For you married guys or with gf's

[JDub02]

My g/f will ask me goofy questions like that, too. I think it's just women.

The problem also goes the other way in that when she does explain something and put it in context, it's a novel just to get to the point.

I checked out Cliff's Notes for "women", but apparently they don't have it.

 

[KoolAidKid]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
It's also important to develop your speech buffer... so that when she's yammering on about something and you're barely paying attention because it's some trivial matter that she's worked up about and says "You're not even listening to me" you can recite her last couple sentences verbatim to prove that you are listening (even though you're not really).

You are very wise. With constant practice I am up to a buffer length of about 1.5 sentences.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: MrYAK
This has nothing to do with that thread, but, have you ever just been sitting there watching TV or on yer comp or whatever, and yer wife starts talking or ask a question about something that is of no relevance to any thing and is just one of the most retarded things you have ever heard....and you just look at her with the "WTF" like some alien just asked you in a foreign language to solve a mathmatical problem that is wrote in hieroglyphics and just say to her, "what?".

wow, my wife just called me in the middle of typing this and asked,

wife: What version of IE are we running?
me: .....................what?
wife: does it matter what version of IE we have?
me: ...............wtf are you talking about woman?
wife: i'm doing this thing and it says i need the latest version of IE.
me: uh.....wtf are you trying do?
wife: i need to order this stuff for my candlelite party stuff.
me: we have the latest version.
wife: ok, love you bye.
me: love you to, bye.
wife: oh, you care if i get my hair cut tomorrow?
me: .....sure

so, in conclusion, explain what you are trying to do before you ask a question and put what you are talking about in order. dont ask the point of something when you havent explained what is going on.

some of the crap my wife says/asks is just so freaking hysterical i cant contain myself.

And if she gave you the reason why she needed to ask the question, you'd sit here and complain that she didn't get to the point quickly enough.

I swear so many of you guys act like your hate your wives/ g/friends.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: MrYAK
wow, my wife just called me in the middle of typing this and asked,

wife: What version of IE are we running?
me: .....................what?
wife: does it matter what version of IE we have?
me: ...............wtf are you talking about woman?
wife: i'm doing this thing and it says i need the latest version of IE.
me: uh.....wtf are you trying do?
wife: i need to order this stuff for my candlelite party stuff.
me: we have the latest version.
wife: ok, love you bye.
me: love you to, bye.
wife: oh, you care if i get my hair cut tomorrow?
me: .....sure

??
but that seems like a reasonable question to ask.

 

[mobobuff]

While my girlfriend does ask a lot of stupid questions, I don't make her feel stupid for them, I just answer them and she's happy and I'm happy.

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: Argo
I hate the long explanations.

Her: Honey, so yesterday I was shopping at the mall, because I needed new shoes. Macy's had a sale, so me and Marcy decided to go. Well, we ran into Sarah there, remember her? She is the girl you met at Bob's birthday.... <the story goes on for 10 more minutes> ... so, yeah it's Marcy's sister's birthday this sunday and we probably should go.

Me: Couldn't you just say it's Marcy's sister's birthday this weekend, without the setup?
Her: Throws a pillow at me.

:thumbsup::beer:

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: MrYAK
This has nothing to do with that thread, but, have you ever just been sitting there watching TV or on yer comp or whatever, and yer wife starts talking or ask a question about something that is of no relevance to any thing and is just one of the most retarded things you have ever heard....and you just look at her with the "WTF" like some alien just asked you in a foreign language to solve a mathmatical problem that is wrote in hieroglyphics and just say to her, "what?".

wow, my wife just called me in the middle of typing this and asked,

wife: What version of IE are we running?
me: .....................what?
wife: does it matter what version of IE we have?
me: ...............wtf are you talking about woman?
wife: i'm doing this thing and it says i need the latest version of IE.
me: uh.....wtf are you trying do?
wife: i need to order this stuff for my candlelite party stuff.
me: we have the latest version.
wife: ok, love you bye.
me: love you to, bye.
wife: oh, you care if i get my hair cut tomorrow?
me: .....sure

so, in conclusion, explain what you are trying to do before you ask a question and put what you are talking about in order. dont ask the point of something when you havent explained what is going on.

some of the crap my wife says/asks is just so freaking hysterical i cant contain myself.

And if she gave you the reason why she needed to ask the question, you'd sit here and complain that she didn't get to the point quickly enough.

I swear so many of you guys act like your hate your wives/ g/friends.

