Does your Wife/Husband ask you Stupid Questions?
By mugzy528
@mugzy528 (800)
United States
April 30, 2007 8:36pm CST
I have to know. Earlier tonight, my wife and please keep in mind that she is a college graduate, asked me a few stupid and I mean stupid questions. She was filling out an online application and two questions puzzled her. First question, "What time-zone are we in?" Seems like a good question except for the fact that we live on the "Eastern Shore" so we're in the "Eastern" time zone. After she asked the question she then turned to look at me and went that was stupid wasn't it. Yup, honey, here's your sign. Next question, was about the computer. She has been on computers for a while now so this next question was downright dumb in my opinion. She asks, "What type of modem connection do we have?" I tried, really, I did try not to laugh. We have DSL and she's knows this because when we got it she was really happy. Folks, I love my wife but sometimes she really amazes me with the questions. So in her case, she really does have more book sense than common sense and she is the first to tell you that. The entire time that I'm writing this, she is laughing her butt off. Hope that this don't offend you nice people, LOL. Oh and by the way, she is Blond! Who's next!
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7 responses
@soccermom (3198)
• United States
1 May 07
We are all guilty of the occassional "brain fart" now and then, but I have to say I know what you mean. My hubby does this to me on occassion, but my pet peee is when he has the answer right in front of him! Here's an example, he's making a frozen pizza and says to me...What do I have to preheat the oven to? Ummm, look on the directions, they're right in your hand! Or my favorite, "what time do we need to be at the soccer game?" It's been 5:45 EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR 6 YEARS! Try to be forgiving though, they can't help it, and I'm sure they feel the same way about us.
@juicemilk (2283)
• Australia
1 May 07
those are the sort of questions that annoy me! My b/f is always asking me about cooking directions, I just ask him what it says on the packet, he tells me, so I tell him to do that lol
And I also hate repeating myself when I don't think it's necessary!
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@lisado (1227)
• United States
1 May 07
ROFL My husband does this, too! He'll be making something that I've never made before and he makes weekly (they're Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches which I can't eat so he makes his own all of the time) and since he threw the box away to "save space" in the freezer, he asks me what he is supposed to heat the oven to! I've never made them! I have no clue! lol Maybe next time ya don't throw the box away! :)
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@gizmo528 (731)
• United States
1 May 07
You know how you do or say something and think, "That's was funny, let's tell someone." So you decide to share a little bit of your life with the folks on MyLot. That's what happened here. I know this because I'm the "wife" in this discussion. I told him to post it as a discussion because we were both laughing so much we figured we would give some other people a laugh. I'm sorry that everyone is apparently taking this the wrong way or it's being seen as a put down on wives, women or whatever. I'm sitting here reading these responses and can't really believe it. I know everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I respect that. I also try very hard not to respond to anything my husbands writes and he does the same. We don't want people or even MyLot to think we are abusing the system. I love to laugh at myself, I get a kick out of some the things I say. So there's my rant. Let the games continue.....
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@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
1 May 07
I was really surprised to!! My hubby maked fun of me all the time, but I know he loves me and we are just playing around with each other. I can't believe people would be so offended!!
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
1 May 07
OK Now thanks to you (wife) I'm SMILING! ;-) You explained it well.
I think what got us was interpretation. If he'd said "My wife said something really funny tonight" or something else, we would have all been laughing, but the way it came off to those who don't know y'all was "my wife acted like a total idiot."
THAT is the biggest problem with e-mail and reading a discussion is that tone is lost on it.
It sounded to us like he was belittling you, but now that you explained it, we know that he was not. Thank you.
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@juicemilk (2283)
• Australia
1 May 07
SO I was expecting some really stupid questions...but those aren't really that stupid at all. My boyfriend wouldn't know what internet connection we have even though I've talked about it to him lots, it's just not something that he's interested in so wouldn't stick in his mind.
Sometimes when we ask a question, it's not until we hear it out loud that we realise we already know the answer.
I'm glad your wife is laughing with you though, otherwise I might think you are mean :P
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
1 May 07
Good for you. ;-) Humour can be so personal. I know the stuff that makes my boyfriend and I laugh would be down right weird to others, so, whatever. ;-) Seems you both got the last laugh on me tonight, since I was really in the mood to kick someone's butt, and I wound up kicking the wrong butt. Now you've got ME laughing. LOL
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
1 May 07
Sounds like someone needs a reality check, and it's NOT your wife, it's YOU!!! The other day my friend e-mailed me to ask me the name of another friend's new baby, which had slipped his mind, because he was overburdoned with whatever else was on his mind. Your wife is only human, just like you are, so cut her some slack. I think YOU are the one who deserves the sign, not her. While I will never forget what kind of modem I have, I might forget something else that may seem obvious to someone else. "What's M's baby's name?" I did not give my friend crap for not knowing the lady's baby's name, because we all forget things. This was the same man who told me "THERE ARE NO STUPID QUESTIONS!"
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@lisado (1227)
• United States
1 May 07
(sigh) I'm also blonde and have asked similar questions. lol Not about my modem (we have cable and I LOVE it!!) but other stupid questions. I'm always having to ask my husband what the date is. I'll be at an appoinment (such as this morning, I knew my appointment was May 1) and I still have to ask what the date is when I sign in. I blame it on mommy brain. :D
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@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
1 May 07
Is this my husband...making fun of me?? This is totally something he would write about me!! I can ask some of the stupidest questions ever. I would be too embarassed to mention them. We live in Texas, in the South...so we were looking for something on Ebay one night and I looked at the shipping info. on it and it said they only ship to North America, well I got all dipapointed because I didn't know we lived in North America, I thought we lived in South America..we are in the South right?? I know totally stupid.
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@lpetges (3036)
• United States
1 May 07
well, im going to just forget your last comment about being blonde, and give you my opinion! I never think any question or conversation is "stupid" from my husband! Its what you call respect, and love, and if there is anything on his mind, stupid, idiodic, funny, enthusiatic, smart,,,i love to hear him..and weve been married 26 years. by the way im blonde.
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