (boyfriend)
SIL (sister-in-law) get the idea? You'll get used to it.

KValley thank you agian for sharing such a wonderful story.
Carolyn--

[Vanessa]

Oh gosh thanks for the laugh of the day. I could really imagine the scene. But seriously the combination of smells would make me not have breakfast...I think a hint of "please open windows when frying eggs" might work?

[sneezles]

LOL!

My question is: He thinks patchouli smells better than the eggs?

[AmyS]

What a vision that was! Thanks for the inspiration. As a newlywed, I am still trying to get used to a zillion things!! Only one of which is the DH's addiction to the Playstation!! (he is 28!!) I have faith that it will change once the little ones start arriving (none yet, but we are working on it). I don't know but I figure he is just capitalizing on his youth while it's still there......
By the way, did you know that the average age of a Playstation owner is 26?? Scary...

[sneezles]

Amy,
I believe that one of the reasons DH and I had kids was so that he could still buy toys!And he bought the driving wheel for the Playstation (he's 52)!

[Susann]

Originally posted by hka:
NgocBao, yes, DH usually means dear husband.

...but in this case it could mean Dear Hippie!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Jewel]

Originally posted by AmyS:
Only one of which is the DH's addiction to the Playstation!! (he is 28!!) I have faith that it will change once the little ones start arriving (none yet, but we are working on it).

Amy, do you really think the PlayStation addiction is gonna change when the little ones arrive?? Where do you think a man goes when there's a screaming baby with brown nuclear waste oozing out of his diaper in front of him?! You have my best wishes, Hon, but I honestly think the only change is going to be the fact that your 'oldest' child will have to learn to share his toys! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

By the way, my 'oldest' is 41...and he spends every Saturday morning glued to the Cartoon Network. Most men whisper sweet nothings...I get the Bullwinkle voice. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif Ahhh Romance!

[Julia1Pin]

My DH is 26 - and aplaystation addict. I guess he actually IS acting his age. Who woulda thunk it?

[HighSierra]

Come on! Give us men a break!!

Jewel, don't you realize that cartoons are educational? Why, several months ago I encouraged (bribed?) my grandson and granddaughter to join me to see the movie "Recess." They enjoyed it too.

[AmyS]

You are probably right Jewel!!! It is just one of those things I'll get used to!!! To give him credit, he does take the time to do what needs to be done BEFORE vegging out in front of the TV with controller in hand!!

[KValley]

hee hee- I love reading about your DH/SOs' quirks. I consider myself very lucky- at least Brendan knows where the frying pans and incense are! Computers are not his forte-he has an aversion to e-mail even-so Playstation isn't in his vocabulary.

Jewel I LOVE the tuna story! What a sweetheart http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

I wonder what I do that sends him over the edge? DO I dare ask...?

[browneye]

Oh, that is so funny, KValley!!

It's even funnier because my DH does the exact same thing with eggs, and I complain all the time- in fact it was a topic at tonight's dinner table- the way he cooks eggs and stinks up the whole house! Even the boys complain about it...I'll buy him some patchouli incense for the next episode....

Too funny.

[Jogren]

Well, I guess the good think is the DH's are making there own meals at times! My husband's "specialty" is spaghetti. And our deal is whoever isn't the one to make dinner does the dishes. Well, when DH makes pasta just about every pot and pan in our kitchen ends up dirty. Coincidence? I'm beginning to think not! Especially since I HATE doing dishes. I guess this way we both win, he gets great CL dinners and I get out of doing the dishes http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif