Sunday
Feb152009
I Also Said I Didn't Care If He Got Me An Engagement Ring Or Not.
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 2:32AM | Mr Lady
This morning, my husband rolled over and on his nightstand sat a bag with a sweet little card and his favorite chocolates. We came downstairs to find the children reading the valentine's I'd left them out on the table, eating the chocolates and dousing themselves in the little pocket-tubes of Axe bodyspray I gave them.
Note to self: Axe? Not a great idea unsupervised.
There wasn't anything for me, and I didn't really care. The smiling faces of my gorgeous little family were all I was hoping for, and I was happy.
We were out of coffee, and I said I'd go get another bag. 10 minutes after waiting for him to say, "No, honey, it's Valentine's Day. Let me," I headed out the door. I decided to splurge on a big, fancy latte, the kind I refuse to waste the money on normally, and I was happy.
The Donor got ready for work and with a kiss to everyone's cheek was out the door. A few hours later, having not heard from him, I decided to email him a picture of myself in, um, a Valentinesy sort of position on the bedroom floor with a caption that simply read, "Hurry home, baby." No, I will not show you the picture. I was nervous, that sort of thing being really out of character for me, but I was happy.
A little while later, he replied. I opened his email which read, and I quote:
I was not happy anymore.
And so my new Valentine and I wish you all a very happy Valentine's Day weekend.
Too harsh? Yeah, I should at least find one that looks like him, huh?
That works out much better.
Note to self: Axe? Not a great idea unsupervised.
There wasn't anything for me, and I didn't really care. The smiling faces of my gorgeous little family were all I was hoping for, and I was happy.
We were out of coffee, and I said I'd go get another bag. 10 minutes after waiting for him to say, "No, honey, it's Valentine's Day. Let me," I headed out the door. I decided to splurge on a big, fancy latte, the kind I refuse to waste the money on normally, and I was happy.
The Donor got ready for work and with a kiss to everyone's cheek was out the door. A few hours later, having not heard from him, I decided to email him a picture of myself in, um, a Valentinesy sort of position on the bedroom floor with a caption that simply read, "Hurry home, baby." No, I will not show you the picture. I was nervous, that sort of thing being really out of character for me, but I was happy.
A little while later, he replied. I opened his email which read, and I quote:
"Holy Shit! Did you clean the bedroom?"
I was not happy anymore.
And so my new Valentine and I wish you all a very happy Valentine's Day weekend.
Too harsh? Yeah, I should at least find one that looks like him, huh?
That works out much better.
Reader Comments (63)
axe is disgusting! i hate the smell of that stuff. when s.son was stayin here for a little while i ended up having to make him go outside to put it on! and really, even then, it still stunk up the house. YUCK
i really hope hubby was teasin you. if not, tell me where to send his dog bicuits cuz i think he's gonna need them out there in the doghouse
You. Me. Next year.
We will be each others valentine.
For once I won't be disappointed.
Sounds like the Donor is looking at the wrong things. {*grin*}
I'd agree that the any scent might not be good unsupervised. My son got some cologne on a trip to Paris and you could tell for miles around when he used it. The idea of moderation was entirely absent.
I'll go with nonna on the dog biscuits and new abode.
lol - did you clean the bedroom? What was he thinking?
That is a funny joke, but not getting laid because of it, funnier.
Thanks for sharing your romance-goes-tits-up advance.
So, what, the email reply didn't constitute Valentine's worthy attention?
Ouch! But seriously his mistake and loss. Happy Valentine's Day anyway.
LOL...men...even the little ones...make you crazy!
Ouch. When the "hurry home" photo doesn't get a better response, might be time to smack him in the head once or twice! LOL
Men! I got a bout of bickering in the car and some fried chicken. Be still my beating heart.
Maybe next year...I think that's what we all say.
I felt that OUCH all the way here in Chicago!
Bad Donor! BAD BAD BAD!!!
My kids told me yesterday that I didn't do enought for their dad for Valentines Day. I got him a book, that was what he wanted. Hey I REMEMBERED, that is a major accomplishment.
As for the e-mail I would have replied that he won't find out if the bedroom was cleaned since he'll be sleeping in his car.
What are the chances we BOTH got the same thing! Yeah, not impressed with HIM. Happy Love Day! :o)
haha aw. hopefully he's nice to you the other 364 days/year :)
ugh, men can be such asses.
Heh. Mine slept til noon. Said something about "I'll get you some flowers or something tomorrow."
Of course, I am also sick and sort of disgusting at the moment and passed out on the couch for three hours yesterday afternoon too. Neither of us are bit on the v-day stuff.
But that comment about cleaning the bedroom? Takes the cake.
Holy. I would be seriously pissed if I took a sexy shot of myself and got that response. Even if he was joking . . . he`d be crashing on the couch that night!
My guy didn`t acknowledge V-day, except to eat the heart cookies my son and I made, after I SPECIFICALLY told him to leave them alone. Men.
He HAD to be joking. It was not a smart decision, but it had to be a joke.
