Write a post about an argument you recently had with someone from the moment of conflict to the moment of resolution in 15 lines or less.
“Hey, I’m going to downstairs now, the kids are in bed…can you bring Kainoa his blanket in a bit and take my phone away from him?”
“Sure…” he said.
Except at 11:30 pm on my way to bed I found Kainoa’s blanket in the same spot on the floor where I left it.
“FIVE MORE MINUTES MOM!”
He was whispering out to me before I even entered his room.
“I JUST GOTTA POP MORE BUBBLES!”
Playing a bubble game on my iphone for TWO AND A HALF HOURS???
I took my phone and marched right over to our bedside where my husband peacefully lay.
“PAT! (that was a loud whisper, not a yell) PAT! I asked you to bring Kainoa his blanket and get my iphone from him! What have you been doing!?!”
“Sleeping?” He said.
“Wrong!” I said, “You’ve been watching basketball and playing with your Ebay account…THAT’S what you’ve been doing isn’t it!?!”
“Yes.” He said.
“Well Kainoa is STILL awake and it’s ALL your fault!” I whispered loudlier.
“I’m sorry.” He said.
Hmph.
Now it’s your turn!
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The Prompts:
1.) Ten To-Dos in June. (inspired by Denise)
2.) Write a post about an argument you recently had with someone from the moment of conflict to the moment of resolution in 15 lines or less.
3.) An open letter to Somebody You Used To Know (inspired by Thought Catalog)
4.) Are you on Instagram? Glance through your photos from last week, choose one, and share the back story.
5.) Milkshakes, margaritas, smoothies and more…share your favorite summer time drink recipe.
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Wow- I was the first one to link up this week. Guess that’s my sign that I’m up WAY past my bedtime and need to get some sleep. lol. TY for another great week of prompts.
-Jessica
I commend you on your ability to keep your arguments short. I thought about this prompt, but I am too long winded… the post would have taken pages!
Been there. I had to do like 3 Twitter parties one night so I asked Dumb Dad to put The Dudes to bed. I came upstairs at 10:30 and they were up jumping from bed to bed playing assassins or some junk. I marched back down to his stupid man cave where he was PLAYING VIDEO GAMES and asked him what the hell. He said, “I told them to go to bed? They are supposed to be in bed.” You told them? Really? You told a 3 year old, a 6 year old, and a 9 year old to go to bed? And you actually want me to think that you’re dumb enough to think that they actually listened. Fine, I believe it. So. Annoying.
Wow, I so would have gone on and on with this… I commend you for your ability to not completely blow up! I can totally relate to this argument, as I have similar ones constantly… but I don’t handle them with such grace. (insert sheepish grin) And may I say… what an adorable sleeping child! But, then again, aren’t they all adorable when they sleep? It’s when they awaken that they turn into little monsters! LOL
This could have taken place at my home. Darn smartphones. Darn grooms.
Ugh, we made the mistake of getting my son an iPod for his 8th birthday. I can NOT keep him off it for the life of me. He can play games on that things for hours and hours without blinking. Every time I tell him to stop or take it away, a major war breaks out. No fun.
I hate it when David pulls crap like that. Every night we put the kids to bed at the same time. I do Cady and he does James. Every single night I have to tell him at least five times to get up and put James to bed.
“Hmph” …Darn right. You tell him!
Well, I didn’t choose that prompt because a little episode between me and my husband was not so quiet — or one-sided. Later in the evening when I was reminding my 8yo of what we learned in a “friends” camp that after noon “Words can hurt. We need words to build up,” he reminded me — “well, you weren’t that way with daddy earlier.” Hpmh.
Husbands….do not understand the concept of sleeping children.
Husbands. No wonder the kids like them better.
Dang those Iphones! I have had to retrieve an Ipod or two on my way to bed. Hmph is right!
Yeesh – I can totally see myself doing this with my hubby. Eventually.
Also my linky kept giving me errors so its up twice. :: hang head in shame :: Sowwy!!!!
This is why we end up doing everything and getting really cranky!
Glory to God. I wish my husband would read this post. Yours is a rare gem. And I am so impressed that you whispered. Wakeful child notwithstanding.
Oh how we all understand each other – great job getting your point across without being demeaning to your spouse. Blogging about our relationships can be tricky, there is so much we COULD say in the heat of a moment. I enjoy your honesty without being hurtful to your family. Great post!
Oh, this burns. My husband will actually make sure everyone’s in the bed, lights are out (but it takes him 2 hours to get all this done in between watching CNN or basketball), but then he goes away so quickly that if anyone needs anything he can’t hear them in the basement. So the fact that I asked you to put them to bed so that there wasn’t the whole mommymommyineedyoumommyiloveyouneverleavesleepwithme is TOTALLY DEFEATED if I have to go up there after the fact.
WoW! I so could have said a million more things and even id it was short….it never could have made it into a 15 lines or less post!! LOL!
Happy Thursday!
Oh men just can’t do anything can they? LOL
Why is it so difficult for husband to do the things that we ask right when we ask them?
I think if that’s the worst argument you have, you guys are in good shape! That’s awesome!
Economy of words. Kudos. :-)
Yesterday I came home from a movie to find my husband asleep. At 9:45 pm. My son, 5, was awake playing in his bed.
I love how he doesn’t even argue with you… he’s just “oops, sorry,” haha!
Hey Kat, I realized – after I linked up – that my topic in no way relates to the current batch of prompts. I have some difficulty finding the relevant page, and I drew mine from – apparently – some other week’s batch. I hope that’s OK. I still had an interesting time writing down this story, which I’ve told verbally many times, but never written down. It occurs to me that, as someone who enjoys genealogy, and particularly, enjoys the stories of family who preceded me – rather than just their dry, factual details, we’re in some ways recording history here. Maybe 100 years from now, someone will look through these old posts and find something of sociological or anthropological value. That would be cool.
too funny :)
You are a better wife than I for letting this go… I would have nagged my poor man to death about this. They just can’t follow directions, can they?
I have arguments with my husband like that all the time. The worst is when he decides to give in to his passive aggressive tendencies and does stuff like let them watch exactly what I told him specifically not to let them watch because I went out for the (rare) evening. So aggravating!
You are so funny! My husband would have done the same thing…distractable!!
This happens over here all the time. Except my daughter wants to watch cake decorating videos on Youtube. I have no idea why.
This sounds like something that would happen in my house though my hubs would never admit that he was watching baseball and playing on ebay.
If only our husbands actually listened to us!!! You remind me so much of myself. This is my first time participating with my new blog. I always did and always will love your writer’s workshop!
http://blog.littlebishopcreations.com/2012/06/mama-kats-writers-workshop.html
I truly don’t understand how kids can play those iPhone games SOOOO LONG. I love them for about 3mins! But Bubble Pop is fun…..
Wake up Pat!
I have the same kind of thing going on over here. First time participating in the Writer’s Workshop but I have a feeling not the last! Thanks for the inspiration and a reason to get out what I needed to and had wanted to for a long time now.