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Submitted by thinkthrice on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 12:57pm

I'm going on a ten day road trip with Chef!  Usually something doesn't go to plan that is beyond my control and he will blame me for it. 

Hell sometimes something goes wrong that he specifically CAUSED and he will blame me for it!

Will be like riding with a giant toddler.  Give me strength.  He has yet another burned out house rehab  project lined up for next year so he'll be obsessed with that and the one he is working on now.  YIKES!

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Submitted by halo1998 on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 1:10pm

It got so bad that I refused in the later years to travel with him.  shudder.....it was awful.

DH was a bit pissy this last trip because it was cold, raining and he had to walk. I shut that shiznit down....I wasn't spending my entire trip to NOLA listening to him complain.  It was a bucket trip for me...so nope...I told DH to suck it up and to shut up.

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Submitted by CLove on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 1:10pm

Try to forget all that other stuff and enjoy Biggrin

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Submitted by MissK03 on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 4:03pm

Good luck!! Enjoy! My SO is NOT a road trip type so I can only imagine. We took wrong turn leaving Switzerland and all back roads to get to Germany... he wasn't happy squished (he's 6 2") in a back seat of European car LOL. 

Maybe in his truck he would have been happier haha. 

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Submitted by JRI on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 4:13pm

On our last airline trip, accompanied by 3 family members, DJ85 managed to get lost in a transfer airport.  They were announcing "last boarding call" when I finally saw him.

On our last road trip, an 8-hour journey, my knuckles were white and my blood pressure must have been astronomic. 

Plus, at our age, we have to stop at every single McDonald's for the bathroom.  Lol. 

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Submitted by grannyd on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 9:49am

Yo, JRI,

'Plus, at our age, we have to stop at every single McDonald's for the bathroom.'

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Been there, done that!

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Submitted by Harry on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 4:36pm

Remember,,  It's Not  My Fault.....  I don't controll.     The. Weather,,,the traffic,,,the hotel...the restaurant...the gas prices...  

Halo,,,  I can't believe anyone can have a bad time in NOLA.  One of the fun place in the USA. with great food . At good prices.

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Submitted by halo1998 on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 7:38am

however, 30 years ago he was young and about 100 pounds lighter.  Also they just stuck to the bars, etc. 

Now when I go somewhere I don't want to spend my time in a bar getting trashed.  I like to go around and see the sites, experience the food and the culture.  So....I make DH walk....ALOT.

He was complaining because I made him walk for tours, etc.  Then we had to wait in the rain for 2 hours for the parades to start...Carnival has started in NOLA.

After the biotching had started I told him to stuff it.  He knows I will not sit in a hotel room and watch TV.  I can do that shiznit at home...not going to happen. I reminded him I go to a lot of sporting events I do not like...and I don't complain. I make the best of it....and enjoy myself.  I have never seen the parades, etc and he better not ruin it.   He got with the program right quick.

Hindsight he got home and admitted that with me ( he went 3 times with the NAVY and once on his honeymoon with Beaver)..he saw way way more of NOLA than he ever did before.  

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Submitted by AlmostGone834 on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 4:45pm

I'm dying at these stories Lol

I guess I can say traveling is one thing about my life I can't complain about (but then we don't ever go anywhere so maybe that's why). 

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Submitted by grannyd on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 9:46am

My husband and I have travelled extensively (Europe, China, all USA states etc.) for decades and my only complaint is that he’s a take-charge person who tends to get a bit bossy. I have to slap him down a time or two. 

It’s my firm belief that all of our ‘swinging dicks’ need a solid smacking-down from time to time; it keeps them in line, ‘eh Rags? Aggressive

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Submitted by Rags on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 11:08pm

Wink
 

We need the occasional session of letting the wind out of our sails.  My bride will deflate my sails and ego masterfully at just the right time.  Fortunately I remain somewhat trainable so it has been increasingly longer periods between a DW induced reset.

As for travel... road-trips, international, local, etc... DW and I enjoy those things.  Separately and together.

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Submitted by grannyd on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 3:30pm

You know Rags,

If I could clone you and my husband or maybe run the two of you through a space-age photocopier (Ani, let’s toss Mr. Aniki into the mix, yeah?), and sell you off to some of the hard-done by women on this site, for a start, I’d be as rich as God. 

