Posted on 02/04/2025 7:49:24 AM PST by Navy Patriot
My husband grew up being the only boy with four sisters, too. He was their ‘big brother’.
It’s healthy for a man to grow up with sisters. Not always, but many times, he won’t be as puzzled by women and the female nature as other men often are.
Beau says he’s not always RIGHT, but he is always PRECISE.
And he is. He’s much more detail-oriented than I am - he balances his checkbook to the PENNY, whereas I just ‘round up’ my entries and have never bounced a check. ;)
I’m more slapdash and, ‘good enough is good enough.’
Sometimes I’ll say something incorrect on purpose, or give him a ‘wrong’ answer, just to watch the wheels turn in his head, LOL!
The only way to win is not to play.
Never wrestle with a pig.
(Ducks for cover)
That’s exactly right.
♫"She never gives in, she just changes her mind."♫
Men talk in straight lines.
Women talk in circles.
There are times when I’m too precise for my own good. I have learned that being a perfectionist can be a problem. When we moved to Indiana, it was on a tight time-table, so I didn’t have the luxury of having things done the way I liked. I learned that “good enough” was very helpful in getting the job done, and the rest could be sorted out later.
Truthfully, while I enjoy being right most of the time, I don’t like to be right ALL of the time. It’s too exhausting and people resent you if you’re right “too” much. So I find it helpful for matrimonial longevity to be wrong sometimes, and point it out every time Mr. FF is right. Positive reinforcement works wonders.
That is a pretty song. One of his best. :)
“Positive reinforcement works wonders.”
In my puppy-centric life, couple that with a pocket full of Milk Bones and you can work wonders! ;)
We bring a baggie of Milk-Bone treats with us on our walks. Keeps the neighbors’ dogs looking forward to us walking past their houses instead of lunging at us. Sometimes they’ll even sit for us before we toss the treat!
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