Yesterday on Facebook I shared that disappointment was when you think your husband is bringing home pumpkin spice lattes, but instead plops a bag of ground coffee beans on the table.
Pat was coming home from his weekly grocery shopping trip and I was coming home from the mall with the kids and when he texted the word “coffee?” I was all “YES!”
We beat him home and I held off snacking on anything because I wanted to save myself for that Pumpkin Spice I knew was coming.
He came thumping through the door with groceries in hand and I waggled my eyebrows, “you get the coffee??”
And he was all, “ohhhhh you betcha!”
And he plopped a bag of ground coffee beans on the table.
me: What the heck is this??
him: Coffee!
me: I thought you were stopping at Starbucks!
him: Oh! No, just grabbing a bag.
me: You grabbed a bag LAST week on last week’s shopping trip. We still have a full one right here…HOW COULD YOU FORGET THAT??
him: Well that’s why I texted you…to see if we needed more.
me: How much coffee do you think I drink every week?? Do you even realize what you’ve just done to my emotions??
him: Aw, sorry about that! You wanna run to Starbucks for us?
me: No I don’t want to run to Starbucks!!!
him: Well what do you want to do then?
And so I grabbed a couple of mugs and made us both coffee because he might not pick up Pumpkin Spice lattes when he implied as much by texting the word “coffee?” to me, but my man makes weekly grocery shopping trips for me and I’ll be damned if I’m going to jeopardize THAT situation by complaining about lattes!
Reasons I Love My Husband:
1.)He brings me warm bottles to give to the baby in the middle of the night when I am cussing him out in my head.
2.)He ignores my juvenile behavior and patiently waits for me to get over myself and discuss our finances like an adult.
3.)He sits back until I give him the “look” and then he swoops in and rescues me from a sure death of toddler suffocation.
4.)He sat at the door of the operating room, after I was rushed in following an emergency c-section, waiting for word of my condition…for six hours.
5.)He drives 45 minutes out of his way to go get me sushi on Friday night because I’m hungry and moody and tired and he wants me to be happy.
6.)He says things like, “Kat. Who are the most important people in your life? We are all here. We all love you. We’re not going anywhere. Just remember that.” and makes me feel better when things start getting to me.
7.)He takes time away from HIS job and comes home on a moments notice to help ME with MY job.
8.) When I’ve had a tough day with the kids he lets me talk it out until I run out of gas and then suggests we send them to a different daycare.
9.) He wears my pink polk-a-dotted apron without so much as a blink when I want to take a picture of him for The Blog.
10.)He will never leave me for Kathy Lee Gifford because he thinks she’s outdated and fears for his life.
11.) He supports my shopping habit and watches the children as I single handedly delay our family’s future for a few cute tops…ok a lot of cute tops…and some shoes…maybe a clutch.
12.) He’s one of those smarty pants people who is not on the up and up with hidden messages and does not care about superficial stuff…including the condition of my hair, windblown or not.
13.)He doesn’t take sides when I tell him to whack our son for an entire day of horrid behavior but instead delicately puts his hand on our baby boy’s head and turns to me to say, “My God Kat, he’s burning up!!” and then asks me to fetch the motrin.
15.) He buys me stuff to keep me from breaking his stuff.
16.) He writes me poems telling me he doesn’t want any more babies, but at least he’s being nice about it.
18.) He puts thought into buying me the most ridiculous Christmas present I could never ask for.
19.) He doesn’t bring home yellow apples.
20.) He let’s me rip on him about his man colds even though I’ve got one of my own.
21.) I’m not sure there are many men who would put up with my interrogating the way he does.
24.) He checks on me when it sounds like I’m being electrocuted…during a commercial break of course.
23.) He takes weekly grocery shopping trips and I’ll be damned if I’m going to jeopardize THAT situation by complaining about lattes!
Laurie says
Umm, Kat? I’m confused. I generally read you with regularity. What “baby” are you talking about? Did you have another baby while I was at the grocery store? I’m not kidding, I seriously don’t know. I know you (shhh, kind of, sorta, wanted one) did you have a new baby? Or is the baby an 8 year old? Your friend, Laurie
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Kat says
That #1 reason links to a post I wrote in 2008! Can you believe that!?! Kainoa was a BABYYYYY. Aw, I miss it. Kind of. Sometimes.
I started this little series back then. Kind of funny that in five years I’ve only been able to come up with 23 reasons to keep my husband around. lol!
Amy McMean says
My husband does the shopping also. Thank goodness because I can’t handle that task. When we go in the store to pick stuff up on the weekend he scolds me in the car. “Now can you behave while we are in here or do you need to wait in the car.’
People annoy me so much in public places. Lol
Maggid says
I Love, Love, LOVE your writing.
(did i tell you – I love the way you write?)