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post #1 of 26
6/6/11 at 5:20pm
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When I was in my teens I was sure I was going to marry early. It was just something I'd always wanted. I was very tight-laced and "goody goody" in high school so I had no desire to be a young person and do things only young people get to do.

Now that I'm in my twenties, I have no plans to marry anytime soon, and am busy making up for all that lost mischief

HOWEVER... the one time I want a husband is when I have to go grocery shopping and cat shopping in the same night. I live alone in an upstairs apartment... lugging 3-week supply canned cat food, huge bag of litter, a gallon of milk, 2 2-liter Cokes, and 6 other variously-filled grocery bags up two flights of stairs alone is NOT my idea of a good time! lol!!

I'm one of those who HATE making two trips. I had to make an exception in this case, though. It just made me think of how nice it would be to have some help and how much I took that for granted when I lived with my parents.
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post #2 of 26
6/6/11 at 5:33pm
Hire a butler!
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post #3 of 26
6/6/11 at 5:54pm
You can borrow mine, he is strong
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post #4 of 26
6/6/11 at 6:40pm
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Hee-hee! Butler on call! Just for those trips up the steps.
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post #5 of 26
6/6/11 at 7:18pm
If it helps, a husband would likely transform your load into 12 bottles of pop, 2 gallons of milk, and 12 bags of groceries, so you'd probably end up doing as much work anyway.
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post #6 of 26
6/6/11 at 8:20pm
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Originally Posted by zoeysmom View Post
If it helps, a husband would likely transform your load into 12 bottles of pop, 2 gallons of milk, and 12 bags of groceries, so you'd probably end up doing as much work anyway.
Ain't that the truth!! lol. Honestly, having a husband does not automatically guarantee having help with the groceries. Usually I go to the market when he's at work so I'm on my own anyway. When he is home, he has a very convenient "hearer", as in he doesn't realize I'm home until I'm in the door with 10 bags and two broken hands. Then he says "why didn't you say something? I didn't know you were home...". Hmmmm, thought the sound of the car, car door slamming, dogs going crazy would have tipped you off....

I can't complain though. He mows the grass, shovels the snow, takes care of the cars, kills bugs and takes out the garbage (just to name a few) so he's worth it.
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post #7 of 26
6/6/11 at 8:22pm
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The butler is looking better minute by minute!
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post #8 of 26
6/6/11 at 8:32pm
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Originally Posted by calico2222 View Post
Ain't that the truth!! lol. Honestly, having a husband does not automatically guarantee having help with the groceries. Usually I go to the market when he's at work so I'm on my own anyway. When he is home, he has a very convenient "hearer", as in he doesn't realize I'm home until I'm in the door with 10 bags and two broken hands. Then he says "why didn't you say something? I didn't know you were home...". Hmmmm, thought the sound of the car, car door slamming, dogs going crazy would have tipped you off


parsley, at least it's good exercise
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post #9 of 26
6/6/11 at 8:44pm
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Exercise? What's that?
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post #10 of 26
6/6/11 at 8:49pm
I can only hope that you find one like mine....but you can't have mine!
Yesterday he changed out the litter box. Today he bought me hanging flower baskets and filled the Finch feeders, so we had birds and blooms.
He also made dinner as I had a long hard day at work. He also helped me finish the dishes. I am a lucky woman and I wish all on here to have such a wonderful spouse.
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post #11 of 26
6/6/11 at 9:01pm
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Originally Posted by parsleysage View Post
I live alone in an upstairs apartment... lugging 3-week supply canned cat food, huge bag of litter, a gallon of milk, 2 2-liter Cokes, and 6 other variously-filled grocery bags up two flights of stairs alone is NOT my idea of a good time! lol!!
Some possible ideas: guy friends, Dad, Uncle's, a dolly.
Did someone mention working out/exercise? That idea sounds interesting on the surface, but why spend all that time working out just for a once a month grocery trip But at the gym you could find someone to help with all those groceries!
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post #12 of 26
6/6/11 at 9:02pm
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Originally Posted by spudsmom View Post
I can only hope that you find one like mine....but you can't have mine!
Yesterday he changed out the litter box. Today he bought me hanging flower baskets and filled the Finch feeders, so we had birds and blooms.
He also made dinner as I had a long hard day at work. He also helped me finish the dishes. I am a lucky woman and I wish all on here to have such a wonderful spouse.
I have a GREAT one too Makes it easy to count your blessings, never have to look too far.
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post #13 of 26
6/6/11 at 9:08pm
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Originally Posted by cococat View Post
I have a GREAT one too Makes it easy to count your blessings, never have to look too far.
That's the truth!
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post #14 of 26
6/7/11 at 1:28am
Online grocery shopping!. They deliver them right to your door, and take into your kitchen if you want. Well, here in the UK they do.

