O/T I've often wondered...........

Goose · May 20, 2012

I've often wondered how many productive man hours are lost at family gatherings by the men sitting around, bored, waiting for the women to get done talking so they can go home and get some work done.

It's been my observation that at the typical family get-together, the men can say all they want to say in about 15 minutes, while their wives are still chattering nonstop several hours later.

Wonder what the women find to talk about for so long. On second thoutht, maybe I don't want to know.

Vito · May 20, 2012

Their husbands.Sometimes cackling hens sound better.

Vito

Chuck (CA) · May 20, 2012

Haircuts - The difference between men and women

Women"s version:
Woman 2: Oh! You got a haircut! That"s so cute!
Woman1: Do you think so? I wasn"t sure when she gave me the mirror. I mean, you don"t think it"s too fluffy looking?
Woman 2: Oh no, it"s perfect! I"d love to get my hair cut like that, but I think my face is too wide. I"m pretty much stuck with this stuff I think.
Woman 1: Are you serious? I think your face is adorable. And you could easily get one of those layer cuts - that would look so cute I think. I was actually going to do that except that I was afraid it would accent my long neck.
Woman 2: Oh - that"s funny! I would love to have your neck! Anything to take attention away from this two-by-four I have for a shoulder line.
Woman 1: Are you kidding? I know girls that would love to have your shoulders. Everything drapes so well on you. I mean, look at my arms - see how short they are? If I had your shoulders I could get clothes to fit me so much easier.

Men"s version:
Man 2: Haircut?
Man 1: Yeah.

Ultradog MN · May 20, 2012

"As long as old men sit and talk about the weather, as long as old women sit and talk about old men..."
Randy Travis

David G · May 20, 2012

They usually do all the work at the event, let them sit and enjoy it for a while.

Anonymous-0 · May 20, 2012

probably the same amount of hours that men waste sitting in "THEIR" chair while their wives are cooking , cleaning,doing laundry, taking care of the family and mowing the grass! a friend of mine lost his wife of 44 years to cancer, he didn't know how much she did until she was gone.

Nebraska Cowman · May 20, 2012

Time spent visiting with friends is never wasted. Slow down and enjoy it.

lloyd in sc · May 20, 2012

sounds like some one is reading over your shoulder...

Anonymous-0 · May 20, 2012

nope.. single and I envy married men,so many don't appreciate what they have.

Phil in Pa · May 20, 2012

He said family. Not necessarily the same thing.

Fred2 · May 20, 2012

If you cant enjoy yourself at family gatherings maybe you shouldnt go in the first place, just stay at home and work if its that important. Slow down and enjoy life.

NEKS · May 20, 2012

If the neighbor drive in the drive and we visit. The wife wants to know what he wanted. If the neighbors wife stops by the house to talk to the wife, I could give a shi?? less. Is there something wrong with my thinking?

Fawteen · May 21, 2012

I suspect that was posted primarily as a joke, but it's the dang truth!

If one of my daughters calls and asks to talk to me it goes like "Daddy, can I borrow the weed whacker?"

"Yup, it's in the garage, don't forget the gas can. 'bye."

If same daughter calls and asks to talk to Mom, it's "Mom, can I borrow a box of Bisquick?" followed by a half-hour of recipes, baking tips, how're the kids, how's work, has your BF found a job yet, etc. etc. etc.

Meanwhile, I've mowed the lawn, weeded the flower beds and cleaned up the shop...

greygoat · May 21, 2012

What burns me up..is when two women who haven't
met for awhile see each other in a store, and
stop to talk and completely block the asile, so
no one can get past !THOUGHTLESS-A women thing!
AND-- I quit going to the Minnesota State Fair--
so many women with strollers stopping to talk and
blocking the sidewalks !

GVSII · May 21, 2012

An old friend of mine,now passed on, used to say "It don't take long to set and talk a couple hours".

oldtanker · May 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 15:53:31 05/20/12) I've often wondered how many productive man hours are lost at family gatherings by the men sitting around, bored, waiting for the women to get done talking so they can go home and get some work done.

