Monday – No One Wants To See Your Big Long Hose, Sir

[ninanevermore]

Especially Not Your Wife
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I was in a large box store this weekend with my 4 year old son, where I loaded a large beige plastic box-looking thing into our shopping cart. My son wanted to know what it was.

"It's to put the water hose in the front yard in, so it's not lying out in the open."

"Why?" ask my 4 year old. This is his all time favorite question, as he is still rather new to this world and is trying to figure out how everything in it works.

"Because Mommy hates the hose laying out in the front yard where everyone can see it."

"Why do you hate it?"

A woman passing up with her own cart going in the other direction answered for me. "Because all Mommies hate that; it's strictly a Daddy issue."

She didn't even crack a smile, but I sure did. I love getting unexpected validation from complete strangers.

I can only hope my son – who may be a husband and father himself some day – remembers this lesson when he is grown: a woman will put up with a lot of things from a man she really loves, but this does not include leaving his 175 feet of hose coiled up like an anaconda guarding the front yard in plain sight of the neighbors.

The best thing a man can do for his mariage is to keep his "snake" in a cage.


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Comments

[simplecity2htwn.livejournal.com]

I was going to be a jerk and take a picture of the 50ft. hose lying in my front yard and the 100ft. hose lying in the back and caption them both with something like "You mean THESE hoses?"

Instead, I will take this opportunity to explain the male position. Yes, the hose doesn't look great lying on the ground. However, everytime we're in Home Depot and we look at that very box you just bought, we say to ourselves, "there's NO WAY I'm going to pay $60 for a plastic box just so it can sit outside".

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

I will have you know that very box can be bought for $49.99 at Target. The small version that can hold your little hose of a mere 100 feet is less than $28. As for the martial bliss said hose box will bring? Priceless!

[lyssrose.livejournal.com]

However, everytime we're in Home Depot and we look at that very box you just bought, we say to ourselves, "there's NO WAY I'm going to pay $60 for a plastic box just so it can sit outside".

That is exactly the excuse that my husband gave me - and I still think it's a big fat load of hooey. Heh.

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

That's why I had to buy the box and lug it to the house(it wouldn't fit in my trunk, so it rode shotgun on the trip home). Then I planned to make him put the hose in it, so I expected the hose to lay around for another week or so until he "got around to it." Luckily, my 4 year old was fascinated by the contraption and wanted to see it in action. Turns out the "Please, Daddy, Please?" list takes priority over the "Honey Do" list, but since my son and I were in cahoots this time around, I'm fine with that.

I'm telling you it was worth the money. Not having to see that hose, and instead seeing the tidy beige box back under the shrubs is easily worth between $50 and $60. :D

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

LOL!! I'm an odd one, Both of my hoses are out in the open for all to see, but I'm a slob. :P

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

I'm a slob, too. Inside the house. I just don't want to give the neighbors a clue about the horror that lies beyond the front door. :P

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

I run a daycare, I should care more, but I'm too lazy. I actually need to clean my yard...there's crap all over it that need to be put away or thrown out. But it's hard on me right now...yeah, that's it, I'm 39 weeks pregnant and that's my story!!

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

***giggles!***

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

:D

[woohag.livejournal.com]

ha ha, great post. :)

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

I don't think my dad does this LOL! I doubt he will remember this when he reaches an adult though *grin*... at least you will have a story to share with him in the future.