I hate supermarket queues so that's why l do my shopping online every 2 weeks
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post #15 of 26
6/7/11 at 2:44am
Live-in boyfriend can do that too, and bf's are better. Boyfriend means you're together because you want to be. Husband its incidental and often breaks down to contractual obligation!

Or if even a BF is too smothering, perhaps a Boston Dynamics BigDog robot would be of assistance (developed for the army as a mechanical pack mule heh): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0s7aRUIoTw
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post #16 of 26
6/7/11 at 3:34am
When I was married it seemed like I usually ended up carrying in the groceries anyway. My ex was a mechanic though and I really missed that. Especially since I ended up driving old cars for quite some time after I was divorced.
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post #17 of 26
6/7/11 at 5:13am
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Originally Posted by zoeysmom View Post
If it helps, a husband would likely transform your load into 12 bottles of pop, 2 gallons of milk, and 12 bags of groceries, so you'd probably end up doing as much work anyway.
Don't forget the Oreo cookies!

Seriously, even with my DH's fetish for Oreos, he's a really good guy. He makes me spastic sometimes and I make him crazy. But it's been working pretty good now for 40 years. I think I'll keep him.
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post #18 of 26
6/7/11 at 7:01am
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Hee hee! You guyyyyysss....

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Originally Posted by Rosiemac View Post
Online grocery shopping!. They deliver them right to your door, and take into your kitchen if you want. Well, here in the UK they do.
Hmm, good idea! We actually do have that, I think, but it's mostly for organic stuff and the like. Might be a little expensive, though.

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Don't forget the Oreo cookies!
My father is OBSESSED with Oreo cookies. He will eat half the bag - truly, 50% of the cookies in the bag in one sitting. How he doesn't puke them up is beyond me. I don't like them at all, except crushed in ice cream or other desserts!

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Originally Posted by Ducman69 View Post
Live-in boyfriend can do that too, and bf's are better. Boyfriend means you're together because you want to be. Husband its incidental and often breaks down to contractual obligation!

Or if even a BF is too smothering, perhaps a Boston Dynamics BigDog robot would be of assistance (developed for the army as a mechanical pack mule heh): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0s7aRUIoTw
So far, both of these are my favorite answers, lol! (Although I do like the butler idea!) Sounds like some people on the boards have sweet spouses, but unfortunately I know plenty of people who don't, and some who are especially close to me are struggling with this issue - thus my current aversion to the subject

What I REALLY need to do is plan better instead of realizing, "Wow, I'm out of.... yup, everything!" That way I can make it easier while still doing it myself (don't I sound like the petulant 8-year-old). I like that idea best of all.
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post #19 of 26
6/7/11 at 7:12am
Get a grocery cart. The type you need if you don't have a car and need to walk or take a bus. We get our groceries and then when we get home, put all the stuff in the cart and take into the apartment. Of course, we don't have stairs. LOL

I have something like this: http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CHYQ8wIwAA

It is great because it folds up.
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post #20 of 26
6/7/11 at 7:59am
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Originally Posted by c1atsite View Post


parsley, at least it's good exercise

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post #21 of 26
6/7/11 at 9:47am
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Originally Posted by parsleysage View Post
When I was in my teens I was sure I was going to marry early. It was just something I'd always wanted. I was very tight-laced and "goody goody" in high school so I had no desire to be a young person and do things only young people get to do.

