Silly characteristics you WISH your doc partner had

[Flynn]

Ok so I mean this all in fun but does anyone else live with a brilliant doctor or Med. Student who is so NOT BRILLIANT in other areas???

For example, when my DH is a bit tired and doesn't want to be licked by our younger dog who ironically adores him, he EXPLAINS in complete sentences what he would like the dog to do!

"Go away right now." "Please don't lick me because it's gross." "I'm so not liking your breath."

He rarely uses the obvious, "Sit" or "lay down" -- no, my DH thinks he is Dr. Dolittle and uses SENTENCES!

It's so painful to watch because my DH does get sincerely miffed when said dog doesn't get it, and continues to lick DH in self-conscience doubt!

Dr. Dolittle my DH is NOT!


A second silly characteristic my DH is lacking is that he absolutely has no idea how to match a little girl's clothes. All blues match. Hot pink and red are almost the same color so they "go." Finally, my personal favorite, stripes with patterned clothes. Picture a 17 month old girl in lavendar and white striped overalls and a shirt with huge gold, red, and orange polkadots on them (don't ask why we have this shirt -- need I say, "gift"). Top everything off with butterfly socks in maroon and mint green! EWWW!

A second silly characteristic my DH is lacking is that he absolutely has no idea how to match a little girl's clothes.

Just think of this as preparation for when your daughter starts dressing herself and comes up with similar combinations (and refuses to wear anything else). They can sport some pretty funky looks! Although she will have the excuse of being 2.

[Flynn]

True True!!!

[peggyfromwastate]

Re: Silly characteristics you WISH your doc partner had

A second silly characteristic my DH is lacking is that he absolutely has no idea how to match a little girl's clothes.

My DH does this too. If two pieces have flowers, they obviously match, don't they?

[Sheherezade]

My husband cannot get the kids' clothes "weather -appropriate". He once dressed my daughter in a sundress on a day in early spring. I told him it was too bare, he said it was fine. The "you monopolize child care decisions" discussion (ok, fight) takes place and I give in (because I really do monopolize child care decisions ). We walk out the door and our next door neighbor says "OH!! You're taking her out in THAT dress??" He took her inside to change the dress. Sometimes I swear God is looking out for me!!

Angie

[twinsmom]

Okay -
This has me laughing out loud already!! I have to say a big amen to the talking in sentances to the dog... and then expecting the dog to completely comply. Sometimes I laugh right out loud at this little scene, which doesn't help the situation any more .
In this same way, he also speakes to our 21-month-olds, expecting them to know exactly what he is talking about, and then asks me why they aren't responding, as if it I failed in my motherly duties to have them completely understanding every word of the english language right now . Another one that also makes me cringe is when our daughter is crying and he turns to me and asks, "what's wrong with her?!" As if she has absolutely no right to voice her much limited-yet-powerful communication skills (i.e. crying to show frustration, pain, hunger, sleep, etc etc). Sometimes I turn to him and say, "well, she is 1 and 1/2 years old, this is how she communicates... as if he didn't already study this in-depth in his peds rotation .
Fun times in deed

Jen B.

[Flynn]

Weather appropriate clothes? Is there such a think if you are not the primary parent? Ha ha!!! My DH thinks I layer our daughter so much yet invariably wherever we are outside after I dress her, he always says something like, "it's much colder than I thought. Lucky WE layered her today!"

Also, I must say my DH had improved in this next area a ton, but does anyone else have a DH who, when he's home and you are trying to get out the door to go somewhere fun, only takes care of himself?

In the past I packed the bag, dressed my daughter and myself, checked the locks, fresh water for dogs and then found myself and daughter waiting for DH at the door while he decided what coat and shoes to put on???!!!! Sound familiar?

Phew!!!!

[SueC]

Flynn, that sounds like our night last night! We had tickets to the Disney Princesses on Ice (which was fantastic, my girls loved it!!!) and my husband went upstairs to "change". Meanwhile, I fed the girls and I dinner, made up the guest bed for my parents who were coming later that evening, did the dinner dishes, got the girls cleaned up a bit, and then we all went upstairs where we discovered my husband lounging in front of the TV in his work clothes!!! I could have strangled him. If I specifically assign him a task he will gladly do it, but it doesn't seem to occur to him otherwise! I think he is so used to only being responsible for getting himself out the door that he doesn't think about it when we are all going somewhere together. Oh well, it's only a minor annoyance!

