I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

[old goat]

Surely someone has already posted the old joke--Have you reported your wife's credit card stolen? Nah, the guy who stole it is spending less than she was.

[Rideski]

I got a call yesterday from my wife. She can't find her wallet and asked me where she might have left it. Ive been on the road for a week doing some early season skiing and working my way to Las Vegas for the NGWA trade show. I have no idea where your wallet is.

She didn't want you to tell her where her wallet was.
She wanted you to listen for a few minutes about her messed up day, and through venting she would have figured out where her keys and wallet were.
You owe me 37 beers.

[halliday]

She didn't want you to tell her where her wallet was.
She wanted you to listen for a few minutes about her messed up day, and through venting she would have figured out where her keys and wallet were.
You owe me 37 beers.

I'll PM you her number. Give her a call and listen to her for a while for me. The beers are on the way.

[riser4]

I'll PM you her number. Give her a call and listen to her for a while for me. The beers are on the way.

You know the drill. Send pics. 8)

[fomofo]

World-class can of worms, but this seems like the place to post, so here goes...

I feel awful about how I feel about my wife and don’t know what to do.

Apologies in advance this may turn into an emotional rant.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMenAdvic..._about_my_wife

[riser4]

World-class can of worms, but this seems like the place to post, so here goes...

I feel awful about how I feel about my wife and don’t know what to do.

Apologies in advance this may turn into an emotional rant.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMenAdvic..._about_my_wife

Vibes man. This is beyond the usual TRG suggestions like Der Poopenhausen and such, so I got nothing other than hoping you get through it. You gotta be true to yourself. That I know. There's that program L2S recommends. I can't remember the name but it sounds tailor made for this situation.

[BCMtnHound]

I’m the comments of that Reddit post, someone was recommending shock therapy! Not sure if I was reading that right. Is this really a thing for such challenges!

Sorry fomofo, I’ve gone (going?) through something similar, but nowhere near that degree of rejection or despair. That the spouse was able to turn 180 so quickly would be a warning sign to me too.

[dan_pdx]

I’m the comments of that Reddit post, someone was recommending shock therapy! Not sure if I was reading that right. Is this really a thing for such challenges!

Sorry fomofo, I’ve gone (going?) through something similar, but nowhere near that degree of rejection or despair. That the spouse was able to turn 180 so quickly would be a warning sign to me too.

I think that was figurative shock therapy ("my marriage is on the rocks'"), not literal where they strap you in a chair.

Vibes man, I got no suggestions other than to say if you didn't have your own therapist (separate from a couples therapist), it's probably worth looking into it. However things turn out, hope you wind up in a better mental/emotional place

[fomofo]

World-class can of worms, but this seems like the place to post, so here goes...

I feel awful about how I feel about my wife and don’t know what to do.

Apologies in advance this may turn into an emotional rant.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMenAdvic..._about_my_wife

Sorry fomofo, I’ve gone (going?) through something similar, but nowhere near that degree of rejection or despair. That the spouse was able to turn 180 so quickly would be a warning sign to me too.

OK, or perhaps oops, time for a quick clarification. Although I can relate, and (I think) like anyone in a long term monogamous relationship have gone through some ups and downs and seen things change over time, I am not the author of that Reddit thread. If that was inferred sorry for the confusion. I do think it's a somewhat universal reality- couples ending up in a less, er, sexful, if not sexless, marriage/relationship - thus posted as food for thought.

(OK, to be honest and own up, my own little world is cooler than it used to be, which is why the thread resonated, and I (foolishly?) decided to pipe up and post about this quagmire of a topic.)

Not to take the comments in that thread as definitive, (and acknowledging that the Reddit population skews male-heavy), I do believe that's a blade (withdrawal) that can cut both ways, but based on my observation of the world and own small sampling of experience it does seem to cut one way more than another.

There's an old saw I first heard long ago...

Sex is the price a woman pays for a relationship.
A relationship is the price a man pays for sex.

I always considered that to contain a lot of truth, but also thought that although it may be a common reality for a man and a woman to enter into things, as they progress if their union actually turns out to be good and meaningful both parties will tend to end up in the middle, valuing both.

On the other hand everything in this life is ephemeral, and it could be just another delicate balancing act doomed to topple over time, in the end the parties either settling for what they've ended up with, or blowing it up/off. And perhaps regretting it greatly after the fact.

One of my favorite lines of all time, in one of the great relationship movies...



"To do the dishes" can be replaced by any number of things.

Said up front can of worms, and apologies for rambling. Hard topic to wrap the old mind around, and the way I feel about things can change depedning on the hour of day. Or night.

[plugboots]

I’ve known Mrs. plug for 35 years or so. I mean when we met we used AAA Maps and drove around and chatted while we drove. Both worked from home and travelled for work. We stayed out late, went to concerts etc. etc. We adopted, and raised a kid.
Now our daughter is grown and out of the house. We need to be on social media, and on our computers, so now, I drive, she stares at her phone, or works. So many of the things that brought us together are just utterly and completely different.
It’s hard to survive these changes.

[riser4]

OK, or perhaps oops, time for a quick clarification. Although I can relate, and (I think) like anyone in a long term monogamous relationship have gone through some ups and downs and seen things change over time, I am not the author of that Reddit thread. If that was inferred sorry for the confusion. I do think it's a somewhat universal reality- couples ending up in a less, er, sexful, if not sexless, marriage/relationship - thus posted as food for thought.

(OK, to be honest and own up, my own little world is cooler than it used to be, which is why the thread resonated, and I (foolishly?) decided to pipe up and post about this quagmire of a topic.)