It's been my observation that at the typical family get-together, the men can say all they want to say in about 15 minutes, while their wives are still chattering nonstop several hours later.

Wonder what the women find to talk about for so long. On second thoutht, maybe I don't want to know.

It kinda goes that way with the wife's family gatherings.

Father in law, good guy, can't talk with anyone cause he's going around trying to talk to everyone (just trying to be a good host).

BIL #1, just goes off by himself and reads.

BIL #2, obeys his wife and just keeps track of his kids.

BIL #3, can only talk about electronics, computer games and his time in the Army (2 months)

BIL #4, only stands around bragging about his hunting and fishing skills (I have to zero his hunting rifle cause he can't shoot worth a darn).

BIL #5 , Married into the family like I am will not talk unless he has a few drinks in him then he's fun to be around but MIL don't allow drinking around her.

The adult nephews only show up long enough to eat.

So I get to set there and do nothing, bored, for hours on end, for most Sundays over the summer.

Mean time the wife, SIL's (only 2 seems my wife's brothers can keep a wife) MIL and adult nieces gab for hours. Cause of my wife we are the 1st ones there and the last to leave (she helps he mom set up and clean up). I've wasted a great number of man hours at these family gatherings.

Rick

SweetFeet · May 21, 2012

If you are not traveling a long distance, just drive seperately. Then you can show up a little before the meal - visit a little, have dessert... and go home to work on a shop project. That way, wife can stay as long as she wants to. Works for us.

oldtanker · May 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 06:40:41 05/21/12) If you are not traveling a long distance, just drive seperately. Then you can show up a little before the meal - visit a little, have dessert... and go home to work on a shop project. That way, wife can stay as long as she wants to. Works for us.

I did that for a few years but FIL is in bad shape and is a relly good guy.....so I stay cause it makes him happy.....his time here isn't going to be long.

Rick

SweetFeet · May 21, 2012

That is really kind of you. I am sure your wife appreciates it. Hopefully the gatherings are not too frequent... a few times per year, is not too hard to tolerate - every week or two, that is another story.

in-too-deep · May 21, 2012

Nope. I feel the same way. I tell her I should record the conversation for her.

oldtanker · May 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 07:53:34 05/21/12) That is really kind of you. I am sure your wife appreciates it. Hopefully the gatherings are not too frequent... a few times per year, is not too hard to tolerate - every week or two, that is another story.

No it's every holliday weekend through the summer plus whenever they decide (once every week or 2). All of my in laws children live within 90 miles........and they live on a lake....too bad the fishing isn't good on that lake.

Rick

Tim Barnes · May 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 15:13:03 05/21/12) I did that for a few years but FIL is in bad shape and is a relly good guy.....so I stay cause it makes him happy.....his time here isn't going to be long.

oldtanker, good for you, sir, enjoy his company while ya can. I spent many a Christmas morning driving to see my FIL but I wont have to make that trip anymore. We buried him this past March. He was more than a FIL to me, he was my fishing buddy too. He was a former Marine and I'm a Zoomie so we had serving the country in common, now I have another American flag to place this weekend.

dittmerku · May 21, 2012

At our reunions, it takes us men all day to say what we have to say - of course once the beer runs out, we're ready to leave.

Kippster · May 21, 2012

I suppose the women folks say the same thing when we go to the co-op for grain and a hitch pin which should take about 20 minutes and we're gone for 2 hours because we were talking crops, tractors, cows, worst we got stuck, worst smashed piece of equipment we ever fixed, some guy on YT that fixed his corn planter a certain way, 12 volt conversions, seed corn prices, the beef market, cost of tractor tires, to load or not to load the new tires, what number red a 53 super h is supposed to be, no till farming vs. conventional tillage etc. with one of our farmer buddies. I came out of the co-op one day, after bs-ing with a buddy for what SEEMED like a short time, and the wife had taken my truck and gone home with the grain to feed her horses. The fore-mentioned buddy gave me a ride home. Dinner was cold sandwiches that night. Just a thought. Kippster

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