All that, AND compliant.
July 7th, 2009 | by TJ |Earlier today, in between phone calls (I spent what seems like the entire day with the phone slowly cooking the side of my face), I sent Phil a text message asking him to pick up a frozen pizza for our dinner. We normally have frozen pizza on Fridays, and I’m sure why we didn’t last week, but we didn’t, and I’ve been busy, and we haven’t gone to the grocery store and we’ve got no food except for freezer-burned pierogis and some really old taquitos.
So, day goes on, I take more phone calls, managing to edit about a sentence and a half inbetween each one, and just before Phil was due home, I got another text message.
Phil: Pizza and milk. Anything else?
He’s still a little new to living with me, so is not yet able to recognize the signs of when asking such a thing might be a bad idea.
TJ: ICE CREAM CANDY BAR JAR OF FUDGE CHOCOLATE SYRUP CHIPS AHOY SOFT BAKE COOKIES AND RUFFLE POTATO CHIPS.
Phil: Ummm wow. Ok.
Assuming he was going to shrug it off (we don’t keep that kind of stuff, aside from ice cream, in the house), but knowing he was smart enough not to come home without ice cream (there was extreme ice cream related drama last night that ended with shrieking, a trip to cold stone and dire threats of all sorts), I left it at that.
Some time later, he came home.
He may not know when it’s best not to ask, but he certainly is a pro at recognizing when not to refuse.
By Awlbiste on Jul 7, 2009
Man, now I really want some M&Ms. Hey Phil?
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By Melissa on Jul 7, 2009
He actually listened to you?? He’s one in a million, you lucky girl!
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By allie on Jul 7, 2009
Any now where do I find a guy like this?
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By Rebecca on Jul 7, 2009
I love this post!!!! Please have Phil give my husband some lessons :)
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By Kate on Jul 7, 2009
I wish I had a man like that.
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By Shawn on Jul 7, 2009
Does he reply “Compliance” like Max from Flight of the Navigator? That would be cool. And nerdy.
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By Marylin/Softi on Jul 8, 2009
I want someone like that! Does he give lessons? Have a similar brother in Scotland? Distant cousin perhaps?
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By T-Sonn on Jul 8, 2009
OMFG – I got diabetes just looking at that. Whatta guy. : )
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By Tilde on Jul 8, 2009
Phil….you have learned the secret to a long and happy marriage. I call it the one magic word….**sure.
Honey would you mind going to the store(while it’s poring rain for some random item that could wait till tomorrow)? Sure!!
Honey do you mind if we go to…(random place that you hate)? Sure!!
Honey would you…(random request just to test you)? Sure!!
**Exceptions to the sure rule….any questions about them personally, anything they did or anything they own. AVOID answering these at all cost, there is no correct answer. Deflect these questions with complements.
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By Aboo on Jul 8, 2009
Salsa Verde Doritos FTW
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By @tilde on Jul 8, 2009
My girlfriend, for some reason, hates the word “sure”. I’m so screwed :(
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By HokieJayBee on Jul 8, 2009
and to think, just last week we were all reading and commenting and going over a healthy diet, to include a decrease in meat consumption.
when, technically and semantically speaking, we could have just sent phil to the store for “ice cream”.
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By Pablo on Jul 9, 2009
Last week was last week. If my eyes don’t decieve me, that’s a PMS survival kit for sure.
Add pickles or marshmallow fluff to the mix and maybe the baby name discussion wasn’t so premature after all…
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By Delicia on Jul 9, 2009
omg that’s awesome. that’s a guy-in-relationship survival kit right there, that’s what it is!
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