Posted by: Administrator
in Fun romance on Jan 21, 2010
Insider View According to Barack and Michelle Obama about the Obama’s Marriage
Over the marriage years, husbands and wives just naturally accumulate pet names for each other that evoke emotions when heard. I have many names for Ann, my wife, that have started innocently one year and became accepted vocabulary in our house the next year. Ann and I have been married for 24 years, so I have built up a long list of pseudo names for my wife and vice versa. The fun begins when I forget where I am and I utter one of these nicknames in public. Several years ago, I was speaking before an association audience and my wife was in the audience. During the question and answer session, an audience member asked me to introduce my wife (innocent enough).
When I asked Ann to stand to introduce her, my mind went blank… I could not remember her given name because I always address her by a loving nickname that was not appropriate to say in public. The pause in my wife’s introduction was obvious and embarrassing to the two of us. Now, I quietly recite Ann’s given name several times before appearing in public to avoid this mishap again. Mike McCann
This Sunday our son and daughter-in-law were meeting my wife and I for lunch…at a restaurant about 12 miles and several highway exits from our son’s house. John (our son) and Kathy (daughter-in-law) were about 30 minutes late for joining us at the booth at the restaurant.
When John and Kathy arrived, Kathy quickly announced that the two of them were not late because of anything relating to herself… Kathy told my wife and I how John and Kathy had been talking about “updating” Kathy’s engagement band to match her wedding band with diamonds.
According to the story, John lost his focus with driving directions when he heard Kathy say the word “diamond” (for her engagement band) and past the correct highway exit for the restaurant. When John realized he had missed the correct exit, he regained his senses and had to travel about five miles further before an exit came up where he could execute a U-turn and join us for lunch.
Funny how one word can cause a man to lose his focus.
Mike
Posted by: Michael McCann
in Humor in Marriage on Jul 23, 2009
On a radio show recently, a wife called in to tell me her story about how she handled her husband’s lack of “wardrobe awareness.” She was SO tired of seeing her husband’s battered and worn out underwear that were barely hanging on by a thread, she was motivated to drastic action. One morning, when she was putting clothes in the laundry, she took a black Sharpie pen and drew circles around three holes in a pair of her husband’s underwear. One note with an arrow to a hole surrounded by her drawn circle said, “Air.” The next note around her circled hole in his underwear said, “Enter.” The note around the third hole said, “Exit.” The husband laughed later that day and promptly bought new underwear. Good-natured humor wins. Mike
I can sense wives everywhere scratching their foreheads: “Is there such a thing as ‘Man Logic’?” Answer: No, but as men we try to explain some of the oddball things we do as “logic.” For example, here are some experiences wives have actually passed on to me during my research:
- “My husband’s name is ‘Monte,’ so when we were first married, he tried to convince me that we should buy a Monte Carlo (automobile).” Huh?
- “Men only understand two words: Sex and Sports.”
- “My husband likes to go to the home improvement store about once a month when he allocates the discretionary income between us. He returns a couple of hours later with these electrical tools and tries to explain to me why each tool is critical to the woodworking project he’s working on. Funny thing, he’s a writer and doesn’t know the first thing about ‘woodworking’.”
- “My husband schedules his monthly three-day business meetings around the time I’m talking about rearranging the furniture or cleaning out the flower beds.” (Wives, this is “logical.”)
Don’t despair, wives. All husbands have a few loose screws…hopefully your husband’s loose screws are in areas that are manageable. Women, look at the bright side of your man’s logic. With the way your husband is, you have leeway to exhibit a few loose screws yourself before he has any opportunity to talk about your idiosyncrasies. Think: garden club, ladies tea, hairdresser for two hours, whatever fits your fancy and corresponds with your “man’s logic.”
Mike
Posted by: Michael McCann
in Humor in Marriage on Jun 26, 2009
Our family tradition began about 15 years ago. I mentioned to my wife that I really enjoyed looking at Ziggy in the funny papers. She stored this in her memory to revisit later.
The first Ziggy on the scene is the J.C. Fields complete with top hat and spats in his red tuxedo. He appeared one Christmas as my first surprise. Hence the collection from American Greetings started. You can see in the pic below as the first-left gent:
Next on the scene is the jailbird Ziggy, complete with ball and chain. I received "Prisoner of Love" on one of my birthdays. He is dressed in the appropriate black and white striped suit.