Not to take the comments in that thread as definitive, (and acknowledging that the Reddit population skews male-heavy), I do believe that's a blade (withdrawal) that can cut both ways, but based on my observation of the world and own small sampling of experience it does seem to cut one way more than another.

There's an old saw I first heard long ago...

Sex is the price a woman pays for a relationship.
A relationship is the price a man pays for sex.

I always considered that to contain a lot of truth, but also thought that although it may be a common reality for a man and a woman to enter into things, as they progress if their union actually turns out to be good and meaningful both parties will tend to end up in the middle, valuing both.

On the other hand everything in this life is ephemeral, and it could be just another delicate balancing act doomed to topple over time, in the end the parties either settling for what they've ended up with, or blowing it up/off. And perhaps regretting it greatly after the fact.

One of my favorite lines of all time, in one of the great relationship movies...



"To do the dishes" can be replaced by any number of things.

Said up front can of worms, and apologies for rambling. Hard topic to wrap the old mind around, and the way I feel about things can change depedning on the hour of day. Or night.

Oh. Well. Then Der Poopenhausen, definitely.

[Dantheman]

There's an old saw I first heard long ago...

Sex is the price a woman pays for a relationship.
A relationship is the price a man pays for sex.

Christ that is bleak.

[liv2ski]

That does sound pretty bleak. Many years ago when the misses and I hit a hard patch she found a program called retrovialle (not sure that is exact spelling). You go to the weekend encounter and see if the program is a possibility for your situation. And then there are about 8 weeks of follow-up sessions which helped our situation immensely. It has also helped out a few other people I referred to it, but it's not for everyone.

[MakersTeleMark]

More than 51% of marriages end in divorce and that is actually an understatement.

But for a reason.

Don't trust me, I'm just a marriage counselor at burning man.

Give me your money.

[paulster2626]

Christ that is bleak.

This is why a man invented the vibrator. Game-changer - the 100+mm skis of the bedroom.

[liv2ski]

A man invented it? Maybe a tiny one for his butt sex. NTTIAWWT

[Name Redacted]

My wife insists on shopping for groceries at home and packing them with us when traveling out of town, even though we are traveling to a city much larger than our city, with far more grocery stores with far better prices. We live in an area with probably the highest grocery prices in the nation, worst selection, and even worse crowds. So the car is full of coolers, yay!

Happy holidays and good luck!

[skaredshtles]

My wife insists on shopping for groceries at home and packing them with us when traveling out of town, even though we are traveling to a city much larger than our city, with far more grocery stores with far better prices. We live in an area with probably the highest grocery prices in the nation, worst selection, and even worse crowds. So the car is full of coolers, yay!

Happy holidays and good luck!

Your wife brings the mirth.

[Core Shot]

Your wife brings the mirth.

Andd he brings the girth

Holidays and women are the suck. And I don’t mean blow jobs.
Anxiety and company and presents.
Fuck that.
My friends and my side of the family don’t care of there’s something out of place or a dog hair tumbleweed on the floor.

[old goat]

My wife insists on shopping for groceries at home and packing them with us when traveling out of town, even though we are traveling to a city much larger than our city, with far more grocery stores with far better prices. We live in an area with probably the highest grocery prices in the nation, worst selection, and even worse crowds. So the car is full of coolers, yay!

Happy holidays and good luck!

I could see buying groceries before driving TO Truckee, and definitely gas.

[plugboots]

JHC on a fucking pogo stick. I’ve been holding it in, but I gotta vent somewhere.
My M-I-L was married to the biggest asshole alive. She died over the summer, so I never have to see that A-hole again. yay
At the store I work at part-time, two local old timer women, (through the conversation about my M-I-L), told me that he abused his girlfriend before my M-I-L. They told it to me almost as if to ask how I felt about him, and I told them I hated him intensely. They kinda nodded, like they wondered why I was around him. Great! Locals thought I was an a-hole for associating with him. super
So…I’m cooking Xmas dinner for 10 friends and Mrs. Plug invited him. So now I have to not only see him, but cook for him. Seriously, I may kill him.

[Skistack]

JHC on a fucking pogo stick. I’ve been holding it in, but I gotta vent somewhere.
My M-I-L was married to the biggest asshole alive. She died over the summer, so I never have to see that A-hole again. yay
At the store I work at part-time, two local old timer women, (through the conversation about my M-I-L), told me that he abused his girlfriend before my M-I-L. They told it to me almost as if to ask how I felt about him, and I told them I hated him intensely. They kinda nodded, like they wondered why I was around him. Great! Locals thought I was an a-hole for associating with him. super
So…I’m cooking Xmas dinner for 10 friends and Mrs. Plug invited him. So now I have to not only see him, but cook for him. Seriously, I may kill him.

So un-invite him. Fuck that guy!

[Core Shot]

Can’t you do both?
Kill him. Then cook him.

[The Nuclear Option]

Write up your list of known transgressions and wait until everyone is seated and halfway through the first plate stand up and read it.

JHC on a fucking pogo stick. I’ve been holding it in, but I gotta vent somewhere.
My M-I-L was married to the biggest asshole alive. She died over the summer, so I never have to see that A-hole again. yay
At the store I work at part-time, two local old timer women, (through the conversation about my M-I-L), told me that he abused his girlfriend before my M-I-L. They told it to me almost as if to ask how I felt about him, and I told them I hated him intensely. They kinda nodded, like they wondered why I was around him. Great! Locals thought I was an a-hole for associating with him. super
So…I’m cooking Xmas dinner for 10 friends and Mrs. Plug invited him. So now I have to not only see him, but cook for him. Seriously, I may kill him.

[plugboots]

^^^ Like.