De-friending the BF
I always thought that the happiest people on Earth have boyfriends. That's as wrong as CB in a sarong. I am convinced mine is trying to drive me crazy just so we can break up and he'll be single for Southern Decadence.
First let me confess my little obsession so you can understand the grievous nature of what the BF did wrong. I operate happiest in comfort zones. I spend so much of my time planning so unforeseeable things don't upset me in the future.
It is not unlike me to pack two extra pairs of socks, an extra boxer, two shirts and shorts just in case I decide to go to the gym AND play tennis on the same day. I know what you are thinking. Cracking knuckles. I can assure you that I am not crazy. I simply like to be prepared!
If you think I pack heavy on trips, you should see my drawers. Through the years, I have bought a ton of dress socks, white socks, and underwear so I am never caught in a horrible situation of being without. Unlike Moby, I wash and dry my clothes almost daily so their is no chance of not having any clean underwear or socks. Until now.
At an alarming rate, my shorts, underwear, and dress socks have been disappearing into thin air! Where in the fuck are all the boxers I own? I used to own six Boiish shorts, but now I can't find them anywhere! I searched frantically for my clothes to no avail. When I ask the BF, he'll tell me with a straight poker face that he does NOT wear my clothes. Although I never see him do laundry, he insists that he takes care of his own clothes. When?!
In the past month, I have asked the BF repeatedly whether he has seen my white Addidas shirt or many of my boxers. The answer is either "NO!" or "You should keep up with your clothes better!" Well, I went home for lunch yesterday and I was determined to find that shirt. I looked under every nook and cranny except the Shrew's room.
Just for the hell of it, I looked in his closet. Sitting neatly on a shelf hidden under his dress clothes were seven pairs of my shorts, five of my boxers and my white Addidas shirt! They were all clean and neatly folded. I WENT INSANE.
I spun around shrieking louder than Joan Crawford. WHY IS HE SQUIRRELING AWAY MY CLOTHES!?! WHY!? WHY!? If the BF was there at that exact moment, I would have probably choked him far better than Joan ever managed to do to Christina.
I immediately text messaged the Shrew, "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?! DRIVE ME CRAZY?!" He innocently replied, "What ever do you mean?" I told him that I had found my missing clothes AND my white Addidas shirt hidden in his closet!
The BF said, "Oh... yeah... I found that when I did clothes on Saturday." I was hyper-ventilating. "Why couldn't you at least tell me you found my white Addidas shirt?" He replied back, "Oh... it wasn't important to me at the time."
I blew a gasket. He has since been de-friended from Facebook. The jury is still out on the relationship.
First let me confess my little obsession so you can understand the grievous nature of what the BF did wrong. I operate happiest in comfort zones. I spend so much of my time planning so unforeseeable things don't upset me in the future.
It is not unlike me to pack two extra pairs of socks, an extra boxer, two shirts and shorts just in case I decide to go to the gym AND play tennis on the same day. I know what you are thinking. Cracking knuckles. I can assure you that I am not crazy. I simply like to be prepared!
If you think I pack heavy on trips, you should see my drawers. Through the years, I have bought a ton of dress socks, white socks, and underwear so I am never caught in a horrible situation of being without. Unlike Moby, I wash and dry my clothes almost daily so their is no chance of not having any clean underwear or socks. Until now.
At an alarming rate, my shorts, underwear, and dress socks have been disappearing into thin air! Where in the fuck are all the boxers I own? I used to own six Boiish shorts, but now I can't find them anywhere! I searched frantically for my clothes to no avail. When I ask the BF, he'll tell me with a straight poker face that he does NOT wear my clothes. Although I never see him do laundry, he insists that he takes care of his own clothes. When?!
In the past month, I have asked the BF repeatedly whether he has seen my white Addidas shirt or many of my boxers. The answer is either "NO!" or "You should keep up with your clothes better!" Well, I went home for lunch yesterday and I was determined to find that shirt. I looked under every nook and cranny except the Shrew's room.
Just for the hell of it, I looked in his closet. Sitting neatly on a shelf hidden under his dress clothes were seven pairs of my shorts, five of my boxers and my white Addidas shirt! They were all clean and neatly folded. I WENT INSANE.
