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To start divorce proceedings because my "D"H said this?

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IckyPop · 03/10/2020 10:54

My "D"H just said to me, in all seriousness and with no hint of irony, "I don't normally try to solutionize, but....."
I didn't let him finish his sentence before asking him WTF is solutionize? He is in a technical profession and when interrogated about his verbal crime against humanity, he said it does actually get used at work.
He doesn't normally come out with corporate bullshit so this came right out of the blue.
I told him I could never take anything he said seriously again and that I was going to solutionize my aching back by taking my cup of tea back to bed.
Should I LTB?

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Friendsoftheearth · 03/10/2020 11:30

We need some blue skies thinking.

Really?!

IckyPop · 03/10/2020 11:31

@rainingallspring

My dh says 'carve out some time'.
You could offer to carve out his tongue so he can't come out with any more shite like that?
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Karwomannghia · 03/10/2020 11:33

I said I’ll drop you an email the other day. Still cringing.

BuffaloCauliflower · 03/10/2020 11:34

WTF?! Absolutely not unreasonable to LTB.

I just read this to my DH, and he said he’s heard ‘solutioneer’, to rhyme/by used like engineer, at his work. Which might actually be worse than solutionise. I’m horrified.

022828MAN · 03/10/2020 11:35

Time to get your ducks in a row, call a solicitor and LTB op!

MollyButton · 03/10/2020 11:35

Totally missing the point ....but I got something like this much much better than a footstool and much more comfortable.

BuffaloCauliflower · 03/10/2020 11:37

Oo yes I’ve got one of those too @MollyButton, very good

SandMason · 03/10/2020 11:38

Furnish him with divorce papers and revert to us if he wishes to avail of same. (Ireland).

Melroses · 03/10/2020 11:40

So when I complained about my aching back this morning and he suggested a foot stool when sitting at my desk so I'm not balancing on my chair (I'm short).

Hmm - interesting.......... as you were Grin

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 03/10/2020 11:44

OP I find it hard to believe you have reached this crisis point without having had some red flags in the past.

CherryBlossomPink · 03/10/2020 11:45

If he starts to “reach out” to anyone, that’s your cue to call the solicitor.....

Fightthebear · 03/10/2020 11:46

If “solutionize” is not already word it should be.

I’m going to action it.

IckyPop · 03/10/2020 11:46

I'm so heartened to hear that I'm not the only one suffering.
Great solutionizing too! I would like a new patio......

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VodselForDinner · 03/10/2020 11:47

I asked my husband to action something we’d discussed the other day.

I packed my own bags.

6PEOPLEONLY · 03/10/2020 11:48

At the end of the day, when all's said and done we do need to circle back to diarise time to solutionize.

IckyPop · 03/10/2020 11:48

And I like the look of that foot rest too.

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IckyPop · 03/10/2020 11:50

@6PEOPLEONLY

At the end of the day, when all's said and done we do need to circle back to diarise time to solutionize.
Grin I think you win!
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willloman · 03/10/2020 11:52

You need to seperatize immediately!

Dancingwithdaftness · 03/10/2020 11:54

I complained about nobody 'taking ownership' of an issue I was complaining about the other day.
I was discombobulated to discover that the oft used expression, COB or close of business had somehow transmogrified into COP with my new employer. Close of play. A lot of things were happening or expected to happened by the time playtime ended.
Was he solutionizing by COB or COP op?

PatriciaPerch · 03/10/2020 11:55

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IckyPop · 03/10/2020 11:55

@willloman

You need to seperatize immediately!
Grin
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ZoeTurtle · 03/10/2020 11:56

He's an amateur. Before solutionising you have to workshop the challenge and pick the low-hanging fruit.

IckyPop · 03/10/2020 11:56

@Dancingwithdaftness

I complained about nobody 'taking ownership' of an issue I was complaining about the other day. I was discombobulated to discover that the oft used expression, COB or close of business had somehow transmogrified into COP with my new employer. Close of play. A lot of things were happening or expected to happened by the time playtime ended. Was he solutionizing by COB or COP op?
I don't know! My head hurts from reading that. Grin
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PatriciaPerch · 03/10/2020 11:56

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

IckyPop · 03/10/2020 11:57

@ZoeTurtle

He's an amateur. Before solutionising you have to workshop the challenge and pick the low-hanging fruit.
I felt like kneeing him in his low hanging fruit.
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