Can I vent about DH?

**daddys3chicks** · 01-26-2005, 08:32 AM

First of all, I love the man, I really do. But I have come to the conclusion that a Southerner should never marry a Northerner! It is worse than religious, political or sports team differences! LOL!

Anyway, DH is very opinionated and blunt. I of course am the consummate Suthun Belle. However, when it comes to my kids I am the lioness.

DH is of the mindset that we did certain things when we were kids and we lived. Well, he has, in the past, let my 6 year old ride in the front seat of the car. Of course, I am never with them, he tells her not to tell me, and she always does. The Saturn does not have an air bag, so that is not and issue, but the van does.

Well, we are watching a friend's child while she has some outpatient surgery. This made an extra car seat in our car and moved DD #1's booster to the back seat. He told her to put it where there was only a lap belt! I argued with her this morning about how she needed the shoulder belt..."But Daddy said..." GRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Why does he do this? Bah!

**nodmicks** · 01-26-2005, 10:21 AM

I think alot of men just aren't as paranoid as us mommies.
My Dh doesn't make meals for the kids unless they say they are hungry. Bugs the hecks out of me as I have 1 underweight child who never asks "whens lunch?" and would go without eatting all day if you dont put it in fromt of him.
My Dh has also doe the same thing with the front seat!

**PrairieRose** · 01-26-2005, 10:25 AM

I think it's more of a "man" thing than a north v. south thing myself....Men just don't really think about what it could mean.....hang in there, hopefully you'll get those kids raised and you can

about smaller things.....

**MarshHen** · 01-26-2005, 11:47 AM

Yep, it's a "Man" thing! Both hubby and myself are southern born and raised, and we still have issues about raising children. He would ride them around all day and pass 100 hamburger joints and then come home and ask "We're starving, what ya got cooked?"

When the kids got older, he couldn't understand why they didn't want to go anywhere with him.

**daddys3chicks** · 01-26-2005, 12:01 PM

Oh my, we went to NYC just the two of us the last time we visited his mom in NJ. We were there all and and I kept thinking, we'll eat somewhere soon. It was 6:30 and I finally said, I am sick, I have a headache, if I don't eat soon I am going to pass out!!!!

**MarshHen** · 01-26-2005, 03:00 PM

Oh no, hubby knows that he can't get away with NOT feeding me on a long car trip. He would rather face a cobra than deny this sister food! He'd be like

!!!

**daddys3chicks** · 01-26-2005, 04:04 PM

Originally posted by MarshHen
Oh no, hubby knows that he can't get away with NOT feeding me on a long car trip. He would rather face a cobra than deny this sister food! He'd be like !!!

LOL! I kept thinking in NYC that he was going to find some great place for chinese or italian food (he used to work in the city) Where did we end up? TGI Friday's! I can go there at home! Sheesh!

**MarshHen** · 01-26-2005, 04:17 PM

LOL, poor thing, you were probably so hungry by that time though, you would have settled for a hot dog! I always try to grab a local newspaper when we are in a new place and check out the local restaurants, or even better than that, just ask the locals where they like to eat.

**pkellyc** · 01-27-2005, 10:26 AM

Dh and I are planning a week for two in Wahington D.C.. We mapped our route on map quest and checked out how long it will take us to get there. Map quest said it should take us 5 1/2 hours to get there so I figured it will take dh and I 7 1/2 hours. Dh says "how do you figure that"? Well, I replied by the time we stop at rest areas and stop for lunch....

My dad was in the navy while I was growing up, we drove across country several times, the man would stop for nothing! My dh learned a long time ago if we don't stop I don't go.