I’m prepared to split the profits! Whaddaya think? Admittedly, you'll have to stay on your diet and, perhaps, maintain the white beard that's impressing the women at your office..... Wink

 

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Submitted by Aniki-Moderator on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 3:40pm

Granny, no need to slap down Mr Aniki. He is incredibly modest. In fact, there are times I have to reassure him that he is an interesting, sexy, and attractive man!

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Submitted by grannyd on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 7:59pm

Yes, Ani!

What is it with these superior men that they fail to grasp their worth? I get so frustrated with my husband when he rebuffs a compliment. His father was a cold, unloving man who never praised his only son on his significant, academic achievements or much of anything else.

My husband put himself through university and graduate school by working night shifts at a steel factory and attending classes at a top-rated Canadian university during the day.

 He never asked his dad for a penny nor was he offered any parental assistance. Despite his lack of familial funding, my husband was a devoted and supportive son to his mom and dad until their deaths.

That, Ani, was the character of the man that yon ex-wife so unwisely tossed aside for a fast-talking, easy-spending Italian hotshot. She is now with a newer man but continues to work, part time, in order to keep their mortgage paid whereas I, only four years older than she, have been living a life of comfort and ease for the last eighteen years, with a faithful, loving and simply wonderful man. But you get that, yeah? 

Shed your tears, our two Biohos! I almost feel sorry for them, Ani. Almost…. Pleasantry

 

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Submitted by Aniki-Moderator on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:17am

I hear you, grannyd!

My DH's father left when DH was 1yo. DH's mother was verbally and physically abusive (IMO, she's damn lucky he was - and still is - a dutiful son). She told him he'd never graduate HS. He did. His hard work prior to that netted him enough $ to pay for 2 years of college. He dropped out of college to join the USMC and is a combat veteran. His work ethic is second to none. If he doesn't know how to fix something, "it ain't worth fixin'". When it comes to living off of the land and survival skills (desert or snow), he knows how. Bonus: Mr. Aniki could teach a professional course on how to pleasure a woman. Many is the time I couldn't tell you my own name! *blush*

In no way do I feel sorry for 'Ho for failing to recognize the value of my darling husband!

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Submitted by Rags on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 11:11pm

Thank you for that.

The excess Rags is continuing to melt.... slowly.  I should be in One-der-land by my 60th, 357 days from now.  It has been coming off at a rate of about 1Lb to 2Lbs per week. The last time we did this  I lost way too fast, 80Lbs in 7mos,  and as most people do, I slowly went back to the lifestyle I had been living before I started. Once I hit my initial goal I started adding back in stuff I should not have.  5yrs later I had put on 40 of the 80 I lost.

This time, my head is much more in a long term game to get under  the 200#s.  6'1" 185 is my aging guy stretch goal. Though 199.99999 will work.  Having my stunning 5'11" bride working the program with me certainly helps.

Thank you for the compliments. However, amazing ladies are what help make decent men.  I would not be who I am without her.  And my mom. And.. my dad. And even.... my SKid.  Few people can be who they are alone.

If I can include myself in that category.

Give rose

And... the snow white beard should be around for a while-ish.

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Submitted by Winterglow on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 10:09am

DH has no sense of direction (and won't admit it), cannot read a map, and seldom reads signposts...  When he's driving and I realise he has no idea where we are nor how to get to our planned destination, I tend to breezily say, "ah, so we're taking the scenic route?" which is generally answered with a snarled "do YOU want to drive?" Has our daughters suppressing giggles every time.

 

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Submitted by Cover1W on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 10:12am

Road trips! My DH doesn't understand them. We took a 7 day vacation years ago, a road trip across our state because he hadn't really seen much of it.

He is a late riser so I'd be waiting a long long time for him each morning which impacted our ability to stop anywhere along the route or do anything along our way. The last several days I was po'd and told him never again would I road trip with him and gave up stopping. He mentioned doing a similar road trip type elsewhere and I shut that down.

He's great to travel with just not a road trip.

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Submitted by Exjuliemccoy on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 10:33am

TT, don't take crap from Chef. You're both too old for him to still be behaving like that. If he misbehaves, one of you gets out of the car. You can call yourself a Lyft/Uber, or you can leave him somewhere, but please don't put up with his abuse.