Cute pictures!!
I probably would have vomited at the axe and then seriously? Invested in a fun new 704 and let him know where he ranked.
Did you clean the bedroom? Dude, for real? If I sent Nate a pic like that he'd fly home from work... of course, I say that now...
Hmmm.. You're so dang cute.
Happy a day late v-day.
I'm not a Valentine's Day fan so we got the girls balloons. Actually he got them after I asked him to and he came home with one that sings "you're still the one" with which I'm about to hit him over the head while he sleeps, because it has been playing over and over all morning! The AXe would have probably made me throw up though.
Anyway, he gave me a kiss and said "Happy Valentine's Day. I'm glad you don't give a shit." The best part is, I really don't
I hope you got a little something when he got home from work... not that kind of something! Get your mind out of the gutter! Unless that's the kind of something you really wanted. ;-)
Harsh! At least you didn't get an iron or mixer. Meh!
Men suck at Valentine's Day. It's somehow tied to their gender. And I really don't want to hear about the men who are romantic - if they exist. My husband got a great big FAIL for Valentine's!
No way! Did he REALLY say that?
Oh my.
I knew the moment mt.man proposed to me WITHOUT and engagment ring (more or less still feelin' pretty good from the dentist office) that I would NEVER EVER get another valentine present again....at least he remembers the cards now...thanks to some nagging:) You should totally go get those latte's all week! lol
that is so frickin funny...I just choked on my coffee....
Shannon - This made me laugh. I can totally see my husband noticing the clean bedroom over me in a "sexy" pose. Glad you had a Happy Valentine's Day (Lord knows we deserve them after all those years of missing out!)
~gwen
P.S. I'm Alisha's sister-in-law. I've been reading even though this is my first comment : )
That really does suck. I hope he made it up to you!
Hope he reads your blog! Men!
I think our husbands were separated at birth. That would so happen here.
LOL! I didn't get anything for Valentine's Day either!
And my SIL gives my husband Axe for Christmas every year. If you are over the age of 14, you really shouldn't be wearing it.
I'm right there with you.
My husband used to buy me little treats for v-day, but hasn't since we got married. Not that I've told him not to...but I guess he thinks that after you buy the cow you don't have to feed it.
In protest, I didn't shave my legs.
Oooooh, ouch! The stuffed Valentine is way cute. And nicer.
Everyday is Valentine's day woman!
Axe is vile
Yeah, that would be the last look at the bedroom my husband would get for quite some time.
I'm not even gonna touch this one. Noooooop. Will. Not. Succumb. To. Temptation.
Though it would be a nice opportunity for some opportunistic evangelism. If one were the opportunistic evangelist type. Oooookay, let me just say that the day would have not been wasted on a gal of my type. Hubs ought to snap to attention when he figures out that it's not like his only competition is other half-asleep dudes. Forward (and wide awake) lesbians may well be the best thing that ever happened to heterosexual marriages!
Aw, shoot. I touched it. Will now demurely step back.
Ah shit, S, REALLY? Mine used my being half awake to race up the stairs, blurt out 'ThanksforthecardIgottagohaveaniceday' and LEAVE. For a 24 hour shift.
Well, at least my house is clean! (Although I didn't clean the bedroom) (Snirk)
O M G. i love this and love your site and hey, cleaning the bedroom is BIG. my honey sometimes says he likes feet rubs more than sex. hoo. ray.
found you catching up to the "letters from my heart" and saw you on another blogher's page. so glad i did. I will be back. stat.
Oh he's a regular Casanova! AND funny? You are too too lucky, my dear.
I think you just won yourself a free-bathroom cleaning for a month ticket.
hey, whatever turns him on. if it's a clean bedroom in the background, then so be it.
your husband goes to work on a sunda??
That's brilliant, and why I love him. (Did you clean the bedroom?)
Darci and I think V-Day is a commercial holiday designed to sell crap under the auspice of reminding people that they love each other. (If you need a holiday to remind you... don't worry that person wont be around long enough to keep pissing you off. heh heh)
My boyfriend gave me a box full of goodies...as I was looking through it, I found a Pop-Tart wrapped in a napkin from his 4yo son. That has to me my favorite V-Day gift in the whole wide world!
I would just like to state that not ALL men are unobservant, unromantic, imbeciles. Though I am single...le sigh...I talked one of my best friends husband through the romance thing to get things ready for this horrid holiday meant to make the single feel more like crap and the involved men feel poor. But I did it and she was thankful and so was he so they got me drunk. Really the only thing you can do on V-Day when your single...
ooh, I was hoping he was going to redeem himself with a big surprise later in the day.
The girls and I kept forgetting it was V-day.
ouch! new glasses shannon. they look new...they are nice. happy belated v-day to you.
http://momofboxer.blogspot.com/2009/02/so-you-think-you-can-dance-canada.html
sorry mr lady. that sucks.
It's like that joke about the woman who greets her husband at the door wearing a black corset, high heels, and a mask and he says, "Hey! What's for dinner, Batman?"