My fiance is away on a fishing trip with his buddies so my best friend came over for "girl time" last night. I was telling her about a fishing fiasco my fiance and I went through on Monday.
We had spent 3 hours getting all the gear ready and my mom had Oliver (Our son). As soon as we got to the boat launch, it starting pouring down rain. So we turned around and went back to the cabin to wait it out. Half an hour later the rain had stopped so we drive back to the boat launch. Before the storm hit that day, the lake was already very high because of all the rain we have gotten over the past month. After the storm, the dock at the launch was completely under water by about 2 inches. I'm a farm girl. I'm used to my feet gettin' a little wet. I was ready to take off my shoes and socks and roll up my jeans a little bit. My fiance on the other hand wanted to just give up on the whole idea and go fishing with me some other time. He can gut a deer, but God forbid his feet get dirty.
Oh yes, my friend and I had a good long laugh about that one. Then my friend decided to take a shower because she was spending the night and didn't want to get up early. She came out of the bathroom after her shower and started going on and on about how great my 'apricot scrub face wash' was and how much she loved my 'neutrogena face wipes' and I'm just sitting there wondering what the hell she's talking about. We about peed our pants when we realized that they had to be my fiance's. There's absolutely nothing wrong with him using those products, we just couldn't help ourselves.
Then we were in the bedroom talking and she commented on how nice the 'his and her' closets are. I replied that 75% of the closets are his and 25% are mine. Oh god, we were giggling SO hard. We almost woke Oliver up! It's not that he spends tons of money on clothes or anything. Most of his t-shirts are cheap wal-mart t-shirts with a couple 'Beatles' t-shirts from the mall thrown in. He just has a lot of them. I'm happy with 6 or 7 shirts and 3 pairs of jeans. Lol.
So have you ever caught your hubby doing something that would normally be expected of a woman?
I wouldn't call it "girly" but my husband will not leave the house without ironing his clothes. Doesn't matter if he is just wearing a T-shirt - everything gets ironed. I really like it too, he always looks nice and sharp!
Funny! My husband hates to touch raw meat...he thinks raw chicken is especially gross. It cracks me up because I'm a biologist and have cut open many many specimens and taken specific parts of organs or meat or whatever for samples.
Wow, not sure why this brought out such negativity. I just wanted to tell you to ignore those comments. To each their own.
How would you feel if your bf was laughing at you with his friends? Nothing you describe is out of line for a man. Some day this "girly" man may just change a diaper or get up with a baby in the middle of the night.
hummm I find your post humerous, must be that kind of day.
My husband screams at spiders like a girl, and he jumps and about passes out like one too if a snake even gets in his eyesight. Just to drive him batty, I like to pick em up and play with them. LOL... I used to work for a zoo and a humane society for years, and I love Reptiles and bugs (with exceptions to 2 kinds of bugs that are the spawn of the devil and will give me the willies every time) So dancing around with a 6 foot Bullsnake around my neck infront of him gives me the fits of giggles every time.
Once we had a mouse in our house, it was running around, I was up on a chair, dog was chasing it, my oldest son was chasing it with a broom, my large, muscular husband jumped up on a bench! It was SO funny to see!
I can't help but wonder if it wasn't experience that told him it is stupid to walk out on a wet dock. Wood gets pretty damn slippery when it is wet. I know my husband wouldn't let me walk out on one and it isn't because he is girly, I think the term is common sense.
My husband uses products marketed for women as well. He does it because they are better made products because we are the gender that will pay the premium for skin and hair care. Doesn't make him girly, it means he takes care of himself.
My husband cooks better than most women I know. Still I don't think that makes him girly either.
Okay I didn't want to say this but I can't resist, your post makes you sound very immature.
None of this you mentioned matters one bit - he can gut a deer. My gosh, he's a man through-and-through.
I have to say that it you looked in any man's closet who is over 30 years old, you will see even more clothes than your fiance has... What you are describing is "life", not being girly~
Dawn
I find this post hilarious. I don't understand why it's affecting others the wrong way. I actually find that funny too. =D.
When my eldest was really little she was sleeping with us and fell off the bed. I heard a thunk- she hit our trash receptacle. It was ceramic so it had the distinct sound, then the baby's cry. Hubby and I woke up and he screamed, no exaggeration, like a B*tch. It was "Aaaahhhhh! Ahhhhhhh! Are her legs moving???? Are her legs moving." I was so taken aback by the high pierced scream that it snapped me out of my panic. The baby was ok.
While we were dating, the waitress would always put my beer in front of my hubby and his strawberry daiquiri in front of me. Yeah he is very much a femme drinker.
wow. i've been holding off answering because I didn't want to be the only one who said - how freaking immature. or put the shoe on the other foot ...how would you feel if Justin had some friends over and he and his friends are laughing at you (behind your back) about some "masculine" thing you do.
I know how to change a tire and the oil in a car. I used to be able to check spark plugs and timing belts too until things became electronically controlled....does that make me manly? No. it makes me smart - so I won't be some damsel in distress.
As to walking on a dock after a storm NO THANK YOU!!! You don't know what trash nor what has 'washed up' from the storm...Justin was smart in not walking in the water. It's not about getting his feet dirty. Stepping on a uplifted, rusted nail would've been fun (not).
Primping--he spends at least 25 minutes in front of the bathroom mirror every morning.
Clothes shopping-we will spend 2 hrs in the same store, he tries on everything & if I leave the fitting room to go grab another size, chances are, when I return I will catch him modeling in the mirror.
His chick drinks-he loves pomegranate martinis!
He used to wear skirts to Dead shows. We have pictures <evil grin>
My husband uses that apricot scrub too. But I"m the one who had to teach him about skin care so its okay. When I couldn't get in for massages on our anniversary the other day I tried to convince him to get a pedicure with me. You cannot believe how relieved he was when we showed up and they were all booked. And secretly I was too. I don't know if i could have really been okay with that picture.
I see where you're headed with this - you're not immature or judgy.
I use facial scrubs (after wife intro'd me). My favorite is on of the Bath and Body works ones, it's grape or lavender and has little sand pepples or something. Works awesome!
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When my man had long hair more than once I flat ironed it for him (fly aways and frizz) and I also cornrowed it a few times :)
Honestly, I think it is just fine, but it does cause some people to giggle over it.
LOL, I loved your post! I can't think of anything at the moment that my husband does that might be "girly". But I must say I would love it if he used some face scrub and face wipes - I think there are some days the man doesn't wash his face at all, lol!
My hubs has gotten into pedicures after I introduced him. He took a ribbing from his mates about it, but did so in good cheer. He now schedules his own, and asks me if I'd like to come along. He said he doesn't care what anyone has to say about this, good feet feel great.
Go hubs.
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I think it's the word "girly" in the title that is putting people off. It did me at first until I read farther. Anyhow, my husband is absolutely terrified of buzzing insects such as flies, bees and wasps. He dances around and swings his arms like he's on fire. The funny thing is that he's not afraid of being stung, it's the buzzing that gets to him. I have to do most of the wasp and bee duty around here.