I spun around shrieking louder than Joan Crawford. WHY IS HE SQUIRRELING AWAY MY CLOTHES!?! WHY!? WHY!? If the BF was there at that exact moment, I would have probably choked him far better than Joan ever managed to do to Christina.
I immediately text messaged the Shrew, "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?! DRIVE ME CRAZY?!" He innocently replied, "What ever do you mean?" I told him that I had found my missing clothes AND my white Addidas shirt hidden in his closet!
The BF said, "Oh... yeah... I found that when I did clothes on Saturday." I was hyper-ventilating. "Why couldn't you at least tell me you found my white Addidas shirt?" He replied back, "Oh... it wasn't important to me at the time."
I blew a gasket. He has since been de-friended from Facebook. The jury is still out on the relationship.
posted by Brettcajun at Tuesday, August 19, 2008
31 Comments:
I guess I do agree with you on the planning part. I do the same thing. I get up early o I can walk the dog and thenleave in time so I get to work about 20 mins early. Hate traffic. I have to admit on the underwear thing. I do buy new underwear every 3 months and throw the old ones away, just like my socks. I have about 10 pair of each. I do not do laundry daily about every 3 days.
Now you have me there. Why is he hording your clothes?? Is he trying to drive you crazy?? Is he trying to make you brake up for Southern Decadence?? If you do brake up with him. are you going to take him back???
My heart goes out to you Brett. Hope you find some peace and happiness.
Hugs
Ray
Well, you are preaching to the choir about this shit. I had a bf once use one of my spoons incorrectly for dishing out ice cream. We didn't last a week after that.
Oh, and i wouldn't be caught DEAD in a sarong!
Yikes! Calm down and voice your concern without threatening to break up.
Thankfully in our house there isn't "his room" to hide anything. We have the same size butts so our undies are mixed up all the time and we gave up on that.
Remember you have to figure out just what is important when you're in a relationship....being anal about your undies shouldn't be that big of a deal.
Well...I don't think this is cause for a break up. :-) Maybe a quick 'sit-down' where you tell him to keep his paws off your stuff - OR if he is going to wear your clothes, he needs to ask first and be sure that everything is returned to where it belongs (cleaned and folded).
I've recently discovered my husband has been wearing my shirts to work, because he's tired of his own shirts. I end up searching high and low for a specific shirt - only to discover that he wore it the day before. IRRITATING.
So, I would suggest that you talk about it first...and if things don't change....well, I don't know what to suggest at that point.
As for 'Southern Decadence'? I've never heard of it...but I'll be researching it this afternoon. :-)
Tony:
This is not a share issue. My underwear, shorts, and white Addidas shirt went missing.
He could of at least returned the "borrowed items" back to my closet after he finally cleaned them. But instead, he kept them hidden in his closet like a squirrel.
I probably wouldn't divorce him over this alone. There are much bigger issues to divorce a spouse over (i.e., lack of sex, morning breath, etc.)
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So now you've stooped to searching the Shrew's room - SHAME!
And I like my underwear old and worn - at my age it helps me tell the front from the back.
You're kidding...right? Medication? Buy him his own fancy shorts? Give him your dirty ones? (Or send them to me???)
*cough*
Brett, your moving toward girl status.
Giant suitcase . . inability to pack . . shrieking . .
I get angry when my stuff goes missing too, but I handle it differently.
I don't think i've ever shrieked . . .
I do have to question what the shrew was up to however. Unless you are living in a mansion there is no reason not to return you clothes to your room.
Just my .02.
Leo:
Umm... the Shrew probably hadn't been doing his laundry and was conveniently "borrowing" mine because he knows I obsessively wash and dry clothes.
I still can't believe he didn't know he would get caught!
Why don't you offer to do all the laundry, and have him do a different chore that you don't like to do... then you can have your obsessive laundry habits and not have to do something you don't like to do.
O M G
You people have no idea......
and Ray's cowboy "My heart goes out to you Brett. Hope you find some peace and happiness." Get a life! You know there are people starving in the world!
I am,
E. Shrew
What makes you think 'he didn't know he would get caught'?
You are turning into a big girl!
The Shrew is a true candidate for sainthood for putting up with you.
ummm, share a closet... then everyones stuff is out there... i guess we have been fortunate to have an extra room in our homes to make into a huge walk in closet type thingy... all our clothes end up there, and now that i have shrunk a bit, I can now wear his shirts... he is too tall for pants and underwear?? why? free ball...
this merits a divorce? not so much.
chill, regroup... have make up sex.