Alternatively, she could have just said "I'm ordering stuff for my candle lite party, and the website says I need the latest version of IE. Do we have it?"
Short, to the point, and I doubt he'd complain about it.
I'm trying to work through this problem with my 9 year old girl right now. I'll keep asking her the same question until she answers it fully and then tell her that I'd like her to just give me the full answer the first time I ask the question.
Example: she's climbing on the counter to get something out of a cupboard. I'll ask her what she's doing.
"I'm getting something out of the cupboard."
This is where the exasperation begins, as anyone can plainly see she's getting something out of the cupboard. I can then follow up with either "what are you getting" or "why," then she'll tell me what she's getting, and then I have to ask her another question to find out why she's getting it. If she'd just say "I'm getting some Benadryl for mom" she wouldn't be annoyed because I'm asking her a bunch of questions, and I wouldn't be annoyed because I have to ask a bunch of questions to know what's up.

 

[Doboji]

dumbass you give your wife very little credit... take my GF for example... she calls for very similiar issues.... do I have any doubt that she could figure the question out for herself? NO... she could very easily figure it out. She's calling because she wants to talk to you, to hear your voice. Feel flattered, she loves you.

-Max

Originally posted by: MrYAK
This has nothing to do with that thread, but, have you ever just been sitting there watching TV or on yer comp or whatever, and yer wife starts talking or ask a question about something that is of no relevance to any thing and is just one of the most retarded things you have ever heard....and you just look at her with the "WTF" like some alien just asked you in a foreign language to solve a mathmatical problem that is wrote in hieroglyphics and just say to her, "what?".

wow, my wife just called me in the middle of typing this and asked,

wife: What version of IE are we running?
me: .....................what?
wife: does it matter what version of IE we have?
me: ...............wtf are you talking about woman?
wife: i'm doing this thing and it says i need the latest version of IE.
me: uh.....wtf are you trying do?
wife: i need to order this stuff for my candlelite party stuff.
me: we have the latest version.
wife: ok, love you bye.
me: love you to, bye.
wife: oh, you care if i get my hair cut tomorrow?
me: .....sure

so, in conclusion, explain what you are trying to do before you ask a question and put what you are talking about in order. dont ask the point of something when you havent explained what is going on.

some of the crap my wife says/asks is just so freaking hysterical i cant contain myself.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: MrYAK
This has nothing to do with that thread, but, have you ever just been sitting there watching TV or on yer comp or whatever, and yer wife starts talking or ask a question about something that is of no relevance to any thing and is just one of the most retarded things you have ever heard....and you just look at her with the "WTF" like some alien just asked you in a foreign language to solve a mathmatical problem that is wrote in hieroglyphics and just say to her, "what?".

wow, my wife just called me in the middle of typing this and asked,

wife: What version of IE are we running?
me: .....................what?
wife: does it matter what version of IE we have?
me: ...............wtf are you talking about woman?
wife: i'm doing this thing and it says i need the latest version of IE.
me: uh.....wtf are you trying do?
wife: i need to order this stuff for my candlelite party stuff.
me: we have the latest version.
wife: ok, love you bye.
me: love you to, bye.
wife: oh, you care if i get my hair cut tomorrow?
me: .....sure

so, in conclusion, explain what you are trying to do before you ask a question and put what you are talking about in order. dont ask the point of something when you havent explained what is going on.

some of the crap my wife says/asks is just so freaking hysterical i cant contain myself.

And if she gave you the reason why she needed to ask the question, you'd sit here and complain that she didn't get to the point quickly enough.

I swear so many of you guys act like your hate your wives/ g/friends.

ha ha ha, so true. I do that all the time. But I love her and she loves me back and some days the conversation can be extremely entertaining. :beer:

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: MrYAK
wow, my wife just called me in the middle of typing this and asked,

wife: What version of IE are we running?
me: .....................what?
wife: does it matter what version of IE we have?
me: ...............wtf are you talking about woman?
wife: i'm doing this thing and it says i need the latest version of IE.
me: uh.....wtf are you trying do?
wife: i need to order this stuff for my candlelite party stuff.
me: we have the latest version.
wife: ok, love you bye.
me: love you to, bye.
wife: oh, you care if i get my hair cut tomorrow?
me: .....sure

??
but that seems like a reasonable question to ask.

agreed. I know my gf isn't computer savvy, so whenever she asks me questions on computers i'm more than happy to tell her, but when she ask me questions dealing with visulization of diagrams i act the way you did to your wife about the IE question. I'm a horrible guy =(, I shouldn't make my gf feel like she's not smart.

 

[Cuda1447]

Originally posted by: arcenite
First of all, she called you because she had a question you piece of crap. Women do that. If they aren't sure, they ask. The problem is the men that give their woman, who should be the most important thing in their life, a hard time for such a simple question, as you have proved.