[Auspicious]

We're in the middle of moving now (tomorrow's the big day!) and it's the same this time as it was last time--I can't believe how clueless he is about packing things. When it comes to fitting a bunch of stuff in a box or into the truck, you know how you can just look at it and say "ok, if we turn this on end and flip this around this way, then this thing will fit in between . . ."? He's just clueless about that.

Or he'll do things like try to put a bunch of little things in a big box: "Why don't you put the little things in the little boxes, and we'll save the big boxes for the big things that will ONLY fit in the big boxes." Do I seriously have to explain this?

Finally like two nights ago I said to him, just as an observation, "Hmmm, you know, I think you have difficulty with spatial relationships--I wonder if that contributed to your problems studying anatomy." And he got a bit defensive. Poor guy, he's such a wiz at so many other things, when it comes to something simple like that that he just "doesn't get" it's always really surprising.

[DCJenn]

Well, I'm having a bit of a guilty conscience right now- I always would complain that my husband wasn't listening to me, and I would have put down something about how it could be that he listens to his patients but not to his wife- except that he just called to tell me that the audiologist informed him this morning that he has bilateral hearing loss and will eventually need hearing aids!!

Which explains why he hears me fine when we're in the same room but I'm forever having to scream when I'm in a different room!!

Bad wife...bad, bad wife-

Jenn

[Rapunzel]

Also, I must say my DH had improved in this next area a ton, but does anyone else have a DH who, when he's home and you are trying to get out the door to go somewhere fun, only takes care of himself?

In the past I packed the bag, dressed my daughter and myself, checked the locks, fresh water for dogs and then found myself and daughter waiting for DH at the door while he decided what coat and shoes to put on???!!!! Sound familiar?

Phew!!!!

Oh, my goodness! That is exactly my husband!!! The only difference in these scenarios is that I have four children to get ready along with myself!

Jennifer

[Rapunzel]

Well, I'm having a bit of a guilty conscience right now- I always would complain that my husband wasn't listening to me, and I would have put down something about how it could be that he listens to his patients but not to his wife- except that he just called to tell me that the audiologist informed him this morning that he has bilateral hearing loss and will eventually need hearing aids!!

Jenn, will this affect his military "membership"? I mean, will they discharge him if he starts using hearing aids? Just curious.

Jennifer

My husband, as bright as he is, is about as un-handyman as they come. He can't change a light bulb without blowing a fuse or come close to electrocuting himself or somehow managing to detach the screw base from the bulb itself. He can't put a nail in the wall without hammering a finger, can't climb a ladder without coming perilously close to falling off and breaking his neck.

When assembling toys there's always profanity involved and some irate comments like "Who designed this stupid thing? How do they expect people to understand this ridiculous picture??" He's been known to break perfectly good things just because it wouldn't "cooperate." And he's a bit clumsy in terms of running into things that jut out from the wall. It's like he forgets where his head is and doesn't realize it occupies space. I love my klutzhead.

[DCJenn]

Jennifer-

Nope- shouldn't be a problem- he won't need them until long after he's finished- but something for us to be prepared for in the eventuality! He figures that will be the last thing he gets from the Army- on his way out the door (which will be in 2013!!)

Jenn

Also, I must say my DH had improved in this next area a ton, but does anyone else have a DH who, when he's home and you are trying to get out the door to go somewhere fun, only takes care of himself?

This is my husband as well. Every time, no matter where we are going, I'll get our daughter ready to go and by the time I'm putting on my jacket and shoes, he comes and gets the carseat and says "I guess we'll just wait for you in the car"! Like I was sitting around doing nothing and thats why he has to wait for me.

My husband is also completely unable to find anything, and blames it on me. He always leaves things laying around, and since our daughter is rolling around and getting into everything, I put it away. He then will look for the item where he left it, not see it, ask where it is, and laugh at me for hiding his stuff. For as many times as this has happened, you'd think he'd just put the item (shoes, books, bread, keys, clothes etc) where it belongs, or try looking in more than one place! Its not like I "hide" his stuff under the bed or in the back of a cupboard ![/quote]