MEN! Cant' live with 'em, can't live without 'em....

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Originally Posted by captiva

Cindy - My friends husband does this (owns his own business, too) It's especially though when you are in your first year, I understand. Maybe you could tell him how sad you are that you cannot spend time together ?
If he still doesn't care, then kick his butt
Lol, oh, we spend plenty of time together....I'ts just that I worry about him not taking care of himself.....
 

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Tell me about it! I'll tell my husband something and he just poo-poos me. A stranger can tell him the same thing 5 minutes later and he'll take it as gospel. Example, I was telling him that a cat can get pregnant soon after she has a litter and he argued and said no way, that they had to stop nursing the kittens first and then go into heat and he was adamant that I was wrong.

I love him to bits, but man is he stubborn. He's getting better in some ways. We have been painting and doing the trim in our house. I said I thought this one door had to be sanded before being painted and he assured me it didn't (which I thought was strange because he's one of those people that everything has to be done perfectly). Anyway, after helping me clean the door, he agreed that I was right and I don't hear that very often.

I think it's something in the male genes - like not asking for directions.
 

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Just tell him you're not going to give him any for a week/month and see what that does!


Say that if he tires himself out he's probably going to get sick and you dont want to catch anything.
 

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Originally Posted by Yosemite

Tell me about it! I'll tell my husband something and he just poo-poos me. A stranger can tell him the same thing 5 minutes later and he'll take it as gospel. Example, I was telling him that a cat can get pregnant soon after she has a litter and he argued and said no way, that they had to stop nursing the kittens first and then go into heat and he was adamant that I was wrong.

I love him to bits, but man is he stubborn. He's getting better in some ways. We have been painting and doing the trim in our house. I said I thought this one door had to be sanded before being painted and he assured me it didn't (which I thought was strange because he's one of those people that everything has to be done perfectly). Anyway, after helping me clean the door, he agreed that I was right and I don't hear that very often.

I think it's something in the male genes - like not asking for directions.


OMG HOW TRUE HOW TRUE HOW TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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my husband gets very busy too, he works from seven to eight and sometimes a lot later


he gets very stressed and works too hard sometimes and yes i miss him but i know he's just trying his hardest, i do let him know when i think he needs a break, then if he still wants to keep working then that's his decision.

sometimes he works very late and you can see in his face that he's too stressed and he complains of chest pains (they have been checked out and are just due to stress) i worry about him a lot sometimes and try to slow him down but once he has started something he's determened to finish it.

i just do what i can for him when he's home, give him a back massage, make sure his favorite meal is ready and bring him a cold beer, that always relaxes him


my husband usually says he just wants to get things finished so he doesn't have to worry about them, and i can understand that...it is hard, especially when i hardly see him all week and then he works Saturday's too but we just make up for it when we do get to spend time together


once he gets his own business started we won't have this problem thank goodness.

i think the main thing is to be supportive and make the most of any time you have together, it works for me
 

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Man am I familiar with this story....story of my hubbys life grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...but no matter how much I nag ....he never changes

I guess it could be worse....he could lay on the couch all day LOL
seriously...i worry about mine also...
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While I hesitate to step into this one, for obvious reasons , surprisingly enough I want to share a relevant funny a friend sent me this morning which reinforces your premise.

"A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered Mr. Jones, the Human Resources manager, standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.

"Listen," said Mr. Jones, "this is important, and my secretary has already left. Can you make this thing work?"

"Certainly," said the secretary. She turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.

"Excellent, excellent!" said Mr. Jones as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I just need one copy."

All the best to all,

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Originally Posted by KittenKrazy

Lol, yeah, I'm on my soapbox again...will someone explain to me why a reasonably intelligent person won't listen to another reasonably intelligent person? Case in point...hub has been up since 8 last night.....needs to be up at midnight tonight, but refuses to go home and go to bed......has totally pissed me off, 'cause I worry about him....don't want him sick or dying of a heart attack on me or something, ....but he won't listen to me, just gets mad 'cause I begged him to go home and at least rest for a bit......think I'm going to kill him and be done with it.....
Hee hee, don't do that sis, they won't let you use the computer to chat in jail! Sending you patience vibes and hugs
 

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Yeah, sometimes I think I need a sledgehammer to get Rune to stop working and go to sleep. He's a freelance IT consultant for Telia, but he's also tying up accounts for the business he was in partnership with - Visator. Last night he was up til 2:30am working, but would he listen to me and come to bed? No. Men eh?
 
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