Men helping around the house — an exercise in futility




Men, does the woman in your life appreciate the things you do to help?

Women are always saying they can read our minds in one breath, then in the next breath they proclaim, “It’s the thought that counts,” as if they didn’t have a clue what we were thinking in the first place when we do anything!

I cannot understand women! Y’all berate us for not helping, but when we do, y’all criticize us over the littlest details. We start the laundry to help because we love you. We like to surprise you women. Who knew that one dark red new cotton sock was in the middle of the whites when we threw it all in the washer in hot water and her new un-preshrunk expensive blouse was in there too? Y’all always say ya like pink things!

Us guys try to help with the dishes. Y’all order us out of “your” kitchen. Y’all are always ordering us to buy super-sudsy Dawn, as it “cuts all the grease.” We start the dishwasher, thinking we were helping. But oh, no. Y’all never thank us! All ya do is complain that we were to use those little squishy things instead of liquid Dawn in the dishwasher! How are we supposed to know? Kids are eating Tide Pods, so ya hide the Cascade pods, too!

Then there’s the shopping we do for you women. Do us guys look like we know the difference between shampoos, razors, deodorants … ? Come on, most of us guys really believe that “Speed Stick” saves time! Most of us don’t even know what body wash we like because you buy it for us! What do we know about feminine products? Us guys do our best to not think about those types of things — they make us kinda squeamish!  I mean, we see what it does to you, and every month we are taken by surprise, as if last month was completely forgotten this month!

So, encourage us, will ya? Even the Bible records that God saw Adam was lonely before Eve, but there was a peace enjoyed he had running around naked, uninhibited, and making up names for everything he saw. Think how dejected he felt the first time Eve said, “What were you thinking? That was just plain stupid!”

Warning: These musings may be serious or may be humorous. Enjoy! H.R. Grimm is a self-described lovable, prone to blunt, witty, tending toward sarcastic, saved-by-grace, constantly thinking storyteller. Grimm, a military veteran, and his wife call La Vernia home. Email reader@lavernia news.com.