If I were you the thing that I would be most annoyed about is the fact that he didn't say that it was obvious that PHYSICAL TOUCH is your #1 love language. You must feel like you've been talking to yourself for the past 2 years. Maybe your H needs a pop quiz in HP101.
Pop Quiz for Mr. HP ******************** 1) How often does your wife WANT to have sex?
a)At least 3 times a week.
b)At least one more time than I do.
c)I need a calculator.
2)Why does your wife want to have sex with you so often.
a)She doesn't really want sex. She just appreciates the quality time together.
b)She is emotionally needy because of something to do with her father or something.
c)She has a high sex drive and loves and is attracted to me.
3) How many more children does your wife want to have?
a) Many more. She loves babies.
b) She is leaving it up to God.
c) Zero if I don't figure out how to be attracted to a woman in her last trimester.
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We can laugh or we can cry.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
I am laughing--and that is no easy feat to make a pg woman smile. Naw, I am really not that bad to live with, despite Chris' projection of his never-happy wife onto me--that aint me, fella. In fact, H and I are currently reading one of those marriage books and there is a quiz in there that asks what is your spouses' most irritating habit. He said my procrastination. I said, Oh I didn't realize it was that bad and it bothered you so much. He replied, It doesn't bother me that much but you are such a good wife that it is literally the only thing I can think of.
Back to your quiz, Mojo. You know what is really funny? He would ace that quiz and know all the right answers. For some reason, there is a disconnect between what he knows and what he does. I vascillate between thinking that he doesn't hear me saying what I want and thinking that he DOES hear me but for whatever reason, he is unable to deliver it at this point in his life.
For all you other people, I am including the answers to the quiz (see what a cool teacher I coulda been!):
Take your husband aside this evening. Kiss him on the cheek, pull back and look him in the eyes.
Ask him; "Hubby. Do you really want to face up to the mess you are making of our sex life, *after* the baby is born? Or would you rather address it now while I am easy to please?"
Please don't forget pictures of baby when the time comes. Yahoo has some sort of free photo deal that you could use. We all want to see baby pictures!
During my wife's labor, she wanted me to stroke her legs, slowly from thighs to toes. This was in an effort to virtually move the pain down. She had no medication whatsoever, not even an aspirin during labor. On a couple of the leg strokes, I neglected to "go all the way to the toes". She screamed at me "all the way to the toes you azzhole, all the way to the toes". It seems that the pain didn't move if the stroke was incomplete :-)
I wish you the most painless labor possible, and that all your strokes go "all the way".
:-)
-NOPkins-
I will ferret out an affair at any opportunity.
-An affair is the embodiment of entitlement, fueled by resentment and lack of respect. -An infidel will remain unreachable so long as their sense of entitlement exceeds their ability to reason.
Having never lived with a preggo, for those who know better please forgive the part of this post that is obvious ignorance. (This would be the clue to stop reading altogether for some of you.)
I don't think HP's post is hormonal at all. It seems to me that she's handling herself extremely rationally at 8.5 months pregnant. She expressed two points that make Mr. HP a total jerk for ignoring, in my book.
1. I NEED SEX TO FEEL CLOSE TO YOU - What's not to act on with that one? Who cares if he understands why she's that way? She says that's the way it is, so f**k her, for goodness' sake!
2. Sex is the only thing that eases my (her) physical discomfort of the pregnancy - Again, what's to understand? It's the same as requesting a foot rub, except he gets more fun from it.
Barn, Well I don't think that I am being overly dramatic or irrational (and fwiw H doesn't either) but I do know that I am reacting more....ahem....enthusiastically than I normally would. Sortof a ramped-up version of Honey. TurboHoney, if you will.
But overall I haven't gone off the deep end or anything. Two years ago, I asked him to please commit to sex twice a week. He exceeded this WILDLY. Now I am back to having to ask for sex more than 1x per week. I probably should cut him some slack now (and that may be what people are tryin to drill through my thick hormonal skull) since he doesn't find this experience all that appealing but then dammit, he's going to have to do SOMETHING. Backrubs, hj's, massage, running me a bath, something.
I am not a pampered princess and, of the two of us, he is the overly spoiled one. All I am asking is that he show a little consideration and TLC for the woman who is carrying his third child.
Well truthfully that's not all I ask for. He shows his consideration by doing things like: the dishes, sweeping the floor, painting the exterior trim on our house, washing my car, etc. I want BODILY attention right now.
Oh well in a few weeks I won't want him anywhere near my body, as it will hurt too much so I suppose I need to stop worrying about what he will or won't do and continue to focus inward.
On a lighter note, I think I finally picked a name for this poor child. People kept asking me and I was feeling increasingly stupid for not having an answer. Nothing sounded good to me and wasn't delivering that 'spark' when I would picture myself screaming it 100 times a day.
Who cares if he understands why she's that way? She says that's the way it is, so f**k her, for goodness' sake!
