TOTALLY GEEKED!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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They get all mushy.

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 Nasty and mushy.

flan

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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He says not even a doorknob is safe from decorations. So, it's probably annoying when you are opening closet doors or other doors and have some cutesy chinese crap hanging off it. So, why does that make HIM unreasonable. It's his house too. Doesn't he get a say?

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 It's a very short time out of the year.  As long as he's not the one having to put it out or put it away - it's really not a big deal.

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 You don't know that.  I know people who have decorations up for Months and months.  She very likely could start putting them out in Oct and not taking them down to till Feb. You are making the assumption based on what you do.  It doesn't say one way or the other.

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 And you don't know that it's not simply for 2 weeks. 

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 Yeah, we do.  That can easily be inferred here.  Yiu don't write in to advice columnists, or even argue about it, if it's not a problem.

Ohfour wrote:

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Im just thankful the my husband isnt a Scrooge and enjoys my excitement.

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 Seriously.  Me, too.  I can't imagine being married to someone who needs to write into an advice columnist about my Christmas table runner, towels, and Santa picture.

huskerbb wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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He says not even a doorknob is safe from decorations. So, it's probably annoying when you are opening closet doors or other doors and have some cutesy chinese crap hanging off it. So, why does that make HIM unreasonable. It's his house too. Doesn't he get a say?

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 It's a very short time out of the year.  As long as he's not the one having to put it out or put it away - it's really not a big deal.

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 You don't know that.  I know people who have decorations up for Months and months.  She very likely could start putting them out in Oct and not taking them down to till Feb. You are making the assumption based on what you do.  It doesn't say one way or the other.

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 And you don't know that it's not simply for 2 weeks. 

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 Yeah, we do.  That can easily be inferred here.  Yiu don't write in to advice columnists, or even argue about it, if it's not a problem.

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 That's not always true, I bet.

But, it's beside the point.

This guy wrote in, is having a melt down, because there is more than a single tree and stockings.

Again, we don't know how much more it really is.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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They get all mushy.

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 You aren't suppose to use them!

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 The good ones have a wax coating and they smell really good.

They are for "seeing not touching" as I would tell the kids.

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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Im just thankful the my husband isnt a Scrooge and enjoys my excitement.

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 Seriously.  Me, too.  I can't imagine being married to someone who needs to write into an advice columnist about my Christmas table runner, towels, and Santa picture.

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 That's NOT what's happening here.

flan

Lawyerlady wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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Im just thankful the my husband isnt a Scrooge and enjoys my excitement.

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 Seriously.  Me, too.  I can't imagine being married to someone who needs to write into an advice columnist about my Christmas table runner, towels, and Santa picture.

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 That's NOT what's happening here.

flan

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 Yeah - you don't know that.  He used towels and soap as his main example.  Such horrors!

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 If it bothered MY DH, I'd care.

flan

flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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Im just thankful the my husband isnt a Scrooge and enjoys my excitement.

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 Seriously.  Me, too.  I can't imagine being married to someone who needs to write into an advice columnist about my Christmas table runner, towels, and Santa picture.

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 That's NOT what's happening here.

flan

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 Yeah - you don't know that.  He used towels and soap as his main example.  Such horrors!

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 If it bothered MY DH, I'd care.

flan

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 If THAT bothered your DH, he'd be a dick.

flan327 wrote:

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I'll be sure to tell him you said so...

flan

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And I'm willing to bet he'd agree with me, b/c he probably wouldn't care if you went overboard decorating the house if it made you happy.  

flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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I'll be sure to tell him you said so...

flan

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And I'm willing to bet he'd agree with me, b/c he probably wouldn't care if you went overboard decorating the house if it made you happy.  

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 How many time have we said here that marriage is about COMPROMISE?

flan

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 Stupid crap like this shouldn't even be an issue.  

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I thought the whole point of Christmas was Christ and not how many hand towels and soaps you had.

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 And that has what to do with THIS discussion?  Or you just want to dig at Christians again?  

We don't even know if they are Christian since so many people choose to celebrate Christmas for all the wrong reasons all the time?  But if he is Christian, he should be CHERISHING his wife instead of writing to an advice columnist to complain about her.  

And also - part of the reason stupid crap like this shouldn't be an issue.  

-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Monday 8th of February 2016 03:18:53 PM

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Eh I don't get the drama. If it bothered my spouse I'd tone it down because I love him.

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 Neither do I.  I certainly don't see the need for a letter to Abby over it.

flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Eh I don't get the drama. If it bothered my spouse I'd tone it down because I love him.

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 Neither do I.  I certainly don't see the need for a letter to Abby over it.

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 The drama is not confined to the letter...

flan

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 No, it's not.  It's also in the melodramatic....."if she looooooved him, she would just do what he wants..."

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FNW wrote:

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Gosh, here I thought Christmas was about who has more bling.

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 Well yeah, even the mailbox needs a good dose of glitter!

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I used to try to put a red ribbon on my mailbox handle (We have a mailbox by the side of the road, rural here ) and the DAMN wind blew them away, I would just find the ties...my kids used to find them in our fields.  So I finally got a nice sturdy plastic type, but realistic wreath with ribbon and my husband just puts it on the pole at our driveway for the county to designate our land.  He uses wire placed strategically! and it has never blown away or ripped up in the last many years.   I finally gave up the battle to bring some holiday cheer to my mailbox LOL

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Christmas is a celebration. Some people like to celebrate more, and more visually than others. So what.

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 Doesn't seem very charitable and in keeping with the Spirit of Christmas to decorate your home in an obnoxious way that your spouse hates.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Why is he a "ass" or whatever you wrote? Idn't he allow to have his own opinion? Isn't it his house too?

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 Nope...if her lurves her, she can do whatever she wants, and his opinion doesn't count.

flan

Ohfour wrote:

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Because it brings her joy. He should celebrate that. What if he likes to fish and she doesnt like him fishing on the weekend? Should he give up fishing because she doesnt like it?

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 It would depend on how often he fishes. Everyone should have a hobby, in moderation.

flan

Ohfour wrote:

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Because it brings her joy. He should celebrate that. What if he likes to fish and she doesnt like him fishing on the weekend? Should he give up fishing because she doesnt like it?

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 Not the same thing.  It's his house, too.  He has to live with it.  

having ng piles of craop all over brings hoarders "joy", but it's very hard for the other people in the house to live with.  

She he has as much obligation to compromise as he does.  He is willing to, she's not.