You know those obnoxious forwards we are all emailed and can’t stand…and there’s usually a cute well meaning point to them, but we hardly ever open them because they come annoyingly too often?
You knoooow…the “READ THIS IN CASE YOU’RE EVER ATTACKED IN A PARKING LOT” emails…or the “You Know You’re A Child Of The 80’s If You Can Relate To This List About Punky Brewster And Garbage Pail Cards“.
Every once in awhile I actually open one and the other night I got one that was all about the difference between men and women and how when a man says he’s going to bed he usually gets up, brushes his teeth and goes to bed.
But when a woman goes to bed she stands up, walks towards the room, notices the counters need to be wiped down, loads the dishwasher, moves the clothes from the washer to the dryer, locks all the doors, picks up toys on the way up the stairs, checks on sleeping babies etc. etc. and then finally goes to bed.
The mothers going to bed process ends up being so much more involved than the dads because we are busy busy busy little multi-taskers.
I nodded and smiled through the entire email, my mind drifted to visions of Mom straightening every corner of our home before settling in for the night. The dim light of the living room lamps, her pink robe, the dishwasher making it’s last run of the day and the smell of cherry almond scented lotion that signaled Mom was finally ready to sit down and fold laundry while we watched The Cosby Show.
I turned to Pat to share the email with him, “totally reminds me of my Mom”, I muttered as I got up to go to bed, “Hey, can you lock the doors and put that laundry away when you’re done with it? I’m beat.”
debi9kids says
LOL! Fabulous!
Thanks for the giggles :)
Trudy says
LOVE IT! I was laughing and nodding as I read this because I do this every night. I tell my husband good night and half an hour later I’m still walking around finishing things up.
I think I’ll try your method instead…because that ice cream looks good!
June Freaking Cleaver says
Mama Kat, I feel like you’ve been snooping in my windows…again.
Just this evening, as I held court in front of my laptop, The Mister said that I have been trying hard to turn both he and The Boy into my slaves.
“Boy, get his, Mister, get me that – you’re saying that all the time. We are NOT your slaves.”
“Pish posh”, I said. “Minions is the term I prefer. Now, weren’t you on the way to buy me a milkshake?”
It’s good to be the Princess.
trash says
@June Freaking Cleaver – I don’t want to be a princess anymore. I want to be The Queen ;-)
I too have seen that email Mama Kat and I LOVE it.
Laura says
Princesses may be young and cute, but the Queen has better jewelry. I’m all over skipping Princess and going straight to Queen status.
Cheryl says
How sweet that that email remembered my grandmother so well.
Embejo says
Too true. I’m exactly the same (as your mother haha). My hubby even does this when we are leaving a social gathering. He’ll say “Shall we go?” and I’ll make some sort of response and next thing he’s forgotten to say good bye to our hosts and is heading for the door! I on the other hand, and doing a last circuit of the room, arranging catch ups with the friends during the week, thanking the hostess for a lovely evening, and trying to remember where I left my hand bag!
Brittany says
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking! I do it some, but when I really am tired, I just go straight to bed. Plus laundry is my husband’s thing.
Jenny @ Practically Perfect... says
Oh, this made me chuckle :-) Sounds somewhat like our relationship, too!
Rebecca says
Oh, how the tables shall turn! I love love love that picture!!! Did you get all dressed up for that? Or do you always look that fab?
Mama Kat says
I always look like that.
Just kidding…that picture is from last summer when my photographer friend came over to take a picture for my new blog header. Then I asked her to take the polka dots out in photoshop…so the header you see up above is actually the same dress. Just photoshopped. And now you know the secret. :)
Liz @ Peace, Love & Guacamole says
Oh you clever thing! What a great dress.
Jennifer says
I LOVE that dress you have on in that picture.
Gina says
Made my husband clean the kitchen just last night. Hee.
Love your dress in that photo!
Allison @ Alli 'n Son says
I love that pic. Is it mint chocolate chip ice cream? One of my faves.
Loukia says
You’re totally awesome – what a great picture!
BigMamaCass says
HAHA!! This is why I keep trying to explain to hubby that while I said I was going to be at 10, didn’t actually go to sleep until almost 2am. It would be awesome to live in his world where he says “i am going to watch tv” and then passes out at 8:15 leaving me to get the baby to bed and put the rest of the house to bed. Men are awesome like that sometimes. HAHA :)
Poppy says
I wouldn’t be hiding the ice cream from my hubby, just that I could in fact open my mouth this wide as I feign a wicked case of TMJ.
This picture should is so cute, it should be in a frame. I love it.
Amanda says
LOL so true! Whenever my Mom comes to visit it’s a clash of the “old school” and “new school”. Heaven forbid dishes sit in the sink for more than 5 minutes.
Lindsaydianne says
This is too funny… Except that my life is more like the email.
Margaret @ Single and Sane says
The post is hysterical, and I’ve always wondered how you have such a great supply of pictures of yourself for your blog.
Last week I wanted your husband to come take care of my summer list. Now I want your friend to come take my picture and do wonders with Photoshop. Can you work that out?
