He should have offered up Cracker Barrel. They have good veggies.
ROFL!
They didn’t go to Perfect Pan Pizza? They’re missing out. I wouldn’t hesitate and I wouldn’t care.
“I’m not really hungry. I’ll just order a dinner salad.”
Proceeds to eat half the sampler platter the kids and I ordered and kept snitching fries off my plate...
ah yes, the “ i dunno, you decide” ... an hour later, aftet 1/4 tank of gas spent, drove by all the restaurants, nope nope nope, end up at a 7-11, getting a sausage off the roller heater, an old cup of coffee, and a hershey bar!!
Where ever it was, afterwards is heard this from wife: “We should have gone to (fill in the blank)!”
Twice per month,y wife goes to a midmorning women’s Bible study and then goes out for lunch with some of them.
That’s the day I go to my favorite Chinese buffet.
Love it!
Big time control issue stuff.
Step 1: The wrong answer cannot be known until the man voices it. As soon as he has a suggestion, that’s the place that is a bad idea. Return to Step 1 unless Step 2 comes into play.
Step 2: if the wife voice an opinion: “How about Chinese?” the worst thing the man can do is agree. By agreeing with the idea of “Chinese food” he has taken ownership of this idea, which now must be identified as a “Bad idea”. Return to Step 1.
I generally push back against my wife’s idea — if it’s a good idea. If I actually want to eat there, I show great indecision and reluctance. She will then twist my arm and force me to agree to eat at the place that I want to eat at.
NOTE: This has also backfired — sometimes she will twist my arm and force me to agree to her suggestion ... and if I do, it becomes a “bad idea” and we go back to Step 1.
My ex did this all the time. I think it was a set up to reject my decisions and make me the bad guy.