[Lups]

Originally Posted by Darth One

That good conduct thing might be a little hard to manage.

There is one thing, though. Quarantine has triggered some really bad insomnia in me. She, on the other hand, rolls right over and falls asleep. It really irritates me so i find subtle ways to wake her up by bouncing the bed, making noises, turning on the light, etc.

This morning I’m reading BPost in bed and she wakes up, stretches, smiles at me lovingly and said “i had the most interesting dream...”

I said “oh yeah, hunny? What was it?”

“I dreamed that i murdered a man who kept trying to wake me up”

Buahahaahahaahahaaaa!

[floridaorange]

Originally Posted by Darth One

My marriage is going fine but I would like to learn a strategy to make my wife want to give me footrubs

My wife is like that, foot rubs really put her in a very relaxed place before bed. I know it's important to her and I love her so I do them.

It may be as simple as looking her in the eye and simply explaining that it really helps you sleep and feel relaxed if she would give you a 10 min foot rub at night.

GL

[Darth One]

I was gonna try to trade sex for the footrub, but I think I like your approach better

[floridaorange]

Originally Posted by Darth One

I was gonna try to trade sex for the footrub, but I think I like your approach better

Foot rubs lead to more sex, in general, you're a fast learner gwasshoppa

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

If that happens, then from a complete noob investor to a seasoned investor, I have the following question for you:

Is there a way to "short" Finland? Like, as a nation?


Because if what you say is representative of how other women are feeling, I'm forecasting a sudden shortage of engineers and a corresponding increase in incarcerated women serving murder sentences...

Maybe I should call the tire shop now and place an order for some Hakkapeliittas to make sure I'm first in line for what should be some reduced production.

I kept thinking about this, and I think I found a way, and we should make a bet over this.

Edit. Nevermind. Father-in-law got his surgery moved up so I there went my free time.

[F32Fleet]

Originally Posted by Lups

I might cry from relief this morning! Hubby told me last late spring he is switching jobs but I completely had forgotten about it. Thanks to covid, all Finnish engineers have been stuck in their home offices from late February, which has been hell.

With the unemployment numbers climbing here too, we should all be happy to to have the financial security we have but instead of course our Finnish mentality makes my friends and I complain endlessly. The engineers, which is our entire male population i think, make this easy.

It's like the men have spent most of the year perfecting the art of annoying us. Our dearest family friend now spends time shopping for pants that wouldnt make an annoying swoosh sounds while her husband obsessively rubs his own tighs while in conference calls. She has sworn from march on the sound comes to her dreams. It has come to a point where the hubby has to go to their summer home to work so she can work from their home. He is no longer allowed to wear pants at home at all.

There has been stories about wives burning all pens in houses. The constant clicking has become an issue. One of my neighbors is contemplating murder because of constant ankle rolling.

*warning: heavy lying ahead*
I'm an extra calm person, not at all temperamental ever so what my hubby does has gone down well here. *end of lying*

When he started working from home, stealing my study mind you, he stopped shaving. The blotches, the hair pointing everywhere, the man looks like a half skinned bear. I've stopped putting on lights because I can't watch it. Of course that's not all of it.

Thanks to covid, he has been naming animals he feeds outside. Birds, squirrels, a hedgehog. They all have individual names. He has charts of sightings of them. He imitates them, for example a few weeks ago he saw a squirrel using it's tail as an umbrella, he started to rub his back while commenting on the newly discovered ability of the bushy rat. Now I can't look at the man without seeing him with a tail.

Then there is the licking of the ugliest moustache ever grown. The sound has gotten ingrained to my brain and I'm pretty sure that's the only sound produced by a human that can penetrate through my 50 cm thick concrete floor.

My brothers wife is a prosecutor and I asked her if all these things can be used to argue self defense. Since the dear brother has taken up rubbing his belly all day, every day, she thinks I should test this. A crime of passion it would be not.

It is only fair to admit that us ladies are not doing much better. One of my friends is now a compulsive knitter, one is painting bad art, I have so many new power tools I should start leasing them out just to have some floor space even for a bit. I also have a salvaged wood collection rottening on my yard and I'm trying to find a cabin to buy from an island, preferably a few hundred miles away from home. My neighbor has a bonsai tree forest on her yard cuz she keeps trimming them all day, every day.

