Why is it that men (or, at least the men in my house) seem to think that women have some special knowledge about where things are in the house?! Does anyone else have this issue at their house?!
Yesterday, Nort washes his hands at the kitchen sink. There is that one last paper towel stuck to the roll. He stands there, hands dripping, and yells for someone to get him another paper towel. (I am also apparently the only person who will pry that last paper towel from the roll.) At that particular time, I was trying to assemble my family's dinner on their plates. The children were sitting on the couch in the next room. Did they come to their father's rescue? NO! "I don't know where the paper towels are!" (Did I mention there's a whole basket of napkins a mere 3 steps away from either one of them?) So, I stop fixing plates and walk 3 steps over to the cabinet where all the "extra" stuff lives...you know, the 3 or 4 rolls of paper towels, 2 packs of paper plates, the rest of the bag of napkins...all the stuff that's there, but no one knows is there. I grab a roll of paper towels and hand them to Nort. At least he managed to open them and put the roll on the holder all by himself. Which is something he won't do in the bathroom!
Is my husband the only one who doesn't know how to change a roll of toilet paper?! Where did I screw up in his training? Is that my fault or his mother's? Should I be making sure this is something my boys can do so any future daughters-in-law will not have to deal with such nonsense? (Nor blaming me for my son's faults!) I'm at a loss.
The cabinet will continue to be stocked. Will I continue to be the only one who can replace said items? Let's hope not...now that everyone's been schooled on where the mystery items live!
1 comment:
Ahhh, yes. The "I don't know...." excuse.
Let me know if your training session worked, and then I will follow suit here in our casa.
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