Me guy, me literal thinker…At least that is what I tell my Wife. I think after 32 years of marriage she has finally stopped asking questions because she knows she will get an answer/solution whether she wants it or not.
I’m female and don’t get what she wanted him to do. He did what she said. I would never expect my husband to start the laundry. He doesn’t know how to use the washer. I don’t want him pushing the wrong buttons and messing something up.
Just curious, why would Janis need the laundry taken downstairs if the bedroom is upstairs? If you’re washing your clothes, don’t you fold them and hang them up in your bedroom? It sure seems as if Janis is in the bedroom in her Pj’s at the vanity desk.
Husband is a better cook than I am. (Though I am better at normal food, he is better at fancy food.)
But when we got married he had NO idea of how to do laundry – he lived at home until we married and a bit after we were. First 10 years I had to go to a public laundry, so did not mention anything to him about learning to do laundry.
This continued until he decided he wanted to do weaving. I had managed to show him how to many home tasks (and he was impressed and surprised that I could do many “guy” things such as hand/power tools and so on) but laundry he refused to learn.
Then he took up weaving. AH HA! When he finishes weaving an item it has to be “finished” by washing it in a washer. He now has a basic understanding of how the washer and dryer work (though the woven items have to be removed from dryer while still damp and laid out to finish drying).
And since he quit his job about 15 years ago he also now knows where we bank, where we food shop, where our Post office box is – and where I deposit outgoing mail at the PO, etc. Also when and where my embroidery chapter meets as he gets left home alone when I go to same. He knew how to cook – fancy dishes which take every pot in the kitchen before we got married. He has learned to stitch embroidery, sew, and weave. I still need to teach him how to properly wash dishes, pots, etc while using the least water. (I won’t pay to fix or replace the darn dishwasher a 3rd time – easier to just wash by hand and let air dry.)
Yakety Sax 16 days ago
Done!
C 16 days ago
So much for those vaunted communication skills
nomad 16 days ago
He did what she asked. I think she owes him.
mourdac Premium Member 16 days ago
Ooookay….
Rhetorical_Question 16 days ago
Literal interpretation?
cracker65 16 days ago
Your instructions were too vague.
desvarzil 16 days ago
Janis, you should know by now that you need to give clear, concise and complete instructions.
uhohlol 16 days ago
That never happened. Arlo ain’t stupid.
derdave969 16 days ago
And now Janis’ subscription for the Little Miss Teen Eye Rolling classes is starting to payoff.
KC135E/R BOOMER 16 days ago
Me guy, me literal thinker…At least that is what I tell my Wife. I think after 32 years of marriage she has finally stopped asking questions because she knows she will get an answer/solution whether she wants it or not.
Null Island 16 days ago
I shouldn’t have laughed but I did.
GentlemanBill 16 days ago
How absolute, the knave is…
[Traveler] Premium Member 16 days ago
He cheerfully completed the task
BJDucer 16 days ago
Just don’t see anything wrong with that. . . .
philwinn 16 days ago
She must be holding out on him.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member 16 days ago
Does anyone remember when houses had laundry chutes?
baskate_2000 16 days ago
The y-chromosome strikes again!
Chris 16 days ago
well, he did what he was asked… you didn’t say where down stairs though. :J
Heelboy 12 16 days ago
He did what was asked of him, so what is the problem???
DaBump Premium Member 16 days ago
Oh, dear! Arlo, you should know better by now. And you’re too young to plead second childhood.
GG_loves_comics Premium Member 16 days ago
Another reason for a house all on one level. And he fulfilled hr request to the letter.
Just-me 16 days ago
Next thing, she’ll tell him where to stick the laundry.
DawnQuinn1 16 days ago
She didn’t specify that she wanted them down with the washer. lol
RonMcCalip 16 days ago
Be Specific! You’ll get exactly what you ask for.
