BetterCallSaul
Master Don Juan
The wife is giving me some interesting material to work with lately.
Another tale from the married life however there is some value in it for all men here on SS regardless if you're in a LTR or just 'browsing' the market. This brief story demonstrates how womens' group think can be detrimental as a whole, so you guys who are single and have to contend with some chicks friends who have their b!tch shields at defcon 1, you can probably relate to this.
A couple weeks ago my wife made plans with one of our friends to attend their child's birthday party. The wife and the other lady coordinate pretty much all of this, which is fine by me because the less I have to plan or deal with any of it the better. Just tell me when and where I have to show up and that works. And that's what happened. Everything is going great, and the day is a typical weekend day like any other, generally free from stress, drama and other BS which is how I like it.
I start getting dressed and getting a couple of things ready. About 15 minutes before we have to leave, I start taking things to the car. I get to the car and lo and behold one of our cheap folding tables is sticking out of the trunk. I did not put this there. I go back into the house.
Me: Why is the table in the car trunk?
Her: Oh yeah...(Friend) said she might need it at the party because she's not sure if she will have enough space to put everything. Do you have any twine or rope I can use for it?
Me: Hang on a second...when did she ask you to bring a table?
Her: She texted me earlier this morning asking if we have one we could bring and I told her yes.
Me: You did see that the table is sticking about 4 feet outside of the truck? It won't completely fit in the trunk. (Keep in mind I don't own a truck and I have no real use for one where I live so this would be the only vehicle it could go into).
Her: I know that's why I need some rope or something to tie it down.
Me: Tie it down to what? There's nothing in the trunk that will serve as a secure anchor nevermind the fact you'd have to loop rope completely around a table about a dozen times so it doesn't slip out and even then there's no guarantee.
Her: Do you have any rope I can use or not?
Me: You're not taking the table to this party.
Her: What? WHY!?!?!
Me: I'm not going to risk causing some kind of traffic accident which could hurt someone because this table slips out the back of the trunk. And all for what? Because (friend) didn't take the time to adequately prepare for the party? That's on her. That is not our responsibility to deal with. She's putting on this party, she should make the arrangements to have everything there that she needs.
She tried to persuade me a little more after that, but I refused to take it and told her to get the table out of the trunk, which she did. The whole moral of this story is that group think with women can be outright terrible and in this scenario could have been dangerous. Ordinarily she can think things through with some level of reason but once her friend said she needed something, any level of reason went completely out the window all in the name of the friend needing help. She didn't even take the time to think before responding to her of how we'd possibly transport this table there. She immediately knee-jerk reacted and said "yes" and damn any possible safety concerns.
Women + group think, generally = not much of any value getting accomplished.
Another tale from the married life however there is some value in it for all men here on SS regardless if you're in a LTR or just 'browsing' the market. This brief story demonstrates how womens' group think can be detrimental as a whole, so you guys who are single and have to contend with some chicks friends who have their b!tch shields at defcon 1, you can probably relate to this.
A couple weeks ago my wife made plans with one of our friends to attend their child's birthday party. The wife and the other lady coordinate pretty much all of this, which is fine by me because the less I have to plan or deal with any of it the better. Just tell me when and where I have to show up and that works. And that's what happened. Everything is going great, and the day is a typical weekend day like any other, generally free from stress, drama and other BS which is how I like it.
I start getting dressed and getting a couple of things ready. About 15 minutes before we have to leave, I start taking things to the car. I get to the car and lo and behold one of our cheap folding tables is sticking out of the trunk. I did not put this there. I go back into the house.
Me: Why is the table in the car trunk?
Her: Oh yeah...(Friend) said she might need it at the party because she's not sure if she will have enough space to put everything. Do you have any twine or rope I can use for it?
Me: Hang on a second...when did she ask you to bring a table?
Her: She texted me earlier this morning asking if we have one we could bring and I told her yes.
Me: You did see that the table is sticking about 4 feet outside of the truck? It won't completely fit in the trunk. (Keep in mind I don't own a truck and I have no real use for one where I live so this would be the only vehicle it could go into).
Her: I know that's why I need some rope or something to tie it down.
Me: Tie it down to what? There's nothing in the trunk that will serve as a secure anchor nevermind the fact you'd have to loop rope completely around a table about a dozen times so it doesn't slip out and even then there's no guarantee.
Her: Do you have any rope I can use or not?
Me: You're not taking the table to this party.
Her: What? WHY!?!?!
Me: I'm not going to risk causing some kind of traffic accident which could hurt someone because this table slips out the back of the trunk. And all for what? Because (friend) didn't take the time to adequately prepare for the party? That's on her. That is not our responsibility to deal with. She's putting on this party, she should make the arrangements to have everything there that she needs.
She tried to persuade me a little more after that, but I refused to take it and told her to get the table out of the trunk, which she did. The whole moral of this story is that group think with women can be outright terrible and in this scenario could have been dangerous. Ordinarily she can think things through with some level of reason but once her friend said she needed something, any level of reason went completely out the window all in the name of the friend needing help. She didn't even take the time to think before responding to her of how we'd possibly transport this table there. She immediately knee-jerk reacted and said "yes" and damn any possible safety concerns.
Women + group think, generally = not much of any value getting accomplished.
