Ever watch something on television, not knowing at the time that in the future you would do the exact same thing?
In the Everybody Loves Raymond episode, “Baggage,” Raymond and Debra have a three week stand off over who is going to carry a piece of luggage upstairs and put the contents away. Three weeks. I remember watching that, laughing, and thinking, “that’s a long time to walk around a piece of luggage.”
Indeed.
So tonight when my visitors were leaving, one bent over to pick up a yellow bag and she said, “Oh, here are your phone books.”
I found myself saying: “Oh, yeah, those, umm Ismael and I are kind of having a stand off over those. If *I* bring them in, I will throw them away and he will get mad because he thinks we need them.”
If he wants them, he can bring them in.
Standoff: Week 1.
Not sure if Ismael is even aware, but game on just the same.
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Love that ELR episode.
My ex-boyfriend had a standoff with me once about how long it would take me to clean the fridge. Much like Ismael, I had no idea that we were mid-standoff, so the answer was apparently “eternity”, which is what he screamed at me when he finally cracked.
LOL I loved that episode and i have so done that. When we got back from vacation in May our suitcases sat in the floor in the living room for 3 weeks waiting for someone to put them away. Finally after 2.5 long weeks hubby put them in the shed.
keep us updated on how the stand-off goes.
This happens in our house on a daily basis. It’s called “Ty-man’s mail.” His magazines/letters/junk will pile up on the kitchen counter. And they will stay there until my face turns red and my eyes scrunch up and I stomp my feet. That’s usually at about the two-week mark and he’ll shuffle over and take them to his office desk.
Where they’ll sit in a bigger pile for months on end.
Ah, marriage. Ain’t it grand?
What happens if it rains? Do you win by default because the phone books are ruined? Or are they encased in plastic? If so, it’s time for sabotage!
My husband told me fairly recently, and we’ve been married 8 years, that we had standoffs, but they never worked because I was totally unaware they were going on. Oblivious as usual that there was an active difference of opinion going on. So he gave up waiting me out because……I just never noticed.
I loved that episode, too! I would love to do a standoff, but I’m the one who can never last, so it’s not much fun for me.
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