SpacedInvader Premium Member 16 days ago
That’s sorta funny one time but I don’t think you should do it again. There will likely be repercussions.
trainnut1956 16 days ago
Well, he did as specified…
trainnut1956 16 days ago
If she meant “take the laundry down to the laundry room, sort it, put it in the washer and start the washer, please” she should have said so.
j.l.farmer 16 days ago
He did what you asked but not what you asked.
dpatrickryan Premium Member 16 days ago
If she meant “take the laundry to the laundry room”, why didn’t she SAY “take the laundry to the laundry room”?
ncorgbl 16 days ago
♫‘Throw another log on the fire…’♪
locake 16 days ago
I’m female and don’t get what she wanted him to do. He did what she said. I would never expect my husband to start the laundry. He doesn’t know how to use the washer. I don’t want him pushing the wrong buttons and messing something up.
MaCookie7 16 days ago
Very surprised my husband hasn’t done this to me, yet. Ha!
KEA 16 days ago
Specify, don’t imply.
LakeBill 16 days ago
Oh, THAT downstairs.
lee61951 16 days ago
Wow, could have been me. Until I read some of the comments I did not see that he had done anything wrong!
ms-ss 16 days ago
One of the best features of our new house is the washer & dryer in the hall between the bedrooms.
flagmichael 16 days ago
He spared her the quite real risk of losing her balance from the basket of clothes in front of her and no hand free to grasp the rail.
raybarb44 16 days ago
Wasn’t clear on her instructions…….
CoffeeBob Premium Member 16 days ago
He gets both points and demerits for this one.
chief tommy 16 days ago
Next time be specific
gregcomn 16 days ago
I think Arlo spotted something in the dirty laundry that trouble him.
vacman 16 days ago
What? He did what she asked.
christelisbetty 16 days ago
At least he left it in the basket,(easier to get it where it should be.)
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 16 days ago
We are men. You must be explicit.
foxmike6513 Premium Member 16 days ago
Oh yeah Been there Done that Regretted that
fej 15 days ago
Since when have they lived in a 2 story house? I don’t remember ever seeing that before.
sincavage05 15 days ago
That’s what she said, down stairs.
gigagrouch 15 days ago
Be specific!
Intergalactic Hussy 15 days ago
Weaponized incompetence.
BJDucer 15 days ago
Just curious, why would Janis need the laundry taken downstairs if the bedroom is upstairs? If you’re washing your clothes, don’t you fold them and hang them up in your bedroom? It sure seems as if Janis is in the bedroom in her Pj’s at the vanity desk.
flushed 14 days ago
By Janis’ expression, which is up, we know who we are talking to when we say “give me strength”.
fjblume2000 10 days ago
Arlo, my man, can you last a year without getting any?
mafastore 10 days ago
Husband is a better cook than I am. (Though I am better at normal food, he is better at fancy food.)
But when we got married he had NO idea of how to do laundry – he lived at home until we married and a bit after we were. First 10 years I had to go to a public laundry, so did not mention anything to him about learning to do laundry.
This continued until he decided he wanted to do weaving. I had managed to show him how to many home tasks (and he was impressed and surprised that I could do many “guy” things such as hand/power tools and so on) but laundry he refused to learn.
Then he took up weaving. AH HA! When he finishes weaving an item it has to be “finished” by washing it in a washer. He now has a basic understanding of how the washer and dryer work (though the woven items have to be removed from dryer while still damp and laid out to finish drying).
And since he quit his job about 15 years ago he also now knows where we bank, where we food shop, where our Post office box is – and where I deposit outgoing mail at the PO, etc. Also when and where my embroidery chapter meets as he gets left home alone when I go to same. He knew how to cook – fancy dishes which take every pot in the kitchen before we got married. He has learned to stitch embroidery, sew, and weave. I still need to teach him how to properly wash dishes, pots, etc while using the least water. (I won’t pay to fix or replace the darn dishwasher a 3rd time – easier to just wash by hand and let air dry.)