Lost shoe, silly wife threw it outside, now it is buried in the snow
@morgandrake (2136)
United States
March 27, 2009 3:15pm CST
Somewhere outside, under the snow, is one of my shoes. The wife (no, she is "the wife" for this story; I am not sure I want to claim her by calling her "my wife"), anyways, the wife threw one of my shoes out the door at the stray dog that keeps coming over and eating all the cat food that we put on the porch for the poor straving kitties in the neighborhood.
She did not tell me about the fact that one of my shoes was outside until yesterday----when the snow was already too deep to attempt to find it. She says that she forgot that she did so; that is believable, she forgets to tell me a lot of things until days later.
It wouldn't have been so bad, except last week she made me toss in the trash a couple of pairs of my shoes that had ceased to be usable. No, she has to threw a good shoe at the dog. And she couldn't threw one of the many unread papers that are by the door either.
I think that she owes me a new pair of shoes, considering it is going to be a couple of days before I can attempt to find this one. By then it will be nice and soggy, and well on the way to the trash.
So am I alone? Or do other people's significant others do things like this to them too?
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@sandymay48 (2030)
• Canada
28 Mar 09
I found this discussions very amusing...But Im sorry, if she was smart and it was snowing that bad, she should have thrown her own shoe and then hit you up for a new pair!
...claiming she couldnt find her other shoe!
But you know..the poor hungry stray dog has to eat too!! So why would she scare the dog away with a shoe? It has to eat too. Are you sure she wasnt throwing the shoe at you and you opened the door and out it went????
...claiming she couldnt find her other shoe!
But you know..the poor hungry stray dog has to eat too!! So why would she scare the dog away with a shoe? It has to eat too. Are you sure she wasnt throwing the shoe at you and you opened the door and out it went????2 people like this
@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
28 Mar 09
It is gloves that she keeps losing. I have never seen her lose a shoe---ever. And when she does toss stuff at me, it is hard candy; that stuff stings when it hits.
The dog is definitely a poor dog; no animal should have owners like this one does.
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
28 Mar 09
I vote for 2 things in this situation...1) she owes you a new pair of shoes and a big apology. 2) next time there is rain or snow you get to throw something of her's outside and "forget" about it...and she can't complain LOL Fair's fair.
[b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~
**STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
28 Mar 09
BTW, I know strays can be a pain but being a stray he's just looking for food. If no one will feed him then perhaps turning him over to animal control would be better. At least he'll get fed while they try to find him a home.
[b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~
**STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]
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@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
28 Mar 09
Problem is that he is not a true stray. He has an owner; well, sort of. You know the type of pet owner I am referring to, the one that you wonder how animal control hasn't gotten involved. Before they were foreclosed upon (I have yet to figure out how they lost a completely paid off house they inherited), they would have the dog running all over the neighborhood. The mailman had to jump over my fence a couple of time to aviod being bitten. Now the dog is chained up at the empty house (just a few doors down the street) their brother is selling, and occasionally he gets loose. I presume that he is straving for food, besides attention.
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
27 Mar 09
"The wife" in this household once threw out a very good (and quite expensive) hat that had become (so she thought) somewhat stained around the band. It was a very good hat which I have tried for many years to replace without success.
It was MY hat and it suited me - both outwardly in how people saw me and inwardly in the pride which I felt when wearing it. "'er Indoors", however, saw it as a nothing and therefore, because it was part of me, saw me as a nothing - argue it what way you like, it was an act of disregard, disrespect and tantamount to saying that she did not care.
Every hatter, dealer and nearly every friend I relate the story to acknowledge that such an action, on its own, is sufficient grounds for divorce. I am working on it, since the Law does not currently recognise the unauthorised disposal of apparel as sufficient grounds ... just let his wife throw out his wig without asking, I shall say to the judge. Most would reply: "She wouldn't dare!"
@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
28 Mar 09
Yeah, I find it the height of disrespect to get rid of a man's favorite hat, or favorite shirt, etc. It should be grounds for divorce.
