Thread: BEing single and a slob!

all you high fulutin fancy pants yancy boys.

What? the sink is too good for you to pee in?

I bet you dont even wipe your mouth off on your sleeve. Why do you think its there? Your willing to sneeze into it, but not clean your face off?

What my house looks like, has no bearing on the quality of the women I meet. They would have to see it to judge it, and if I cant get them to go home with me, its a none issue! =P

And if it takes nicer clothes than what I wear to get them to go home with me, do i really WANT to take them home?
It would be more realistic, more time saving, and more fiscally sound to just rent one and drop them off on the next corner when done.

Originally Posted by ndw76

If being married stops you from doing what you like then you have a problem. My wife lets me play with my razors because whe knows that it makes me happy. The same as I don't complain about her collection (she wouldn't call it that) of make-up, clothes, shoes, jewelery and accesories.

As for face lathering, I mostly only shave at the gym. I don't care if the occasional dollup of lather lands anywhere other than me. It is the job of the attendant to clean that up.

Your wife LETS you play with your razors=I don't complain about her collections. Is there some inequality there. Also your first sentence doesn't match the rest.

Just funnin with you.

Originally Posted by Magpie

all you high fulutin fancy pants yancy boys.

What? the sink is too good for you to pee in?

I bet you dont even wipe your mouth off on your sleeve. Why do you think its there? Your willing to sneeze into it, but not clean your face off?

What my house looks like, has no bearing on the quality of the women I meet. They would have to see it to judge it, and if I cant get them to go home with me, its a none issue! =P

And if it takes nicer clothes than what I wear to get them to go home with me, do i really WANT to take them home?
It would be more realistic, more time saving, and more fiscally sound to just rent one and drop them off on the next corner when done.

All right, all right.

I'm not talking nicer anything. I talking about taking care of whatever you have - that's it.

Sometimes it's not a matter of having more or better, it's a matter of something old in good condition. If that were not the case, people would not be scrambling to buy up all of the old straight razors at rediculously high prices and then fix them up.

I wouldn't mind having someone around to force me to keep my place cleaner. I have a tendency to just put stuff down, and by the time I realize I need to clean it's overwhelming... so I don't do it.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I wouldn't mind having someone around to force me to keep my place cleaner. I have a tendency to just put stuff down, and by the time I realize I need to clean it's overwhelming... so I don't do it.

That is me. I would do shave of the day photos but I would have to clean the sink.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I wouldn't mind having someone around to force me to keep my place cleaner. I have a tendency to just put stuff down, and by the time I realize I need to clean it's overwhelming... so I don't do it.

The story of my life.

i am single and when i lived in CA i shared a house with 3 other people and for 4 guys living there it was actually pretty clean 95% of the time....i just dont like dirty and lots of clutter everything should have a place and if it doesnt find or make a place to put it or get rid of it is how i see things.....one of them was a pack rat..used to drive me nuts. why do you need truck parts laying around for a truck that you dont own any more and that anyone else that lives with you doesnt own either..im not talking about parts that you could sell easy like a solid front axle or a good engine or tranny.. things like an old brake drum cover used mufflers and the list could go on for days..it was really funny he finally married this chick and she was like yea this stuff has to go away...and what was funny this friend of ours would joke around with me when he wasnt there was like hey do you need this part for your bike...no i already replaced it you can throw it out or ask bill if he can use it..then he would say ill ask your roommate if he wants it...just to **** me off because he knew he would take it and hide it in the garage and say well i might use it one day. and i use to just tell him when that one day comes down the road why not just buy it. it is only a 20$ part new and that one is used. i mean there is nothign wrong with used parts if they work and you can use it. but to hold on to parts for something yu dont even have is looney...sorry for that rant im gonna get off my soap box now

The first lady and i have been together for almost 30 years and if we hadn't found a way to live peacefully together we would have been long gone on separate ways by now. She has her ways and hobbies and i have mine. For her it is country antiques, gardening, wine evenings with lady friends and dog competitions and for me it is diy's, motorcycles, vintage technics, pub evenings with work mates and so on.
There's no need to ask permission to do something as long as there is trust between us. We do not have a need to think alike on every issue.

Our house is somewhat clean (considering we have 2 teens and 3 dogs). No lather on a ceiling or wall or such, but no risk on getting too sterile either. I like to put things back where i think they belong so it is easier to find them next time. I like to clean what i mess, usually. Some of my wifes collectibles might look like a terrible mess to me but for her they are in perfect order. And the same goes the other way too. As someone who serves in the military i think i have very sharp eye to tell if someone isn't in order. I once (many many years ago) tried to tell my wife that she should maybe put his collectibles in better order and she said that hey you are not at work now. I though well she's right.

Originally Posted by Sailor

There's no need to ask permission to do something as long as there is trust between us. We do not have a need to think alike on every issue.

+1.

My wife and I don't think the same about many non essential things, and that's ok. We agree about al the fundamental issues in living together and raising kids. Apart from that we each have our own areas where we are the boss. My daughter of 4 understands this concept as 'the boss off' principle.

It roughly means that while we discuss things and respect each others opinion, the final decision is take by the 'boss' of that area. For example, my wife is 'boss' of the colors and decoration. I am 'boss' of the basement. She is 'boss' of sleepovers and playdates, I am 'boss' of the powertools. She is the 'boss' of the kitchen, I am the 'boss' of all sharp objects in the house incl the kitchen knives, ... etc

I agree this is maybe a weird way to go about dividing authority, but it works for us and it is really more of a soft distinction. It's not like we have arguments about it. It is more to indicate where the other one is not really that interested. I may think a couch should be of a certain color, but I honestly don't care that much. Likewise, my wife doesn't really care about knives one way or the other, as long as they are sharp when she needs them.

We got started with this since our oldest got to her first play date or sleep over. I have daughters, and play dates and such involve other girls of a similar age. I made it clear to my wife that I will under no circumstance but the gravest emergency be in charge of other girls, and thankfully she understood perfectly and thus whenever my daughter asked about going on a play date or having a friend come over, I told her that mommy is the 'boss' of such things and she should ask her.

From there, the 'boss' concept spilled over to kitchen knives and the rest of the house.

I like that idea Bruno! I'm going to start doing that at home, it sounds like it makes things simpler (each to their own "area" but the core fundamentals are agreed on) and keeps things heading in a united direction as well.

Thats a really great way of running a household!