A dirty affair
I know why men have affairs. They get married and
after a year or so, the fun-loving carefree girl they married becomes a
woman who no longer finds dirty socks rolled up at the front door a
cute habit.
Wife tells husband to pick up after himself,
husband gets pissed and calls wife a nag. Wife gets upset at being
called a nag because she thinks it’s his fault because if he didn’t
give her a reason to nag, she wouldn’t have to nag.
Wife asks
husband to sweep the floor. Husband pretends not to hear or be busy
with something else. Wife gives up because she knows, based on past
experience, if she reminds him again, he will 1) ignore her 2) then
sigh and say sarcastically ‘I heard you the first time’ and finally 3)
call her a nag. So she does it herself. Tired as she is after work
(because these days, women have to work too), she has to do the
housework. Automatically. Without being asked. Because she knows that if she doesn’t, he won’t. And she doesn’t really fancy walking around the house with disposable footwear, crime scene style
So over the
years, she holds her tongue and not nag at her husband for fear of him
leaving her because of it. All that pent up frustration ages her
prematurely. And they drift apart because of the lack of communication.
Because she knows that if she talks, all the years of build up will
flow and that would send him packing.
And when he notices the
lack of communication he’s forced to go out and look for a sweet young
thing. One who’s fun and carefree, like his wife used to be. And while
he has his affair, each time he returns home, it’s to a clean house
with clean laundry and clean floors. And he continues to leave his
dirty socks rolled in a lump by the front door.
So affairs are all wives’ faults, aren’t they?
Disclaimer: All characters are somewhat fictional. Even though there may be resemblance to someone you know, dead or alive
IMPORTANT POSTNOTE: Max wants me to say that this entry was not inspired by him and he does not leave his socks or any piece of clothing rolled up by the front door.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:10 am
Wow! Quite true man.
Many people are going to get defensive and say that affairs are never the fault of one party… yada yada.. (rolls eyes) but I strongly agree with what you said, man! Most affairs are men’s fault. *ducks rotten eggs*
August 20th, 2007 at 8:32 am
Dey Keryn..you lost me there. I thought our long-winded Auntie Adora here is saying we are to blame for holding out tongue and not nag? Sometimes ah…I swear you girls are trying to give me more white hair figuring out your musings. hahahaha
August 21st, 2007 at 6:41 am
I say women are always on the losing end. Because we’re so efficient and organised, we get upset when our significant others do not follow the same structure (which incidently is the best way of doing things for the betterment of society and for the good of all mankind). We cannot understand why some people are not capable of things on their own, things that come so naturally to us. And when that happens, we feel the urge to remind them. And that is what comes back to bite us in the butt. All because? We’re perfectionists and expect everyone else to be.
Final answer: Women will not nag if men do not give them a reason to
August 21st, 2007 at 5:41 pm
*standing ovation* Spoken like a true auntie that you are Adora…..*ducks* Heheheheh
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:21 am
eh what happen ah? jus curious.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:12 am
nothing happened la! just feel that women very poor thing lor, everything they do or don’t do is wrong. like always have to give in kind and bear everything.