Stuff my DH says

ballygirl · November 2013

DH is an engineer and as such, he likes to have very organized systems in place for everything - he's very particular in the way he does a lot of household chores. So, we have two changing tables - one upstairs and one downstairs. I keep diapers, outfits, and bibs in each one. Today DH went to get a bib and there were none in the table. This is the conversation that followed:

DH: There are no more bibs
Me: They're probably dirty, there's more upstairs
DH: Well, what's our system for bibs
Me: uuuh, what?
DH: How many bibs do we have?
Me: I don't know.
DH: You don't know how many bibs we have? How can you not know how many bibs we have?
Me: uuuh - we have a lot
DH: Well - how many do we keep downstairs?
Me: I don't know
DH: Well - what is the proportion of bibs upstairs vs downstairs? 50-50? 60-40?

Oh my...seriously DH? What do you think goes on here all day? Do you really think I'm sitting around counting bibs? I laughed pretty hard at him for that one.

zazu13 · November 2013

Hehe it's funny what our husband's think / worry about. My hubby was stressing about a baby gate for the stairs the other day. I told him he had a while to get it figured out.

Brummy14 · November 2013

Love it. I'm a data analyst/statistician for a living, so I totally get it.

carrotcake06 · November 2013

That's totally something MH would say. We had a similar conversation about bottles and pump parts when I went back to work - how many we need per day multiplied by how many days we go in between running the dishwasher.

tootsscott · November 2013

That's so me. I have a cubby shelf on main level stacked with diapers wipes onesies etc, and expect it to be replenished regularly so I don't have to go upstairs. So convenient!

LucyRicardo3 · November 2013

yeah, the 2 stations are great, but I would have said, Um the system is that when there are no more bibs, that means DH gets to wash, dry, fold, andput them away

momof2buggs · November 2013

Lol! Too funny.

chickaboo1974 · November 2013

LucyRicardo3 said:

yeah, the 2 stations are great, but I would have said, Um the system is that when there are no more bibs, that means DH gets to wash, dry, fold, andput them away

yeah I agree with this- I probably wouldn't have been so nice. Because honestly if he is so concerned with how many total you have and the percentage of those upstairs vs downstairs, when it should just be- make sure the "stations" are stocked with clean bibs (who the heck cares how many)- then I think it should be HIS project.