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Original poster

to think men should know how to use their eyes

43 replies

JackBauer · 01/02/2009 19:34

DH - Where are the TV remotes? They were on the arm of the sofa.
Me - There, one is on the arm of the sofa under teh 5mm wide phone cable. Oh, and the other is on the floor next to the sofa where it has been knocked off.

DH - Where is my other xBox controller? I can only find one.
Me - on the windowsill.
DH - No, there's only one there.
Me - I'm telling you it's on the windowsill
Dh - It's not!
Me - Oh look, there it is, on teh windowsill, slightly hidden by the curtain.

ffs

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LoveMyLapTop · 01/02/2009 19:35

LOL!
Sounds like my house.
1 DH and 2 DS's they can never find anything

juneybean · 01/02/2009 19:36

LOL feel your pain. I put my schedule right next to my brothers desk and he still rings me asking where I am.

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 01/02/2009 19:37

Men, much like children, can only find things if they jump about shouting "here I am"

DontlookatmeImshy · 01/02/2009 19:41

YABVU

Don't you know that men can only see what is immediately in front of them and even then the tiniest of things (including a speck of dust) covering said item will render it invisible to the male eye/brain.

Original poster
JackBauer · 01/02/2009 19:44

So do we need a
How to find things lesson

1 - Try looking where it normally is, if this is obscured by a cushion/curtain/ small toy, try lifting the object and seeing if your thing is underneath

2 - Try looking in a 20cm radius of where you left it

3 - Try No.1 again

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JustKeepSwimming · 01/02/2009 19:52

How DH looks for things:

  • stands in the middle of the room staring into space
  • calls to me 'where is x?'
  • i come in and find x under his nose

he nearly cost us £40+ when he 'couldn't find' the baby cot mobile plus other baby toys in the loft (i was pg/post c-s so couldn't get up there myself):
'they're not here'
'i've looked everywhere'
'i've checked every box'

Last trip before i order more baby stuff off the net:
me: all the baby stuff is at one end of the loft. go there.
dh: ok i'm looking at all the baby boxes, i know it's not here.
me: read out what is written on every box to me.
dh: ok, but i have checked before....baby clothes 1, baby clothes 2.......oh....
me: oh?
dh: there's a box here with 'baby toys + cot mobile' on, could that be it?
aarrrggggghhhhhhh

GivePeasAChance · 01/02/2009 19:55

This really does annoy the shite out of me. Sometimes I just can't even answer DH because I am so annoyed, and thinking about knives in heads. I do think perhaps sometimes I think I get it out of proportion ?

lizziemun · 01/02/2009 19:55

DH going to work (everyday)

DH - Where my watch

ME - on your desk

DH - Where my pass

Me - on your desk

DH - Where my phones

ME - ON YOUR DESK

DH - Where are my keys

ME - ON YOUR DESK

While answering his question i'm getting myself and 2dd's ready to take dd1 to school.

DD1 has taken to ask to 'borrow my eyes' when she can't find something because 'i'm must be using daddies eyes' as she can't find whatever she looking for.

Original poster
JackBauer · 01/02/2009 20:02

It's not just me then!

Regularly we have

  • Where are my clean pants/socks?
  • In your drawer.
  • But i left them on the drier.
  • And I moved them into your drawer
  • No wonder I can't find anything!

Aaaagh

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noonki · 01/02/2009 20:05

lol

my 3 year old DS is so good at looking for things I send him instead of DH

I wonder if it will a talent he will lose when he hits puberty

mamas12 · 01/02/2009 20:08

I only answer ONCE now after warning them I would of course and then it's their responsibility because I just couldn't take it anymore and I thought they were just taking the piss in the end and I was running around ragged. So if they can't see it find it they don't get it and I have stopped worrying about it.

Original poster
JackBauer · 01/02/2009 20:45

Good plan

But does it actually stop the endless mithering and whining when they can't find it?1

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mamas12 · 01/02/2009 23:57

Shut your ears! I know it's bloody hard coz all you want to do is shout at htem Just shut the fuck up but no, don't speak and the conditioning should work when they realise they will have to go to shcool/work in their jimjams/ without their money/ bags/ homework/ keys/be late etc.
We do get lapses but I am more willing to help on an occasional basis that every bloody day and its appreciated now.
God I sound like a hard bitch don't I

Original poster
JackBauer · 02/02/2009 09:25

No, not hard, just with a bit more patience than me!

Plus I do enjoy the smug 'Oh look, here it was all along' passive-aggressive thing

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pushchair · 02/02/2009 09:36

Apparently there is 'man looking' and 'woman looking'.
Recently a poster was worried because her DH looked into a fridge full of Tesco delivery and couldn't find anything to eat. She was worried he was going blind but was reassured tis only 'man looking'

alicecrail · 02/02/2009 09:42

This is one thing my dh does that really gets on my tits. I know we all have moments, but honestly! The other day, him: where is the foil?
men the table
Him:where?
me: right in front of you
him: where?
me: Put your hand down, there now move it one inch to your left, there!
himh, there it is

didn't know whether to smack him round the back of the head or not. Eejit

alicecrail · 02/02/2009 09:44

I didn't realise that : o makes a grin!
Now who's an eejit

PurpleKate · 02/02/2009 09:58

I've watched my mother respond to my father's 'where have you put my wallet/car keys/brain?' demands for 40 years. She actually goes looking for the article in question (even when I say 'what are you doing Mum?'). I thinks she's completely mad to do this. However I am in awe of my father's wife training skills.

My response to this is simple - 'it's where you left it'. I use this on my DH, DD and now my boss. It works everytime

BlameItOnTheBogey · 02/02/2009 10:11

I sometimes wish that I could throw a strop when the milk doesn't immediately jump out at me when I open the fridge door and instead I have to (gasps) move something to find it.

It Drives Me Insane when DH does this. I always tell him to 'stop doing boys' looking and look properly'. Oh my god, I am my mother.....

FiteFuaite · 02/02/2009 10:24

On many occasions I ask dd (3) to go find daddy's belt/wallet/phone/diary for him. She is great and it really takes the pressure off me

stleger · 02/02/2009 10:33

And the holiday equivalent - 'Did you bring my...?'

CharleeinChains · 02/02/2009 10:35

Soundl like my DP, i can hold up his uniform in front of him in themornings and he will still be going 'Luv wheres my work jumper... i'm going to get cold now' blah blah blah.......

Then i throw it at him whilst doing this

dilemma456 · 02/02/2009 14:32

Message withdrawn

pushchair · 02/02/2009 14:41

On holiday: DP-'where is my passport?'
Me- I don't know where your passport is.
I gave it to you
No you didn't
Yes I did and now you must have lost it.
You never gave it to me
I must have given it to you because I don't have it.

DP finds his passport in his pocket.

Lastyearsmodel · 02/02/2009 15:05

lol at Lizziemum's DD's 'I must be using Daddy's eyes'.

DP looking for something entails him entering the room, closing his eyes and spinning head from side to side for 10 seconds, then wailing and panicking. He operates on a panic first, think later basis.

What really gets me are the (rare ) occasions when I misplace something. Who's going to instantly know where I left it? No bugger, that's who.

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