Yep, sunflowers are involved but that isn't all of it. Ok, so since living here just over a year I've been getting back into gardening and have done a genius not too bad job so far, given the ground and all. Out front, I and my garden (stop laughing at the back!) are a bit on display to the many passers-by on their way to and from the local doctor's surgery. As well as watching their happy expressions as they notice the growth in my garden (I said quiet at the back or you'll be out) I often hear many a gardening 'tip', which I receive graciously. However, today a gentleman stopped to tell me that I needed to get my HUSBAND to stake my sunflowers. I told this fellow straight up, firstly, I don't have a husband and I do everything around here, secondly, my sunflowers do not need staking. If they do, which they won't, I'll stick stakes in. Whereupon, he called upon another passer-by called M? and asked her if she staked her sunflowers. "Oh my HUSBAND does that for me". She then seemed as perturbed that I didn't have a husband as that I didn't stake my sunflowers. The gentleman-not then refused to take a sportsman's bet and told me to stake them.
My question is two or more fold, AIBU to:
Have missed the point of husbands completely (staking sunflowers) and not have one for that sort thing?
Not stake my sunflowers?