We have been married eleven years, and in that time have amassed a collection of shared references, old habits and pet peeves. Sometimes I know what he is going to say before he says it, and other times I only think I do.
Whenever Az the Husband is going to ask me to do something that I do not want to do, he always begins his sentence with “Um.” I hate this. The sound of “Um” from his mouth means Impending Obligation, usually one I should have done earlier but haven’t, so I feel guilty already. “Um, you said you were going to make that phone call.” “Um, remember I have that meeting tomorrow so I can’t help with the kids.”
I loathe “Um.”
One night, standing in the kitchen, he began a statement with “Um” and I visibly shuddered and said, admittedly maybe a little louder than necessary, “Would you STOP saying ‘Um.’ Every time you say ‘Um’ I know something unpleasant and burdensome is coming. Would you AT LEAST pick another word?”
Az was a little taken aback. But he has also shared most of my laughs in the last twelve years, so he rallied quickly and, with a twinkle in his eye, he said:
(The link is to a Dara O’Briain bit. He is a very funny man with a very foul mouth, so don’t visit the link if foul language offends you.)
tee hee
Haha! Your husband is johnny-on-the-spot with the clever response. My husband is always at the ready with a retort to anything I say. Anything. It sometimes annoys me, but mostly makes me laugh.
Umm… Are you sure you should be blogging when you have soo many sheets to iron?
My husband has a similar way of saying “DAARling….” very portentously, leaving a long gap, when I am similarly apprehensive about whether he is about to propose we move country, start a new business or something equally momentous, then he’ll ask if there’s a new bar of soap anywhere…..!
Har.
Shared marital jokes are the bedrock of a good marriage, I think.
LOLOL! Too funny. Thanks.
Just wanted to say I am a new reader and enjoyed finding your blog today through “Antique Mommy”. I may visit again from time to time! (Oh, and with me and my hubby it is his inability to say “no” when I ask him if he can do something: it’s either “We’ll see” or “Maybe later”, which in *13* years I have learned means “Don’t count on it”!
My husband drives me crazy by always wanting to show me an “easier or better” way to do something (aka his way). He also refolds the towels after me because I do not fold them “correctly”. I told him that if he wants it done right he can do it himself. That has dramatically cut down on the number of times he corrects me. This also works with “if you want to know where it is then you should have put it away yourself”.
Ha ha! Az sounds like a card.
Hilarious clip! Thanks for that.
This is funny. Glad I landed on your blog today. Made me wonder what I do or say that warns my hubby. I think my eyebrows raise, and I glue on a smile, and speak with a higher pitch than normal. How weird is that?
We’ve also been married for 11 years. My husband is a fan of “um or uh” while I try to be endearing. I say, “Sweets?”
He knows something un-fun is coming when I trot out “Sweets”
Funny clip, too.
I can hear it now… coming out of my OWN mouth! And I can see it now… the look of impending doom on my husband’s face, along with the sag of the shoulders and the slow closing of the eyelids as he slowly braces to meet whatever I’m dishin’ out. Gently.
Ha ha! My former boss used to have a tag phrase like that, I knew something was going to suck when she’d say “Say, Dawn…” – we started referring to it as being “say named”…
So funny! I’m sending this post off to the Loved right now…