"An open book in my hands is a challenge for your father to start a conversation."
Alice E. Stewart, aka my mom
The funny thing is, it became immediately apparent after I married Brad that in this way I had "married my dad." I find a moment to read; he has to talk. And, yes, he knows I am posting this. He thinks it's funny. I, of course, don't always!
The question:
What activity do you do that your husband or kids feel the need to interrupt?
Come on, there must be something.
(He also closes drawers and the pantry door when I'm cooking or baking, but since me creating anything in the kitchen is a rare occurrence, I won't kvetch about that...much!)
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It NEVER fails... when I finally sit down to watch a show on my DVR that I miss during the week, that's when the Hubs wants to come sit next to me & just chat... & this is someone who doesnt ever chat :)
Ha! It's the book thing for me too. And it's usually to talk about the fact that I'm reading a book and asking what the book is about. He isn't aware that he does it. But I think it's cute.
Usually it's when I'm fixing us something to eat, he wants to come in the kitchen to fix himself a snack! Really? You didn't want a snack an hour ago, but now that I'm actually fixing a meal, you want a snack ,,, and right now? I think it's because he wants to help in the kitchen but doesn't know exactly what that looks like. It's sometimes annoying if I'm preparing more than just a sammich because our kitchen is a small galley style and doesnt' have much elbow room and I'm back and forth from counter to cabinets to cooktop. I'm working up to suggesting he set the table ,,, or maybe dust??? ,,, while I cook. hahahaha
I think I'm more the interrupter rather than the interuptee in my relationship.
But I think maybe T just knows not to come between me and a good book. ;)
It's the book here, too, or maybe the bathroom. It seems like every time I go in there someone needs to tell me something.
The bathroom... all of their lives, any time this mamma needed to excuse herself to take care of business, someone will come barging in. If the door is locked, they bang on it incessantly. Now that they are older and know better, they seem to pick those times to fight,so even though they aren't bugging me, I can hear them arguing over my head.
breath, read, crafting, TV or movie watching...you name it they interrupt! It is what it is! Its my life! lol
For me & Matt - it is my telling him something. He finds that as the open moment to tell me something he deems to be more important. Makes me bonkers.
After ten years though, he has grown to acknowledge he doesn't know a lot of important details because he refuses to listen. (or as he puts it, I talk so much, he doens't have the ability to decipher what is really important) And we laugh about most of it.
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