Brett -
I'm right there with you. Everyone reacts and deals with situations in their own way; some better than others. You? You're human and you're entitled to your emotions....good or bad. Some might criticize you for getting upset over something trivial like missing clothing or poke fun at the quirky eccentricities that make you who you are. But in this case, I think some may be losing sight of what the real issue is. It isn't about socks or your favorite Adidas shirt. It isn't about how your situation compares to starving kids in third world countries. At the end of the day, it's about common courtesy. It's about two people being in a relationship and mutually respecting and being cognizant of what is important to one another. Your BF should be sympathetic and respectful to the things that bother and irritate you regardless of how meaningless or unimportant he may think they are. If the tables were turned and he was thoroughly frustrated and unable to find something of his own that you purposely neglected to clue him in on, he'd be just as peeved at you if not more.
Tom
First, drink your juice Shelby.
Let me get this straight, you are ready to dump your BF with whom you just moved in with over something as trivial as your clothes being in his closet? I'd certainly agree a discussion is in order but I wouldn't consider this something worth ending an LTR over. Knowing a tad more of the history, I can't help but wonder if maybe YOU are looking for a way out.
Forgetting that for a moment, maybe (and I know this is a shocking idea) you could sit down and express to him how it makes you feel. Leave out the accusations and finger pointing and simply express how it set you off and why. Give him the chance to do the same. You have a legitimate beef but yelling and making threats never solves anything. (Paging Dr Phil...)
Besides, the make up sex can be so much fun!
oh and don't think I missed that snide comment. I keep enough underwear and socks on hand to last me a month! I'm lazy but prepared. heehee
Brett:
I got that part.
Shrew:
Put back the f-n clothes, then he's none the wiser.
Moby:
OMG, Funniest thing of the morning.
Steel Magnolia's quotes are never wrong.
And why can I see Brett at home throwing dishes and cuttlery around and Shrew going "what? what?"
*shakes head*
Leo gets upset when mommy and daddy fight.
Tom,
That was very thoughtful and very well written, however, I REPEAT O M G
You people have no idea......
I am,
E. Shrew
Trust me. THEY KNOW. I have had to put my foot up each and everyone of their asses at one time or another. THEY KNOW!
This has got to be one of THE most entertaining blogs out there. God I get a kick out of the shit you post, your running ab-o-meter complete with documentary evidence and the comments generated. It's a genuine hoot and a half.
I'm sure your missing items mean a lot to you but maybe with that much free time you could turn your attention outward, help some people less fortunate than you (or if already doing, do some more) and get a little perspective.
There'd STILL be time for tennis, feeding the chickens, blogging and modeling. Give it a whirl. Maybe?
First off, nobody puts baby in the corner or borrows clothes without asking!
I know it isn't just the clothes, but what it represents. I understand your frustrations, but maybe you are harboring some deeper feelings here? It seems you have had a lot of pent up anger and maybe some resentment since you and the Shrew have started cohabitating that maybe you haven't found resolution for yet.
Have you thought of couples counseling? A structured environment where you can deal with your feelings and be forced to express them in a logical and in a non-ear splitting, dog deafening voice? Attacking him only puts him on the defensive, and when that happens, there will never be progress.
OR, you can throw his stuff on the lawn, change the locks, and sit crying, naked on the floor, drinking hurricanes straight from the blender!
Just a thought.
Also, I've never seen your foot, and you've never seen my ass. Someday maybe! LOL!
Why would anyone borrow something without asking OR leaving a note. I lived with my best friend for awhile and we were the same size (for most of the time until I became a fat @ss). We also had the same style.
We would wear each other's clothes but we always asked first and then returned them laundered. Miss Manners would have been so proud of us.
Your foot and my ass have never met. Now your cock on the other hand....
Moby, don't you mean IN the other hand?
Wow, that is pretty weird for a BF to forget about your clothes, especially if he knows how OCD you are about them... and to respond in such a way to your outburst? Hmmm...
OH SUCH DRAMA!!! One might think you were vying for an academy award this year. LMAO! You leave the Shrew...never...weren't you saying that three years ago. You two are too intertwined
LOL.
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