WTF are you doing?!?!? This is a woman bashing thread, you are going to ruin it by being all nice adn crap! GET OUT!

 

[blackdogdeek]

when people ask me questions i answer them.

if i'm curious enough, i ask why they need the info.

and i don't usually do it with any WTFs involved. especially not with my wife. but that's just me.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Argo
I hate the long explanations.

Her: Honey, so yesterday I was shopping at the mall, because I needed new shoes. Macy's had a sale, so me and Marcy decided to go. Well, we ran into Sarah there, remember her? She is the girl you met at Bob's birthday.... <the story goes on for 10 more minutes> ... so, yeah it's Marcy's sister's birthday this sunday and we probably should go.

Me: Couldn't you just say it's Marcy's sister's birthday this weekend, without the setup?
Her: Throws a pillow at me.

Maybe telling you about who she met up with (or about how she spent her day) is just as important to her as conveying the details on the birthday. She wouldn't be telling you all that stuff if it didn't mean something to her.

 

[moshquerade]

more love, less ridicule :heart:

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Argo
I hate the long explanations.

Her: Honey, so yesterday I was shopping at the mall, because I needed new shoes. Macy's had a sale, so me and Marcy decided to go. Well, we ran into Sarah there, remember her? She is the girl you met at Bob's birthday.... <the story goes on for 10 more minutes> ... so, yeah it's Marcy's sister's birthday this sunday and we probably should go.

Me: Couldn't you just say it's Marcy's sister's birthday this weekend, without the setup?
Her: Throws a pillow at me.

Maybe conveying details on who she met up with (or details about her day) is just as important to her as the arrangement for the birthday party on sunday. She wouldn't be telling you all that stuff if it didn't mean something to her.

No, no, I can attest to this too. Girls constantly add a plethora of details and happenstance that just don't have any effect on the point of the conversation. I don't mind long conversations, but I hate when they're filled with stuff I don't need to know. But I :heart: my girlfriend.

 

[StrangeRanger]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
My wife believes I am psychic and can discern the beginning of the story that she began in the middle. She also ends the conversation berfore the end believeing, once again, that I am paychic an will somehow know the outcome.

Dood! I'm so glad I'm not the only one that has to deal w/ this! Seriously, all the time, it's like my wife is half way through a thought or scenario in her head and THEN she decides to ask or bring me into the "discussion". It use to drive me nuts. But, I have developed a little thing I call "wife mode" in my head. Every husband needs a wife mode.
j

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

Originally posted by: MrYAK

Originally posted by: arcenite
First of all, she called you because she had a question you piece of crap. Women do that. If they aren't sure, they ask. The problem is the men that give their woman, who should be the most important thing in their life, a hard time for such a simple question, as you have proved.

no i dont give her a hard time about it, what i was getting at, is that my wife asks things with out explaining what is going on, like would you want to know why yer wife is asking that? is she somewhere she shouldnt be? does this mean that when i get home i have more spyware to find? is she DLing something that shouldnt be DLed? those are question that need answered. so for that i'm a piece of crap.

She is the most important thing in my life along with my daughter, i'm guessing you dont have to deal with this on a day to day basis. all i was wondering is if anybody elses wife does the same thing. you are too quick to judge. i hate judgemental ppl.

Quit being so judgemental.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: arcenite
First of all, she called you because she had a question you piece of crap. Women do that. If they aren't sure, they ask. The problem is the men that give their woman, who should be the most important thing in their life, a hard time for such a simple question, as you have proved.

WTF are you doing?!?!? This is a woman bashing thread, you are going to ruin it by being all nice adn crap! GET OUT!

err...sh!t...sorry...

FvCK WOMEN!!!!

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Argo
I hate the long explanations.

Her: Honey, so yesterday I was shopping at the mall, because I needed new shoes. Macy's had a sale, so me and Marcy decided to go. Well, we ran into Sarah there, remember her? She is the girl you met at Bob's birthday.... <the story goes on for 10 more minutes> ... so, yeah it's Marcy's sister's birthday this sunday and we probably should go.

Me: Couldn't you just say it's Marcy's sister's birthday this weekend, without the setup?
Her: Throws a pillow at me.

Maybe conveying details on who she met up with (or details about her day) is just as important to her as the arrangement for the birthday party on sunday. She wouldn't be telling you all that stuff if it didn't mean something to her.

No, no, I can attest to this too. Girls constantly add a plethora of details and happenstance that just don't have any effect on the point of the conversation. I don't mind long conversations, but I hate when they're filled with stuff I don't need to know. But I :heart: my girlfriend.

it's the difference between the sexes. yeh, we say the same thing you do with 3x more words, but wouldn't it be boring if we were totally alike?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: arcenite
First of all, she called you because she had a question you piece of crap. Women do that. If they aren't sure, they ask. The problem is the men that give their woman, who should be the most important thing in their life, a hard time for such a simple question, as you have proved.