Now that I'm in my twenties, I have no plans to marry anytime soon, and am busy making up for all that lost mischief

HOWEVER... the one time I want a husband is when I have to go grocery shopping and cat shopping in the same night. I live alone in an upstairs apartment... lugging 3-week supply canned cat food, huge bag of litter, a gallon of milk, 2 2-liter Cokes, and 6 other variously-filled grocery bags up two flights of stairs alone is NOT my idea of a good time! lol!!

I'm one of those who HATE making two trips. I had to make an exception in this case, though. It just made me think of how nice it would be to have some help and how much I took that for granted when I lived with my parents.
Yep men do come in handy at times
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post #22 of 26
6/7/11 at 10:08am
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Originally Posted by zoeysmom View Post
If it helps, a husband would likely transform your load into 12 bottles of pop, 2 gallons of milk, and 12 bags of groceries, so you'd probably end up doing as much work anyway.
That is soo true!! When I got married my mom and his family all told me the same thing..that i Was going to go broke keeping him fed!

Nah he doesn't help with the groceries I think he is a convient "hearer" as well and is always suprised when i show up at the door with bags even AFTER I TELL HIM I was going to the store that day and if he needed anything

Ah well he does take out the garbage, vaccum, and cleans the cars off in the snow. So I guess it balances out.
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post #23 of 26
6/7/11 at 10:42am
when I was married, I once asked my ex if he would put my new wiper blades on my car.... he said "Why can't you?" Now, keep in mind, I was standing there doing HIS laundry at the time so I replied "if you won't do these kind of things for me, what do I need you for?" he put them on, but I later determined that I didn't need him after all

Now i have a lawn guy who does odd repair jobs around the house in exchange for him using my shed to store his stuff- works out great!
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post #24 of 26
6/7/11 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by zoeysmom View Post
If it helps, a husband would likely transform your load into 12 bottles of pop, 2 gallons of milk, and 12 bags of groceries, so you'd probably end up doing as much work anyway.

Having a hubby or s/o doesn't necessarily mean the work load will be lighter - in fact, you'd probably have even more to do - especially if you end up with a couch potato like my roommate is. Another mouth to feed means more groceries to buy which means you'd have more to haul in, more messes to clean up, etc. I've been on both ends, and I've had more work to do by being with someone than compared to being alone - although I have to admit that they come in handy for some things - like doing handy-work around the house, and some of the heavier things that women can't do.
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post #25 of 26
6/7/11 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by zoeysmom View Post
If it helps, a husband would likely transform your load into 12 bottles of pop, 2 gallons of milk, and 12 bags of groceries, so you'd probably end up doing as much work anyway.
Too funny!!
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post #26 of 26
6/7/11 at 3:29pm
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Originally Posted by calico2222 View Post
Ain't that the truth!! lol. Honestly, having a husband does not automatically guarantee having help with the groceries. Usually I go to the market when he's at work so I'm on my own anyway. When he is home, he has a very convenient "hearer", as in he doesn't realize I'm home until I'm in the door with 10 bags and two broken hands. Then he says "why didn't you say something? I didn't know you were home...". Hmmmm, thought the sound of the car, car door slamming, dogs going crazy would have tipped you off....:
Totally. Mine has even been known to drive to the store with me and wait in the car listening to the radio! Or, when we get home, it will be I have to go to the bathroom! or some such excuse so he doesn't have to lug the groceries in the house. He will put away the cold food though, but he "doesn't know where I keep things" in the pantry. Um... I tend to just shove stuff in there wherever it fits.
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