Melting Was the Operative Word
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (90823)
United States
January 6, 2024 8:26am CST
Last night we had some snowfall finally and wound up with about 2 inches on the ground. And it's pretty typical when something like that happens my wife's brain kicks into high gear getting ready to demand something be done about it.
Like clear it.
It just so happened as I was refreshing the coffee pot she had the weather on and I heard the forecaster talking about the snow. In her reporting she said, "I am seeing melting. Lots and lots of melting, and so enjoy the pretty while you can."
I yelled from the kitchen, "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" my wife asked.
"About the melting," I barked back. "The snow is melting."
"What of it?" she said.
"I just want to make sure you heard that before the wheels start turning and you want me to go out there and clear that snow."
"I didn't say a word," she barked back.
"I know. I am just making sure you HEARD that the snow was MELTING on its own so when you tell me to go out there and clear it and I say no, you know why."
Marriage is bliss, isn't it? lol
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10 responses
@1creekgirl (41424)
• United States
6 Jan
Hope she wasn't awfully irritated and glad you didn't have to shovel snow. I could be an amazing marriage counselor. 
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@1creekgirl (41424)
• United States
7 Jan
@porwest That makes for a good marriage when you get each other. After 57 years, we pretty much do, but once in a while I know some alien has taken over his mind.
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
10 Jan
@1creekgirl An alien? lol. Explains some of my wife's thinking sometimes about me. Kind of makes sense now. lol
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@moffittjc (121581)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Jan
The joys of marriage. If the snow wasn't melting on it's own, I could imagine the situation being something like this:
"My wife wanted me to clear the snow. I didn't want to clear the snow. So, we compromised and I cleared the snow."
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@moffittjc (121581)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Jan
@porwest Don’t we all know it! When it comes to our significant others, compromise means they get what they want and we stay out of the dog house for another day.
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
10 Jan
@moffittjc Staying out of the dog house is especially attractive this time of the year. Dog houses tend to be poorly built and quite drafty. lol
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@Dena91 (16636)
• United States
6 Jan
We have a cold rainy day here. For the past week all they talked about was the snow and freezing rain that would be here. I would have enjoyed seeing some snow fall but am glad there isn't any freezing rain to deal with.
Glad that you didn't have to shovel the snow.
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@2ndchances24 (8927)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
8 Jan
ha ha ha that sounds about right for some couples
I could careless 1 way or the other if it melts or not
or if hubby gets it cleared, cause I'm not going out in it.
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
18 Jan
@2ndchances24 Sometimes you just have to do it. It is what it is. Did you hear about the story about people trying to pour gasoline into the snow to light it on fire and melt it? People can be really stupid.
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@2ndchances24 (8927)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
18 Jan
@porwest I'm the same way, I did a pathway on the
back deck & hubby did the front door ramp for when
I need to use it to get in the car.
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@popciclecold (38721)
• United States
6 Jan
I'm sure glad we didn't get any. But that don't mean we won't.. We got plenty of rain..
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
7 Jan
It was funny, the other day I brought my coffee cup into the kitchen and laid it next to the sink. My wife barked at me, "Put it in the dishwasher."
We have a little magnet that we turn around that says dirty and clean on it, and she has a habit of not turning the magnet, and it said "Clean." I told her that and she said, "Oh, for Heaven's sake you SAW me empty the dishwasher!"
I barked back, "See how that works? You get mad at me when I don't put my wash rag up without it being crumpled so it dries and you always yell at me asking how hard is it to just not ball it up? How hard is it to just turn the damn magnet?"
She just stared at me.
"It works both ways, my dear," I said.
She looked like she was scanning for something to throw at me and I ran out of the room.
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@mildredtabitha (16126)
• Nairobi, Kenya
6 Jan
Why are both barking at each other. Because the snow is melting? Haha1 person likes this
@porwest (90823)
• United States
11 Jan
@mildredtabitha I believe it is in the vows somewhere too. lol
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