Pop quiz answers,

Rosie Perez.

Yes we think differently but that also applies from one to another even in the same sex.

My wife and I are soul mates, linked in character, compatibility, life goals, family desires, spiritual health, and various other important beliefs so the emotional needs of the glass of water would have been well worked out in advance of me delivering any needed libation.

How is that for a VP answer.

TJ:

I love that answer! I remember that scene, and I recall laughing hysterically because I was thinking "It's just a glass of water, but, OMG I get it". I think it is fabulous that you and your wife are on the same wave length so that the "emotional needs of the water would have been well worked out in advance..." Too funny!

While my husband and I are best friends and for the most part he knows what I'm saying....I must admit that I don't make it easy. For instance, I'm not a morning person. One morning, he offered to run out and get breakfast for the kids. I said, "No, that's okay, I'll make them breakfast." As I started getting out the supplies, I began to fume. I started slamming the cabinets, etc. Finally my husband asked what was wrong. I said, "When I say I'm going to make breakfast for the kids it means that you need to go out and get them donuts or something!" At the time I truly meant it. Looking back, I think....Oh, my poor husband....he is married to a crazy person. LOL. I guess sometimes men just have to read between the lines.

This is why they have to go through training. Not by just any woman, but, by their wives. I apparently didn't prepare my husband in training for these moments of insanity. Had he been properly trained, he never would have been shocked by my behavior. Or, I suppose, I could just say what I mean...but, that wouldn't be any fun. This way there is always suspense. We laugh about that morning often.

Hope this made you laugh today too. Have a great day!

Outstanding, mon capitan!

Way better than a VP answer! And Rosie Perez! You know, I thought about that all day.

Yep, it's a learning thing... I've learned to ask for exactly what I want/need (go figure, he can't read minds!), and my husband has learned to ask if I need saving before he rescues me. It's good.

This discussion is HILARIOUS.

I don't know what to say that's funny, though. =(

My hubby-to-be is having a very hard time understanding what I'm going through with this. I think with more time, and more education for him, he'll -get- it more, but for now it just sucks trying to explain.
I talk about the PTC frequently, and I know sometimes he gets tired of hearing about it, but he doesn't understand all the different things that have happened to me, the small little snowball effect I've had over the last month and a half.
I wish I could just feed all of what I know and the description of how I feel to him through some portal of info or something, but what I'm doing now just isn't working.

It's actually quite hard for me to explain how I feel, how my symptoms are, in a way that someone else could imagine if they haven't felt like that before. I'm sure it's the same for you all, as well.

Well, I just wanted to say that.
Other than the PTC thing, my hubby-to-be is very well trained, but I think -I- need the training next to be a better wife to him in the future!
(I'm with ya on having occurrences like that morning you had, MM3---unfortunately!)
I've made quite an a$$ of myself over the last couple of months with all the stress.

You know I want to say something funny and get in on the DS humor, so I'll leave you with a joke!

It's a good one!!


" A man and his wife were having an argument about who
should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first,
and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee."
The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and
you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible
that the man should do the coffee."
Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament
and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says.........."HEBREWS "

ah yes, the "he or she should know what I am thinking syndrome" or as my friend who has a same sex partner says "it doesn't matter what gender you are, we all have the same communication problems in relationships".

I have learned to tell my hubby what I need, since I know he can't read my mind (even if I stare at him really, really hard, lol).

I think this disease is so hard since there is not really a standard of care like someone who a total hip operation...everyone pretty much has the same operation with the same results.

My husband should apply for sainthood. Not only did he donate his kidney to me, after 6 months of marriage I started hormonal hell from menopause and now he has to deal with all of this. He is my true soul mate.

well, my brain just shut down...I can't remember what I was going to say.

Jazzy

You guys are too cute! Very funny stuff! No doubt our spouses or significant others have to put up with a lot from us, as this disease is so unpredictable. My husband certainly does more than his fair share. And yes, it is very difficult to explain the reasons why we need them so much. The symptoms are ever changing I'm certain he gets tired of hearing about it. But, as mentioned, when your living with it everyday its hard not to talk about it. It is the elephant in the room I suppose.

I think this was an important aspect of the disease to speak about, so I'm glad we ended up here. A tribute to our daily hero. Thanks for making me laugh. By the way Never, I love the Hebrew joke. I'll have to share that with my mother-in-law as she and my father-in-law fight over who is going to make the coffee all the time. Good stuff.