I'm hoping he will shave to fetch new gear from the new company. That's my only hope I'm holding on to. Considering they all are looking like bears these days it is a slim hope, but that's all I have.

Anyway. I should be reading a boring report on how the economy is doing and adjusting a piece of portfolio according to the info, but I swear I keep hearing the moustache licking from the other side of the house. The neighbor is cutting shit on her yard so I'm guessing ankles are rolling there.

I'm telling you guys, married folks should not have to endure spending time together. This is hell.

Are you all doing better than us?

Great to see that you're still around. Funny as ever.

Oh and my situation isn't really better or worse. I'm just hesitant to put anything in writing. lol

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by Lups

I kept thinking about this, and I think I found a way, and we should make a bet over this.

Edit. Nevermind. Father-in-law got his surgery moved up so I there went my free time.

Such a tease. Your husband must be some sort of saint.

I hope your FIL's surgery goes well, with no complications. There's always risks, but hopefully he sails right through.

I have to go for a colonoscopy on the 30th and I am NOT looking forward to it. Minor procedure, but nonetheless. I have an awesome gastro doing it though, one of my wife's colleagues and I have heard really good things about her, so I know I'm in good hands. Just praying I don't get a perforation.

[c1pher]

More time for sex, more home cooked meals, more time to work on the cars and yard, more time to exercise together and enjoy hot tub. It's been awesome for me personally.

[KenB925]

Originally Posted by Lups

Cooking is my favourite hobby and letting the spouse attempt his skills in it has not been fun. I'd be very careful about her equipment.

Indeed, it is an unspoken rule that my knife roll, and my pots and pans are not to be messed with.

[Darth One]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

I have to go for a colonoscopy

...

I'm in good hands.

Hehe

[Nachbar]

Originally Posted by c1pher

More time for sex, more home cooked meals, more time to work on the cars and yard, more time to exercise together and enjoy hot tub. It's been awesome for me personally.

Same here

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by Darth One

Hehe

Only you...

[c1pher]

Originally Posted by Nachbar

Same here

Oh and getting coffee handed to me by my wife first thing in the morning with just a long t shirt on.....:-)

Ah, the simple things.

[Nachbar]

Originally Posted by c1pher

Oh and getting coffee handed to me by my wife first thing in the morning with just a long t shirt on.....:-)

Ah, the simple things.

There we differ I don't drink Coffee. But she's nice to me too

[Lups]

Originally Posted by F32Fleet

Great to see that you're still around. Funny as ever.

Oh and my situation isn't really better or worse. I'm just hesitant to put anything in writing. lol

It is not in my nature to take life too seriously.

Good seeing you too around, all good?

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Such a tease. Your husband must be some sort of saint.

I hope your FIL's surgery goes well, with no complications. There's always risks, but hopefully he sails right through.

I have to go for a colonoscopy on the 30th and I am NOT looking forward to it. Minor procedure, but nonetheless. I have an awesome gastro doing it though, one of my wife's colleagues and I have heard really good things about her, so I know I'm in good hands. Just praying I don't get a perforation.

Neh, it got a bit complicated and this week will get rough this morning started with the first inquiry over hardware for homeschooling.

Originally Posted by KenB925

Indeed, it is an unspoken rule that my knife roll, and my pots and pans are not to be messed with.

I have nightmares about him doing nasty shit with my pans. Not the kinky kind, just touching them with his bad ingredients combining mind. Even the kids refuse the shit he tries to cook. The kids are allowed to use my pans, pots, kitchen in general.

Originally Posted by c1pher

More time for sex, more home cooked meals, more time to work on the cars and yard, more time to exercise together and enjoy hot tub. It's been awesome for me personally.

Oh fuck off.

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by Lups

Neh, it got a bit complicated and this week will get rough this morning started with the first inquiry over hardware for homeschooling.

Oh did he have the surgery already? Hope no serious complications.

Oh, and knives. Knives are the answer with respect to the inquiry over appropriate hardware for homeschooling.

I'm envisioning some sort of "death race" structure, where they all start out with just their fists and feet, but additional "hardware" is rewarded for hitting certain checkpoints. They can level up to baseball bats, knives, etc. Be creative. Great way to find out which of your spawn has the strongest will to survive...

