Nearing dinner time, my husband walked into the bedroom and discovered me wrapped in a blanket, with a book in my hands. He prudently announced that he would make dinner.
Out in the kitchen, our eight-year-old asked him, “What’s for dinner?”
He said, “Sausage.”
“How do you know? Did mom tell you?”
“No,” he lied.
“Or did you say, ‘What’s for dinner, Betsy?’ And she said, ‘Whatever you want, Dear.'”
Ah, what a Leave it to Beaver life we lead, only Mr. Cleaver does the cooking. Perfect!
June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “How dare you suggest my husband cook?” “Yea, I’m not crazy about that idea either!” Please note: I’m not a radical feminist. The Cleavers are wonderful.
And just as an added bonus, here’s another great quote from my three-year-old: “Watch me stick my tongue in my nose!” Fortunately, despite a mighty effort, she was not able to accomplish this feat.
Stay tuned for Husband Stories parts 2 and 3. It was an eventful weekend!
P.S. I don’t know why my posts are coming out with weird spacing. That’s not done for some sort of stylistic reason. It’s just happening on its own, and I seem to be powerless to stop it. Why wordpress? Why?!?!?!
Motherhood and Martial Arts 
Love your son’s insight! They’re never far from the truth, are they? Now, if only I could get my husband to offer to make dinner…
WordPress has been doing some weird thing in my posts lately, too. My titles come out in different sized letters, and for some text I couldn’t change font. Strange.
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My tactic is basically to make it clear that if he wants to eat, he’s going to have to do something about it himself. This is, perhaps, in conflict with the advice in my forthcoming “101 Tips for a Happier Marriage,” but don’t tell my publisher. 😉
Yea, what gives, wordpress? Glad it’s not just me, though. I figured it had to do with my technical ineptitude.
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“This is, perhaps, in conflict with the advice in my forthcoming “101 Tips for a Happier Marriage,” but don’t tell my publisher.”—Haha, I won’t! I look forward to the book. 🙂
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Oh good! Now I know I’ll at least sell one!
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With the 50% divorce rate, hopefully you’ll sell many more than that!
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Yes, I should hope so. In all honesty, I think this book has the potential to do a lot of good. It comes out on October 28th. Mark your calendar! 😉
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I will! Thank you. But you’ll do a blog post to remind us, right?
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But of course! There’s nothing quite like shameless self-promotion!
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Don’t I know it. But I’ll happily spread the word for you on Twitter. Are you on Twitter?
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I think so. I have it set up so my posts go there automatically, but I never visit it personally. Shh! I’ll find you and message you, so then you’ll have found me. If I know my sign-in info… I’ll give it a go!
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Okay, good. And I promise to keep your identity secret. 🙂
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It occured to me that once I post about the book, everyone will see my full name, so, so much for that. Oh well. It seems to work out okay for you!
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It has. I still don’t always like the visibility, but I make sure to stop and think before every comment or tweet I post. As we all should, really.
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Right on. You realize, however, that I do plan to stalk you when I’m next in Ohio. 🙂
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Hear that? That’s the sound of an introvert quaking.
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I’m an introvert too. We can just sit and read each other books. I hope you make good tea!
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I do like tea. And reading. So that works. 🙂
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I knew you were a (virtual) bossom friend!
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🙂
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Cooking is fun…on occasion. Sometimes we men call it “grilling” to make it more manly. Added bonus: When dad cooks, the veggies seem to be AWOL. 🙂
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But eating your leafy greens is VERY manly.
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I think you meant “mowing” leafy greens is manly.
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Only if you consider grass a side dish.
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It’s amazing what kids pick up on isn’t it? Did hubby have free reign with what accompanied the sausages?
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I may have made some recommendations. 🙂
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All good husbands worth their salt learn the value of the spouse consultation process early on 🙂
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Indeed. As do all good wives consult their husbands when the occasion warrants it, like when it comes time to choose your teams for Fantasy Football, for instance–The really important things in life.
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I think it would turn out fine after a few days…I noticed that whenever I’ve made a remark on the bugs I encountered in my post…the error would just go away after a day or two…(perhaps they are reading our posts?? LOL…)
Btw, Happy October and may this month be filled with many happy memories waiting for you and your loved ones to create…
Take care, be well and cheers!! 😀
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Hmm. Very interesting. That’s good to know. Thank you. And best wishes for your October as well. This means my birthday month is officially over, and my husband’s has begun. Sigh. Well, it was nice while it lasted. Heehee.
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You’re welcome, my friend!
So, have you start cracking your head in finding a lovely present for your hubby yet?
Best of luck to you and best wishes to him during this special month!
Cheers~ 😀
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As my husband would say to me whenever I inquire about my gifts, “I have a few ideas.” I cannot reveal anything here, for he may be watching! I think he’ll be pleased, though.
Cheers! 🙂
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All the best to you then, my friend!
Have a wonderful day ahead, always~ Cheers!! 😀
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You too, friend! 🙂
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Thank you, my friend! Cheers~ 😀
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Ahh, yes, sausage… the good ol’ “there’s nothing for dinner” default! And wow Betsy, so proud of you for publishing your book! I’ll have to pick your brain on how you went about and did that.
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Wow, Nina. Sausage is the default in your house too? How funny. I didn’t realize that was universal! My first advice for book publishing is to check out The Writer’s Market from your local library. There’s a new issue every year, and it indexes which publishers print what sorts of books and what requirements those individual publishers have as far as submissions. It’s a great place to start. Best of luck to you. You have great stuff on your blog, so that will be a good book, I’m sure, assuming it’s based on your blog.
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In our home its four kids and two adults, I tell them its fend for yourself day, or breakfast is whats for dinner.
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I so love left-over night, which is rare, however, as we seldom have left-overs. Frozen pizza is also a savior! But we did have pancakes one night last week. The kids were thrilled!
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