Grant has been not-so-patiently waiting for the UPS guy to show up. It seems that when a male buys a car, the first thing he has to do is get a stereo for it.
We actually had this conversation:
Grant: "You know I need to get a stereo now, right?"
like I care... if it will make your life better in some way and you'll use it on a daily basis... have at it... it doesn't need to be a discussion...
Me: "I have heard that's the typical male protocol, yes."
What, you're unhappy with the cassette player in the car?
This led to hours and hours and hours of online research to find the best - all of which I had to hear about.
Grant: "I'm looking for one with the..." - and this is where the two handed visual aide came into play.
he uses both hands to make this up and down wiggling fingers gesture...
Me: "First word?! Sounds like?! Crazy person! Really, what the hell are you trying to say to me? In English this time."
it's probably needless to say that he didn't appreciate my not getting it...
Grant: making the same two-handed up and down wiggle gesturing motion and adding in English..."You know, with the cool lights and remote!"
Me: "An equalizer? Yeah, okay. Does anyone really need a remote in a car though? Is leaning forward 6" THAT strenuous?"
I'm in awe that anyone even made a remote for something a half a foot away. That just seems like more work than actually leaning IN and we all know it's a matter of time before the words, "Where's the damn remote?!" becomes a part of every day conversation in the car.
Grant: "We really shouldn't spend the money on it"
he says this, but he's saying it while still looking up car stereos - so, it's not really convincing...
Me: "Will it make you happy?"
"Will it make you happy?" is girl speak for, "Can I stop hearing about it then?" - I would have made someone a great husband.
I'm a girl. We don't really see your happiness as a huge win. No female ever bragged, "Oh, I made my husband/boyfriend so happy the other day" - We brag to our female friends when you make us happy.
Not the other way around.
If you make us happy, we'll be on the phone to everyone we know going, "You know what that darling man did the other day?! He's the best!"
No female is going to mass call her girlfriends and go, "I made him so happy by consenting to a ridiculous amount of money being put into a car stereo!" - it just doesn't work that way.
Perfect example, if Grant hated how the shed looked, I wouldn't be all up in arms about it and run out to get paint for it to make him happy. I would be like, "then do something about it if you hate it" - see how that works?
Fair? Probably not.
Honest? Yes.
Somehow this has led to a new car stereo, a remote, speakers - and him now waiting on a subwoofer to be delivered.
Fear for the UPS guy if it doesn't show up soon.
* I want credit for only making a handful of comments about all this stuff costing half the cost of the car.
You are the epitome of patience. Luckily we have his, mine and our money so there aren't many discussions of this type, except regarding the house. If one of us thinks something is really important and the other doesn't, then the person who wants it pays for it. It has worked so far. However, once my kids skedaddle out of the house to start their own lives, we plan to simply our finances - in a yet-to-be-determined manner.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, if I feel he is really opposed to something I want, I wait till he's out of town to buy it. I've bought two cars and a house that way. Although he had to sign off on the house via fax from Japan. Now he's afraid to go out of town :)
ReplyDeletePop and Ice-my husband and I have the same financial set up. I have my $, he has his and we have a joint account for household stuff. Guess who holds the checkbook for that? Right! Moi!
ReplyDeleteAnd that is awesome you bought a house when he was in Japan, I love that. :-)
I'm one of those guys who thinks that you get a car to go with your stereo :) Grant sounds perfectly rational to me on this one! But I can also see how some people might "misconstrue" it as silly, or crazy ;)
ReplyDeleteI once went without a radio for 2 months...
ReplyDeleteI figured why get the stock one for $400 when I am only going to repalce it with something really cool - finger wiggley things, and huge speakers so no room in the trunk type stuff.
well I was busy doing what not and never got around to it so after 2 months I realized I was on the way to pick up my buds to hit the bar scene and I was singing Simon & Garfunkel's Parlsey Sage Rosemary....
Next day straight to the stereo shop!!!!!!!!!!
laughs!
ReplyDelete"I'm in awe that anyone even made a remote for something a half a foot away."
lol
And yeah. Making them happy isn't really news, is it? Now if he makes you happy...
Oh yeah. Everyone has to know!!
lol
I love you.
And is there ANYTHING more boring than looking at car stereos with men.
ReplyDeleteIt should seriously take all of five seconds.
"Give me the second most expensive. And install it."
go and have coffee and or buy more dvds while waiting.
How hard is that???
Omg i seriously refuse to go into a best buy with a man who is buying electronic ANYTHING.
Oh my god, fuck you, i am so not going!!!!
Lets go buy shoes, you bastard. And lets talk about the name on my lipstick. I wonder how they choose them, don't you? To think my mascara clumps too much? Well???
See? now he doesn't want to stand in the fucking make-up isle, don't bring my ass to best buy!
Hey, I got FFXI today!
ReplyDeleteDon't even get me started... we just had to have a discussion about how he's trying to get shit done today and I'm trying to get shit done ... and asking me to stop what I'm doing 8000 times to look at what he's doing, is NOT in the cards for him today.
ReplyDeleteOh my fucking God...