WTF are you doing?!?!? This is a woman bashing thread, you are going to ruin it by being all nice adn crap! GET OUT!

err...sh!t...sorry...

FvCK WOMEN!!!!

heh. with that attitude i'm sure you won't be.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: aidanjm
Maybe conveying details on who she met up with (or details about her day) is just as important to her as the arrangement for the birthday party on sunday. She wouldn't be telling you all that stuff if it didn't mean something to her.

No, no, I can attest to this too. Girls constantly add a plethora of details and happenstance that just don't have any effect on the point of the conversation. I don't mind long conversations, but I hate when they're filled with stuff I don't need to know. But I :heart: my girlfriend.

I guess that's the price you have to pay for poon, right? and love, of course.

 

[azazyel]

She knew that was a question you wouldn't really have to think about so why bother with the drawn out question? I do the same thing to my g/f. The majority of the time I don't even ask why because honestly I don't want to you know. The only time I ask why is if my spidey senses go off.


Hypothetical example:

g/f: "Where's the chainsaw?"
me: "In garage near the back."
g/f: "thanks!" walks off to the garage
me: goes back to gamming...spidey senses kick in...."chainsaw?" "HONEY, WHY DO YOU NEED THE CHAINSAW!!" goes running after g/f

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Argo
I hate the long explanations.

Her: Honey, so yesterday I was shopping at the mall, because I needed new shoes. Macy's had a sale, so me and Marcy decided to go. Well, we ran into Sarah there, remember her? She is the girl you met at Bob's birthday.... <the story goes on for 10 more minutes> ... so, yeah it's Marcy's sister's birthday this sunday and we probably should go.

Me: Couldn't you just say it's Marcy's sister's birthday this weekend, without the setup?
Her: Throws a pillow at me.

Maybe conveying details on who she met up with (or details about her day) is just as important to her as the arrangement for the birthday party on sunday. She wouldn't be telling you all that stuff if it didn't mean something to her.

No, no, I can attest to this too. Girls constantly add a plethora of details and happenstance that just don't have any effect on the point of the conversation. I don't mind long conversations, but I hate when they're filled with stuff I don't need to know. But I :heart: my girlfriend.

it's the difference between the sexes. yeh, we say the same thing you do with 3x more words, but wouldn't it be boring if we were totally alike?

Yeah, it would be kinda dull. Also, all that talking gives me enough time to think of something to say when she's done . I'm just glad she doesn't quiz me half way through on everything she's mentioned :Q

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Argo
I hate the long explanations.

Her: Honey, so yesterday I was shopping at the mall, because I needed new shoes. Macy's had a sale, so me and Marcy decided to go. Well, we ran into Sarah there, remember her? She is the girl you met at Bob's birthday.... <the story goes on for 10 more minutes> ... so, yeah it's Marcy's sister's birthday this sunday and we probably should go.

Me: Couldn't you just say it's Marcy's sister's birthday this weekend, without the setup?
Her: Throws a pillow at me.

Maybe conveying details on who she met up with (or details about her day) is just as important to her as the arrangement for the birthday party on sunday. She wouldn't be telling you all that stuff if it didn't mean something to her.

No, no, I can attest to this too. Girls constantly add a plethora of details and happenstance that just don't have any effect on the point of the conversation. I don't mind long conversations, but I hate when they're filled with stuff I don't need to know. But I :heart: my girlfriend.

it's the difference between the sexes. yeh, we say the same thing you do with 3x more words, but wouldn't it be boring if we were totally alike?

Yeah, it would be kinda dull. Also, all that talking gives me enough time to think of something to say when she's done . I'm just glad she doesn't quiz me half way through on everything she's mentioned :Q

i always throw in something like, "you wanna take me right here?" to see if he's paying attention. keeps him on his toes

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: azazyel
She knew that was a question you wouldn't really have to think about so why bother with the drawn out question? I do the same thing to my g/f. The majority of the time I don't even ask why because honestly I don't want to you know. The only time I ask why is if my spidey senses go off.


Hypothetical example:

g/f: "Where's the chainsaw?"
me: "In garage near the back."
g/f: "thanks!" walks off to the garage
me: goes back to gamming...spidey senses kick in...."chainsaw?" "HONEY, WHY DO YOU NEED THE CHAINSAW!!" goes running after g/f

where does that turn of phrase "spidey sense" come from I wonder? I've only ever heard a very few people use it.