Mama Kat says
My friend will die a slow death when she sees what I did to that picture.
Stephanie says
Awwh… I love this! I usually don’t go to bed until I’m dead tired… and like you, I straighten things up as i walk to the bedroom because I just can’t go to bed leaving things the way they are! I don’t have any kiddos yet, but i can only imagine… my nightly trip to bed will become even more eventful :) I definitely “picked up” the picking up after my momma!
Annon says
I had a person completely freak when I wanted to take a road trip with a girlfriend to see an early screening of Eclipse in LA. (6 hour drive)
Apparently in their generation, mothers stayed home and took care of everyone and never “risked” their well being. This person said, “You are a mother of 4 kids, what kind of example is that? I would be embarrased to tell others what you are planning to do. They hold you in such high regard. What would people think?” Um, that we’d have a good time at an awesome opportunity…
Margie Jordan says
Hahaha…great post.
My husband also does the laundry and loads the dishwasher. Isn’t it great to be a part of a new generation that doesn’t conform to the woman doing everything?
BTW, Fabulous pic. I love it! So Retro. I wish I looked that beautiful downing a pint of ice cream. :-)
J.R. Reed says
Drama Queen hates it when I sit on the couch, call her from upstairs and tell her to get me a beer. “What’s wrong with your legs?” She asks me. “Nothing. Just get me the beer…”
S Club Mama says
Too funny. I’ve gotten that email, too! I love that dress – you are too gorgeous.
Michelle says
Love it!
Lourie says
I have seen that one before. It’s so true. And sadly, a lot of men don’t get it.
Scott ( This Daddy) says
Is that why, when I get home the next evening the same basket of laundry is sitting on top of my pillow?
And your pic there make me want to go the complete other direction and have a pic taken of me eating ice cream in my boxer briefs. That is a classic picture though. I like it
Aging Mommy says
I have to start getting ready for bed at least half an hour before I actually want to get there as after the clean up and tidying around the house, writing a few “to do” notes because I will otherwise forget by the morning and other tasks I then have the (mostly fruitless) task of waging nightly war on the march of wrinkles to take care of :-)
Rachel @ Mommy Needs a Vacation says
I always look like that, especially when I eat ice cream, ya know. :-)
Mom taxi Julie says
I’m pretty much in the middle there. I’m not one to get up and make him meals in the morning but I do just about everything else around the house!
kisatrtle says
that made me chuckle
Jen says
I heard that this post was really good so I thought that I would come over to say hi! So Hi! Its really nice to meet you. I am going to try and be your kind of housewife. I like it.
And great post.
;)
Lolli says
First of all…I LOVE your dress! I hate those emails, too. And to answer your questions, we each have our own “jobs” if you will. THings that we are usually in charge of. But I’ve got a good husband–he’s pretty helpful.
Aaron says
Hrmmm… I also find those spam emails annoying…(and I think I had those exact garbage pail kids cards)
but I don’t find it annoying when my wonderfully amazing wife stays up half an hour later than me and tidies the kitchen. When I wake up the morning a half hour before her and start making my lunch for the day it brings a smile to my face how clean everything is.
I’m sure that all the other “late-night-lazy” husbands like myself really appreciate it too :)
Amber says
Hehe sounds like my nights :-) Peter usually straighttens up because I get to go to bed with the baby. Yeah…”get to”…sense my sarcasm. Maybe when she sleeps alone, someday maybe right???? I’ll start cleaning up at night again.
Shawna says
Um, let me just say “awesome!” What I wouldn’t give for my hubby to fold laundry. :)
Momlissa says
Love it! Isn’t it amazing when you do look back at the old timey pictures and the women were always dressed to the nines with the bouffant hair and the makeup? Gloves, handbags, looking starched. Around the house they would have capri pants and a starched button down. lol. I always wonder what their life was really like. Then again, that generation always had the extended femaie family and friends around to help that a lot of our generation does not. Thank you for your humorous take on a really interesting observation.
Selena says
Hilarious and SO true! and you FAB eating the ice cream BTW~ love the dress!
jen says
LOL! 2 funny..Love it!
brandy-son Zen master flash says
Very funny!! I will have to try that! I am a new follower – love the site!
Sherlyn says
Knocked my socks off with knoeeldgw!
Cheryl says
That picture? PRICELESS!
Oh – and I just posted about how my dog was cleaning off my baby’s high chair tray – in the middle of the night! See? There are magical little elves that clean up when we’re sleeping, so why bother doing it before bed?
alexis says
my husband started his whole selective listening project a while back when he got sick of me asking him to get me a diet coke every hour, on the hour.
Peg says
You crack me up! Priceless!
Kimberly says
hilarious! Love the picture! I can so relate!
Sarah says
I don’t comment much but I should.
Cause
you
are
hysterical.
And so, so right!
pam-tastic says
…and husbands wonder why we “have a headache” most every night? Must be from extensive exposure to cleaning chemicals during the pm hours…
stephanie says
totally awesome.
JennyMac says
You are a crack up. And I love that pic of you.