I bet that she claimed that she was doing it to improve your appearance.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
28 Mar 09
pft..i'd be mad too.
i had an ex that used my new vacuum to clean oil out of his car engine.
don't ask,i don't understand the logic of that one either.
anyway,i went to vacuum,
and got oil all over the apartment rug.so that cost me a rug,and a vacuum.
i guess it wasn't important enough to mention until i rolled it out.
anyway,i went to vacuum,
and got oil all over the apartment rug.so that cost me a rug,and a vacuum.
i guess it wasn't important enough to mention until i rolled it out.@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
28 Mar 09
I am not really good at working with car engines; I take them to the professionals; but even I can not see the logic of doing that. It makes you wonder what they do consider important enourgh to mention.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
29 Mar 09
MD-i guess maybe he was thinking wet-vac?
even so,shouldn't suck up oil with it..
king julian-LOL!none taken,he was a dink,definetly.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
27 Mar 09
Each of us bear the burden of living with significant others. But how many of us can claim such a wonderfully spontaneous person that would react in such a manner. How many of us live with predictable people that never surprise us. Count your blessing
it's just a shoe and wait with bated breath for the next surprise just around the corner. Blessings
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@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
27 Mar 09
Ok, I didn't think about looking at it like that. *grin* You are right. I am lucky.
@hanah87 (1835)
• Malaysia
29 May 09
Oh dont call your wife silly.You have been together for a long time.Maybe you should discuss with your wife about her problem.I think she has big problem with you or angry with you.I hope you will become good back with your wife.
@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
31 May 09
I think that it was just that it was the closest thing that she could throw. I don't think it is any indication of a deeper issue. Or at least, I hope I am right on that front.
@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
28 Mar 09
Now why would she throw a good show at a stray dog? Like you say, she should have thrown an old newspaper at it. (Unless of course your wife was thinking of that reporter in Iraq who threw his shows at President Bush as an insult... maybe your wife was hoping that if she insulted the dog it wouldn't come back?)
But look on the bright side, it could have been worse... what if she had decided to throw your wallet or the TV remote control at the pooch?
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@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
28 Mar 09
Oh, don't get me started about the havoc she causes with the remote. She just starts pushing buttons at random when it does not do what she wants it to. It has occasionally taken me ten minutes to figure out what she has done with it. Tossing it outside would be much easier to cope with.
@Darkwing (21583)
•
27 Mar 09
Omg, Morgandrake, that sounded soooooo funny, but I guess it's not so funny to you, the shoeless person! I'm sorry I laughed but it just seems to be one of those silly moments that we all encounter from time to time. It beats me how your wife "forgot" she had thrown it at the dog, so that you didn't find out until the snow had buried it! I think it might have been better for all concerned had she taken the cat food in from the porch. The dog would have had no reason to hang about then!
I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, you're alone on this one. I can't recall ever having done anything so remiss, nor anybody having done it to me. Ah well... at least you'll have a new pair of shoes out of it, and you have an excuse not to have to leave the house to go to the store or something! She'll have to go! Brightest Blessings, my friend. 
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
18 May 09
I haven't had anyone ever do anything like this to me, that I can recall anyways. LOL
But I did find your story extremely humorous. I wanted to stop by one of your discussions and thank you for responding to a couple of mine today. It is always much appreciated, even though sometimes I don't always take the time to let people know it.
Thanks again, and have a great day!
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@srganesh (6340)
• India
28 Mar 09
It is hard to spend days with a person like your wife.But,I think,deep inside her heart,she has some hatred for you and so she tends to act ignorant with you.If this is going to be continued unattended,you two will be having fights for simple reasons.So,you both have a visit to some psychiatrist and he will help your married life to continue in the success path.Cheers!
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@Aquilis (175)
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28 Mar 09
I've never really had this happen to me, though if it did I'm sure I would find some interesting way to get back at them :P In your case I would probably wait untill they are nice and soggy and then start growing moss over them, the smell alone would probably teach people a lesson about throwing things out :D
@carann (260)
• United States
28 Mar 09
Maybe you can't see it yet but to be honest this story made me giggle a bit. To add to the previous posts. You could look at it this way. At least she wasnt throwing it at you? lol Or wasn't just doing that out of spite. It was for a purpose.
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