How many times do you have to ask?
By missybear
@missybear (11391)
United States
April 18, 2009 7:13am CST
My honey is usually pretty good about doing things when I ask him.
But for the last 3 days I've been asking him to hook up my copier so I can scan some of my new pictures into the computer and he still hasn't done it yet.
I don't know how but I could probably figure it out but I hate to mess up stuff.
How often do you ask before you just do it yourself.
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21 responses
@Little_Stormy (6883)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Watch this for the answer! lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBKIQ__q7Q
I gave up asking. I just do it myself now :)
I'm getting ready to do so electrical work... wish me luck!!
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@sconibear (8016)
• United States
18 Apr 09
POPPYCOCK!!!
ooooooooooh..........are we allowed to say "POPPY"???
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
18 Apr 09
That's some funny sh*t.
I'm sure sconibear will disagree but he's still sleeping
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Apr 09
Besides picking your nose and scratching your butt
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
18 Apr 09
same here missy,(maybe sometimes we are also like that)i did ask my hubby to download some pictures i took in the digicam to the computer as i can give/send some of the pics to my relatives and there has been no response from his side for over a week.and if i remind him,he labells me as a nagger!!
@missybear (11391)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Ha Ha, I guess my discussion worked I got my pictures downloaded.
I put them on mylot later.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
19 Apr 09
hahahaha sometimes a couple of times or 3 and then if he will not do it, I just do it myself if I know how to do the thing. Now here. I am not asking my hubby to do things I can do. If I really don't have ides of how to do it, I will really ask, but it goes with the timing. Sometimes, when our hubby is tired and has many things in mind, they will just say, yes, later, or tomorrow.. but when yoy have the good timing, they will really do it.
@jimssaftytips (507)
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19 Apr 09
tell him if he doesnt hook it up u will throw it away along with the computer. that should wake him up.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Apr 09
As a single person I don't have any honey at this time. So I have to do everything myself or ask a friend. Maybe you could ask him, if he could do it now, pretty please. At least he's accomodating most of the time. I guess that's a pretty good husband. Hang on to him.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
19 Apr 09
We have to create a balance when it comes to things like this. If we're too quick to do what we're asked, then we'll be bombarded with requests until the cows come home. (And these cows never seem to make it home for some reason!) It's a science and takes great skill on our part to get is just right, but it's in our best interests to do so. The key is to drag things out just long enough to either have you do it yourself without getting pissed about it, or long enough for us to exert that subliminal message that we're actually in control and are doing things on our own terms, not yours. Yeah, yeah, we know we're actually NOT, but let us believe this one just this once.
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
19 Apr 09
well if that's the case maybe he's not in the mood to do that or is there something that he doesn't like form you as of this days? maybe there's a thing that he's been annoyed or angry with you. men have more mood swings than women. they just don't admit that. as a defense, they will show that they're upset or angry whne in fact they're not just in the mood to do things in such particular time.
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I don't often ask for help and that way I don't get frustrated when someone doesn't come thru for me. I'm single and I've always been this way even when not single. It's kind of a winnie the pooh phylosophy ...No expectations, no disappointments. I figured out how to hook my copier up when I got it on my own and I'll bet you could do it. It is just a matter of hooking the USB into the tower and putting in the disk and following the instructions. Even if you don't succeed, you won't mess anything up. I think you should try it. You'll feel great when you succeed which I'm sure you will.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I watched him do it so I think next time I can do it myself.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
19 Apr 09
Hey missy! My honey is sometimes good about doing things.
But, then there are times I have to keep asking him over
and over again too! So I kinda know what ya mean! It depends
on what it is if I decide to do it myself. He's really good
at putting things together and has more patience then I do
so I will just usually wait for him to get around to it!
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
19 Apr 09
Hello Missy, this is reverse now in my case. I am that sort of person who forget where I had last put my glass or where is the key of my bike. But the other half of mine is always alert and knows what are my whims. If I need anything she takes no time to get it for me. This way I must say that I am bit lucky fellow.
@vivianchen (2646)
• China
19 Apr 09
Hi Missbear, i think i will ask 3 tims. Because there is an old saying" Things shoul never pass 3 times!" Meaning everything you do or everything you ask, or people ask you, should not pass three. If that's my things, i will go ahead and do it myself. If i am asking him to clean up his mess, and he ignore me on purpose, i will get angry on him.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Apr 09
That's about how many times I asked him to hook up the copier and he finally did it.
@mira91 (985)
• Singapore
19 Apr 09
Maybe he just forgotten everytime you ask him to, it happens to me all the time..But usually on the 2nd reminder i'd get right to the job. For me, my bf will do it on the spot, if i ask him to do something because he's afraid he'll forget..Maybe you should ask him again, and ask him to do it on the spot if he don't want to forget about it again...=]
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I usually ask twice. After the second time I just give up and do it myself. Usually, my partner is pretty good about doing things that I ask about but sometimes it's like it goes in one ear and out the other lol. Then, when I ask about it, I always get an answer like, well I didn't hear you or I didn't know you wanted that done. It's always fun to argue that I did in fact ask for it to be done.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Hi, missybear! When I really need my husband to do something for me, that I can't do myself. I will ask him about 10 times, before it actually gets done. I had a clock that I bought from Family Dollar. And I asked my husband over and over to put the clock on the wall. Did you know that it took him about a month until he put the clock on the wall. I told him that I needed it there, because I have to get our son up for school in the mornings. And I am mostly in the front room getting things together. I needed to see the clock so that I could keep up with the time better. I did not want to get our son to school so late. So, I had to walk down the hallway to our bedroom, just to see the time on the clock. Then I had to come back. It really was nerve wracking! There were other times that I have asked my husband to do something for me, and it never got done. I even asked him one time to help me put an avatar up on the computer. And I asked him to teach me how to do copy and pasting. Did you know that he never helped me with this??? So, I learned all by myself and it was done. I know that from now on, if he does not try to move his butt faster, I will do it myself. I hate waiting on him, he can be so slow. He claims that if I keep asking him to do something for me, then he may purposely forget. How mean can a man be!
@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Apr 09
You're telling me but I guess it makes us learn how to do things our self's.
I had to learn how to cut and paste too and now I know.
@carann (260)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I don't ask I do it myself as well. My Dad raised me as he said it to take care of myself. He showed me simple car repair course now days its not the same but I now feel its better that i do things for myself. My husband appreciates this i think and helps when needed whithout being asked.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I do most of stuff myself too but hooking up the copier was kinda tricky.
@bird123 (10643)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Waiting on someone else is never fun. Perhaps adversity of it will get you to do it yourself. Call the company who made it if you get in trouble.Go online. You can find information on almost anything. Maybe start a discussion in the computers section here.Once you complete the task, you will be wiser and more capable maybe bale out your honey in the future.If it doesn't work now, the worst that can happen is that it doesn't work later.GET TO IT! Simply because you never did something doesn't mean that you can't do it.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Apr 09
So true but it's easier nagging my honey till he does it.
@myyoyo (6)
• China
19 Apr 09
When I was very young,I liked asking my parents questions very much.But sometimes they would feel boring and didn't want to give me the answers.Many teachers like students who like asking questions,too.But teachers welcome questions.We're always wanting to make sure that things all go well,and we can do things perfect.So we should ask the details clearly.We often forget that nothing is perfect.But asking clearly,we always can do them better and easier.