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[mazo kid]

I like mykeal's acronym: SWMBO stands for She Who Must Be Obeyed! :rotf: :haha: :shocked2: Dave

You beat me to it. That's what I call my wife too....after the Public TV show "Rumpole of the Bailey".

 

[Stumpkiller]

Here's some trivia for you. The book "She", by British author H. Rider Haggard & published in 1887, regarding an ancient semi-diety, Ayesha, in remote Africa, is where the phrase "She Who Must Be Obeyed" came from. Same guy later wrote "King Solomon's Mines".

Sorry . . . it was a free download for my Sony eReader. :haha:

 

[Zonie]

And what do you want to bet that good ole' King Solomon was down there in the mine bustin' his buns while Ms Solomon kept on yelling down the hole, "Dig FASTER! Dig MORE! Your Loafing damnet! DIG!".

:rotf:

 

[CaptainKirk]

Stanley the Henpecked Husband dies and goes to heaven. St Peter is there directing traffic. There are two lines, one marked "Henpecked Husbands", one marked "Single Men", and a third sign, with no line, marked "Non-Henpecked Husbands-No Waiting".
Stanley goes immediately to the last sign
St. Peter says "Excuse me, are you not married? You should be in the Single line"
"No, says Stanley. I was married."
"Tsk, tsk...wife passed before you then?"
"No", says Stanley.
"But...but..no married man has EVER stood in that line!" gasps St. Pete. "Right down to Adam!"
"Well"...says Stanley..."this is the line my wife told me I'd DAMN WELL better be standing in!" :hmm:

 

[2172]

you could simplyfy the talk by remembering the most important thing for a husband to say:"Im sorry.I was wrong" I'm married for 35 years, and I say that first thing on awakening...Hank

 

[jan buck]

i remember my brother calling his wife the 'warden' :grin:

 

[Lonegun1894]

So are you all saying that this may explain why she was livid when I went to work on the deer lease a couple years ago--on Valentine's Day?

(PS: Not married, but seems like it some days)

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

I had an old gentleman neighbor also who drove around town with his wife's ashes seatbelted in the rear seat. One day he stopped next door to chat with another neighbor who asked what he had in the back seat. The gent told him he had the wife's ashes in the back. The neighbor was shocked that the old gent would do something so morbid. When asked why he was doing that, the gent said he always wanted to go for a ride with her, just once without her telling him where to go. This way, she was still in the backseat, but was no longer the driver. He drove around with her back there for a couple of weeks. He was a great neighbor and a wonderfully funny gentleman. :hatsoff:

 

[ken.clements]

why do I think it's only a matter off minutes 'till this subject gets moved? :haha:
although "the Wife" does in someway belong to the topic "Shooting accessories" doesn't she? :redface: :bow:

 

[majg1234]

we/I call mine the "war department" she is a retired Army Major,I'm a retired LTC but she out ranks me (outa uniform) :haha: she's a good'un though puts up with all my sillyness with not too much problem :bull:

 

[mykeal]

Yes, Dave, and mazo kid, thank you for the mention.

Credit actually goes to the late Sir John Mortimer who created Rumpole, certainly a candidate for the literary character of the century.

While the tv series was a masterpiece the books are another world, well worth the effort.

 

[Stumpkiller]

 

[ohio ramrod]

FYI It don't hurt to be "cleaning" one of your rifles when a new boyfriend show up to pick up your daughter.
That way you get off on the right foot.
One of my girls stills tells that story!
:rotf:

My daughter still complains about the time a boyfriend stopped to pick her up for a date just as I was taking the rifle, hawk, and throwing knife from the truck. It seems I sort of "stuck "the hawk into the railroad tie retaining wall beside him ! :idunno: :idunno:

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

You're welcome Mike! :thumbsup:

And I have the Boss's permission to say so! :haha:

Dave

 

[paulvallandigham]

YOu wife obviously THINKS she knows more than she really does. This is the time when you wait until you have cleaned up the table, and deck, and put away all the casting equipment, and THEN, ask her to come out and look at the deck and table.

If there are NO burn spots or melted lead imbedded in the top of the table, or in the wooden deck, she won't see what she thought was going to happen.

Now, She has actually Learned SOMETHING. NO asking for an apology, no making an argument about it- just a "thanks, honey, for being concerned about our home!" is all you need to say. You can put alum foil over any table to protect the surface from splatters, BTW. Pouring hot molten lead on the foil will burn it, but splatters will usually be too cool to get that done. More important, the foil will dissipate the heat quickly so there will be no burn on the surface you are trying to protect.

Went through this the first time Dad melted Lead in a pot on the Range in the Kitchen. He did spill some lead on the porcelain lined sink top, but did no damage. Even a splash that fell down on the Linoleum flooring didn't burn the surface, and that stuff burns fairly easily.

If you are "Looking for payback", wait until she mis-uses one of your tools, like using a screwdriver to stir paint, and forgetting to clean it off. Or using a chisel as a pry bar, and chipping an edge. My mother violated my father's tools all the time, and was roundly and correctly criticized for doing so. Of course, she had been raised as a spoiled brat, and my father never overcame that, so she became SWMBO in my home.

I didn't let either of my wives get away with picking at me about nonsense like this.But, then that may be why I am not married any longer, either. :shocked2: You make your bed, so.....

This is a major relationship problem that many couples have, and its an important issue to get squared away as soon as possible.

Its your day off. Its your house. Its your table, too.

The problem is that she forgets these important things, and forgets you are her husband, and NOT a child.

She has NO business scolding you, even if you are ruining something. So What? How long have you owned the table? What is it worth? What will it cost to replace? Or Repair? Is that worth souring your relationship today???

My second wife and I never had these kinds of confrontations. Never.(The marriage ended because of religious differences, and pressure from her family.) I only share this with you to let you know its possible to have such a relationship. I treated my second wife as a Queen- MY QUEEN- because I loved her, and was so proud to have her at my side, my best friend, my confident, my partner, and my lover. And she treated me the same. We always worried about being late getting places because time became irrelevant when we were together.

 

[CaptainKirk]

Thanks to all for the advice....
But, LESS THIS POST BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT...

Allow me to clarify some things, guys..

1) Yeah, the wife is the Queen, (SOQS) and up on a pedestal, but she's there for a reason. Because I put her there.
2) This little anecdote was written more as an amusing recount of my weekend casting adventure. Sure, she 'scolds' (what woman doesn't?) but I don't listen, especially when I know I'm right! :wink:
3) This wasn't meant as a put-down to women, it was more of a 'Honeymooner's' episode...me being Ralph Kramden, of course (or perhaps, Ed Norton) in which I do things that drive her nuts, and she makes me aware of it!
4) We just celebrated our 32nd anniversary in December. We're bound to take a pot-shot at each other now & then... :surrender:

Please read it as an amusing story...don't read anything into it that's not there. :idunno: That's all it is, folks!