BellaOnline Forums Relationships Married No Kids What are you all up to this weekend?

We have a kid-centric weekend since it is my nephew's annual "birthday weekend". We take him for the entire weekend and feed and entertain him. He's a very polite and mature 11-year old and he's a joy to be around. If I could guarantee we'd get one like him I might've reconsidered having kids! So, Friday night we barbequed steaks, with potato rosti and asparagus, then my hubby and nephew played WoW for hours! Yesterday, we had eggs florentine for breakfast, they played WoW while I got ready, we went shopping for my nephew's present. The kid doesn't want anything! We spent $15 on a little something and he said that was plenty! We then had portuguese chicken for lunch and then shopped some more. We came home, I had a nap before dinner while they played. After dinner (ribs, baked beans, cornbread) we went to the movies. We came home and they played WoW again. After breakfast this morning (french toast with pineapple sauce), we rocked out on Rock Band. They are continuing the tour, while I'm finally catch up on the forums.

Boy, we ate a lot this weekend! It seemed like that's all we did. It's nice that he had more upscale tastes and did not ask for McD's or anything like that!

Ooh! Now we are going to Toys R Us to buy a sandbox for the dog! And then to Home Depot to buy a garbage can and paint and supplies to make a rain barrel (they're like $200 so we decided to make our own.) And then we are going to fix the toilet and do laundry and we bought a compost bin that the dogs can't get in. I'm so excited!

We are having a really uneventful weekend, and yesterday was kind of a hard day.

Started out with a rousing disgreement over the time I spend on MNK and my DH feeling neglected. I can't seem to talk to him about it without him getting peeved. I need to shut up I guess. In the end he did come around and agree that on the whole it's for the best that I come here, but it's hard for him to understand.

Hence, I've been trying to stay away from the computer. We went on a big boondoggle errand run yesterday in pursuit of a free hot tub a friend was arranging to give us from his neighbor. Turns out, the guy decided to use it for an April Fools joke, and had it transported and set up in a friend's office. When we got there to pick it up, we discovered a corner had been sawed off the hot tub "to fit it in the freight elevator." They still thought we should be happy to receive it, but we preferred it when it was WHOLE. URggg. So, yesterday felt kind of lost to frustration and discord with hubby.

We got over it though, and have spent the rest of the weekend drinking rosemary tea, gardening, and hanging out with the pets.

Hi Frieda

I am so sorry that your husband is feeling funny about you being on MNK. I suppose if we reversed it and our husbands were spending lots of time on an online community, we might feel a little funny too. Hopefully you managed to reassure him. I think my DH has accepted I may need a bit of support on this issue for the next wee while, and he's probably worked out it's better than me talking to him about whether we should have children, which is where I was at a year or more ago.

I know what you mean about frustrating lost days. I always find though, that you make more progress than you think on these days. It's just that progress is happening below the radar.

Hugs,

FeeBee

Thanks Feebee. It's true, there was some purpose to the day that will come out in retrospect. probably. It seems like when we have these relationship lows, it's better the next day. I just wish for less drama sometimes. For a very emotional female, it's amazing to me how my DH surpasses me in emotional ups and downs.

When you remind me to look at it from his perspective, you're absolutely right. I really do understand why he has a hard time with it sometimes. What got me in trouble was he wanted to play a silly game, (we play these made up word games a lot sort of like CF Bingo). It reminded of the games we play here, so I tried to explain it to him. It made him feel like I'm just wasting time hanging out with people that aren't right in front of me, instead of him. He also happens to need a lot of attention. I can understand that. So, in all, he's right that too much computer time is not what I really "need" to be a healthy person. But, support from wise and understanding people is what I do need, so he's not against that part my being here at least.

Thanks again.