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Oh did he have the surgery already? Hope no serious complications.

Oh, and knives. Knives are the answer with respect to the inquiry over appropriate hardware for homeschooling.

I'm envisioning some sort of "death race" structure, where they all start out with just their fists and feet, but additional "hardware" is rewarded for hitting certain checkpoints. They can level up to baseball bats, knives, etc. Be creative. Great way to find out which of your spawn has the strongest will to survive...

Yeah, he had one. Unfortunately they know me too well and try to keep me in the dark for as long as possible. He has been running around for bloodwork and shit for a while now. YOU KNOW HOW CALM I GET WITH THE PEOPLE I LOVE!!!!

Fuck me running...

Sorry about not commenting on your arse probe, but you know me well enough to know everything that was going to get out was going to be shitty.

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by Lups

Sorry about not commenting on your arse probe, but you know me well enough to know everything that was going to get out was going to be shitty.

Very punny, and I do, but I thought I'd lob one in there soft and low just to gauge where you are at.

Honestly, hope your FIL gets better soon and this is something that can be fixed!

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Very punny, and I do, but I thought I'd lob one in there soft and low just to gauge where you are at.

Honestly, hope your FIL gets better soon and this is something that can be fixed!

Yeah, it appears not to be anything serious with him but he is 70, has a mild type 2 diabetes and covid is having a go here again so I freak out a lot. I love that old man to bits. Like seriously love him, he could borrow my cooking knives, seriously.

Your arse will be in my mind too now, which I promise happens seldom with my canadian friends.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Only you...

WRONG

I was going to wish you warm hands, but that wouldn't work in Canadia.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by ksafimova

I am happily married now. But it was not always so. When we just met, everything was fine. Like many couples, after we got married, we started to quarrel. They were so stupid. And all because the routine began. Every day the same thing - it was so tiring. All this led to the fact that there was no passion between us. When we decided to talk about what needs to be done to improve our relationship. We began to spend more time together and set our priorities in life more correctly. We shared hobbies and oddities. For example, we can go to a strip club together, or sit on a webcam. So we became closer and our relationship improved significantly.We also started going to paint together, now we paint houses on canvases. It's very romantic for me. Look for common hobbies and you will be great!

I'm not going to support the camera ready advices here though they're not a bad idea either. I absolutely think you're on to something here.

An example, the thigh rubbing issue couple. They've been married for 30 years, they're actually in their early fifties, not in their sixties like I wrote before.

There has been huge issues there since the hubby has been running major companies here for the last 20 years. Great money, tons of moving abroad, twins, and the wife has been suffering from depression for 30 years, undetected for 25.

In the last 10 years, they've made huge lifestyle changes like buying a cabin, and inviting their friends to fix shit there for them. I've built patios, decks, boat docks. Now they're talking about their issues, and their former issues. 2 years ago the wife called me to let me know how bad her depression had gotten, and that she wanted me to know I can talk with her hubby about it too.

The hubby and I have spent the last 2 years on tool therapy going through shit (not theirs alone, these friends of our family have stuck by us when we have needed them, and we've been happy to return the favor). It isn't that she can't talk to me but she talks with my hubby since in many ways my hubby and hers went through similar shit and it's easier for the men to talk to a person a bit removed. I and the rally driving hubby who rubs his thighs talk too.

This summer, I've painted their interior (100m2), built a deck, a dock (70m2) we've talked, laughed and cried together and alone. We are madly proud of them as a couple.

Everyone is really glad I had a place to go and do shit while the hubby has stopped basically my whole home reno project for 8 months now. I'm the worst housewife ever for sure, hands down. Weirdly the hubby still tolerates me.

[Lups]

So tomorrow the former bearded warrior has his last day in his old job. Tomorrow at 9 am he will be driving himself and his computers to Helsinki, 170 km. Then he will again to drive himself back here and...

His new employer will not have their offices open before next spring.

As mentioned before, I'm a very calm and thoughtful person so I applied for a job today. They called me back in like ten minutes and offered me the position straight away. unfortenatelythey told me i can work from home for it and I'd get an office in March or so.

I declined, I'll be in jail by then. I'll just spend the week or two I still have studying swedish, then homeschooling. and since I have pics from last spring, no jury will send me to the big house for life if the hubby tries to do another 6 months of bad facial hair.