I am starting to wonder whether I really am "just not thinking" (my wife's words), or whether I am doing things to annoy my wife on purpose, at least on a subconscious level.
An issue which has been plaguing us lately is the fact that I seem to not be paying attention, especially when it comes to doing something when my wife is around. I'll mess up the laundry, fail to wash the dishes completely, or otherwise not do something which should be a matter of common sense.
It has reached a point where something mundane, like moving an ironing board, is not so simple. I'll be so self-conscious about clumsily knocking something over and having her say something about it, that I invariably WILL knock something over, and she WILL say something about it. And then I'll end up getting mad because I know she's been scrutinizing my every move. It's a self-propagating thing...
My wife is a pretty detail oriented person. Maybe I'm thoughtless around her because I expect her to pick up the slack? Have I gotten so tired of the nagging that I shut down thought processes while I'm around her?
There's an EVERYBODY LOVE RAYMOND episode where it's discovered that Ray has purposely been messing things up so that he can be relieved of certain responsibilities. That might apply to me, but how can that explain other things, like my mistakenly taking a bite out of a cake after my wife has already cut a piece out for me?
I know that I seem to lack a certain amount of common sense, and that this is usually a sign of immaturity. But why is it that common sense only goes out the window when I'm with my wife?
<small>[ April 27, 2004, 09:11 AM: Message edited by: Crow543 ]</small>
