The Get-Up

I don’t get men. I like them, I just don’t get them.

Especially one man, as you might have guessed. Maybe you can help me out here.

The house got a little cool in the night, because I had the attic fan turned on high. I figured it’s going to get up in the 80s today, so why not cool the house down as much as possible in advance of the heat? Pretty excellent strategy, right?

I’m still not on Kansas City time. I’ve been up since four—again. By six, I’d grown impatient with my n’er-do-well, lazybones husband and went in to wake him up.

“But I was up late last night,” he said, stumbling from the bed and into the bathroom. While he was in there, I took the opportunity to make the bed, just in case he imagined he might take a short stagger back into it.

The next time I saw him, he was dressed—if you can call it that—in a heavy, long-sleeved, maroon-and-tan pullover sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and a pair of red-white-and-blue, stars-and-stripes-forever (purchased in the $1 clearance bin after last year’s frantic July 4th shopping season) boxer briefs. Unless I’m mistaken, I spied a pair of orange knit mittens clipped to the cuffs of his hoodie.

“You look funny,” I said.

I wasn’t laughing, mind you, because lately I’ve said “You look funny” quite a few times and, honestly, I’ve stopped laughing somewhere along the way. Laughing, I’ve found, only reinforces naughty behavior.

“Thank you,” he said, and he sincerely meant it.

People, he thinks I was complimenting him! If I’d said he looked as handsome as all get-out, he couldn’t have been more pleased.

If you can answer “What’s up with that?” there’s a funky pair of mittens in it for you.

Posted by Katy on 05/18/06 at 10:18 AM

Fallible Comments...

LOL! What I love about my perception of your marriage is the amazing humor you both exhibit. I love, love, love it!
Posted by relevantgirl on 05/18/06 at 01:08 PM
Simple.

He was going for funny.
He was thankful that you noticed.

...and you were complimenting him. You talked to him.

Take Care
Michael
Posted by Michael #2 on 05/18/06 at 03:31 PM
Mary--One of the first things Doug said to me after we got engaged was "Don't laugh at me!" I'm sorry, but that's just not possible. Now, he thinks it's funny that he said that. He has an excellently developed sense of humor, for which I'm eternally grateful. I couldn't live with a guy who couldn't whoop it up a little! :)

Take Care Michael Number Two--I asked Doug just now if he was going for funny. He said that actually, he just couldn't find his pants which, I'm sorry, is pretty funny, isn't it? He also said that he knew I would react to his get-up, and that he looked forward to my reaction. So yeah, he definitely got what he was going for, pants or no pants!
Posted by Katy on 05/18/06 at 03:52 PM
from what i understand about men (which probably isn't much but has been beefed up lately by reading shaunti feldhahn's "for women only"), he was thinking about something altogether different than his getup at the moment and, though he responded, did not really even hear you. just a guess, but know that i have BEEN there with my man.
Posted by lisa on 05/23/06 at 01:24 AM
Lisa--I suspect you are correct. I should get me one of those how-to-understand-men books. I haven't tried one lately....maybe the next-gen writers can help me out! :)
Posted by Katy on 05/24/06 at 01:09 PM
there is an absolute ocean of how to/self help books out there and i'm leery at best of the new things always coming down the pike..the reason i liked this particular one is that it's based on a "blind, meticulously planned and executed" survey of four hundren anon. men ranging in ages from 21 to 75. intriguing!
anyway...not exactly '10 steps to a better you', and if i could stomach it, i'd say just about anybody can.
Posted by lisa on 05/29/06 at 02:07 PM

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