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Little games you and your SO play, but DENY that you do...

Posted : 4/18/2007 11:12:03 AM

I am wondering how many of you play little “mind games” with your SO and you both know it, but don#%92t call each other out on it?

In our home we like to play the game “I didn#%92t see the cat puke that was on the floor”

I will give you an example of this game that happened over the past 5 hours:

3:00 a.m.- DH and I both awake to the all too familiar sound of one of the cats puking. It is on HIS side of the bed so I ignore it and pretend to be sleeping. He worries the cat is puking on his shoes and knows I am ignoring it, but feels compelled to turn on the bedside lamp anyway to assure his shoes are OK.

I PRETEND to not be awakened by the harsh light or his expletives at the cat, so his expletives get louder “assuring” I am awake. I lift my head off the pillow, glare over through sleepy eyes at the cat puke and say “gosh, I am glad that you were awakened, I didn#%92t hear him puking and I would surely have stepped right in it when I went to the bathroom”. Then I lay my head back down on the pillow and pretend to fall asleep. [8|]

He too pretends to fall asleep with the light glaring in his eyes, but eventually gets up and does a very “half- a$$” effort at cleaning up the puke and then throws a Kleenex over the spot so that we will both know to avoid stepping on it.

5:45 a.m.- I get up and get in the shower. After I am out I see DH is still sleeping and I say “get up” to him to which he replies “It is later than I thought and I need to go in early” SO I respond with “so are you saying you need me to walk the dogs by myself again today” and he responds “Yes”. (we both walk the pups for 30 minutes every morning at 6 a.m. and then every night for an hour and it is part of OUR exercise together, not just exercise for the pups). SO I say “no problem”, kiss him goodbye and head downstairs with the dogs.

I turn on the hallway light and see 2 more cat pukes on the stairs. I quickly turn OFF the hallway light pretending that it was TOO DARK to notice them so that DH can pick up the cat puke when he comes downstairs in a bit.

6:50 a.m.- I come back from walking the dogs and am thrilled to find that DH hasn#%92t left for work yet and is in the kitchen making the pups breakfast and their kongs for the day. I thank him for his efforts, kiss him goodbye again and head upstairs to blow dry my hair. I am thinking about how he is obviously feeling guilty about making me walk the pups alone for the 3rd morning in a row or else he wouldn#%92t be feeding them… I get halfway up the stairs and realize that he IS FEELING GUILTY, but he is feeling guilty about NOT PICKING UP THE CAT PUKE. SO I got to be the lucky one today and clean up the 2 in the hallway and the one in our bedroom Crying

SO I am curious to know what little “games” do you and your SO play that you both know that you do, but won#%92t admit to it…[

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Xerxes

Posted : 4/18/2007 11:48:32 AM

There are special games that Stella and I engage in, but this is an "all age" forum, as I'm finding out.[

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Ashley

Posted : 4/18/2007 11:53:49 AM

Chris and I play the "Stack the trash as high as you can so the other person will have to take it out," sometimes.

magilacudy

Posted : 4/18/2007 11:58:06 AM

Oh boy good question, just hopefully DH wont run across this thread. LOL

We do the stack the garbage can too.

We get busy as soon as Ashley goes in the bathroom, so the closest one there has to answer to the "I"M DONE"

Dodge filling the milk container

I like a very very hot shower, so if he's p'd me off. I'll take one 10 minutes before I know he's coming home and use up all the water. If it's a weekend. He'll take a dump, knowing I'll be getting up to pee and brush teeth any moment.

snownose

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:07:15 PM

I like a very very hot shower, so if he's p'd me off. I'll take one 10 minutes before I know he's coming home and use up all the water. If it's a weekend. He'll take a dump, knowing I'll be getting up to pee and brush teeth any moment.

I run the washer right before his shower, so he runs out of hot water[sm=evilfire.gif]

jenhuedepohl

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:14:32 PM

Sometimes I play the "I Can't See Dirty Laundry Unless It's In The Hamper Game." I get tired of nagging my kids to put their clothes down the laundry chute, so I'll be danged if I have to nag the only other grown-up in the house. That one usually backfires though. I'll end up with Mount Washmore in my basement then curse myself as I have to do three loads in one day just to catch up.

labcrab

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:19:48 PM

I'll drink out of the bottle or use leftover plastic takeout forks to avoid opening the dishwasher and thus acknowledging that it needs to be emptied. It's a battle of wills, I tell you!!! We will both go to GREAT lengths to avoid opening that dishwasher! I've seen him spreading peanut butter with his FINGER!! [

] First one to cave, has to do the deed.. it's our unspoken rule.

mrstjohnson

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:46:03 PM

Chris and I play the "Stack the trash as high as you can so the other person will have to take it out," sometimes.

We play this one too. We also play the ignore the weird smell coming from the dirty dishes in the sink game.

jjsmom06

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:48:25 PM

THESE ARE GREAT EVERYONE!

Thank you for making me feel "not so alone". [

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Ed, why don't you pm me and tell me what games you and your wife Stella like to play? [

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Xerxes

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:49:13 PM

ORIGINAL: mrstjohnson

Chris and I play the "Stack the trash as high as you can so the other person will have to take it out," sometimes.

We play this one too. We also play the ignore the weird smell coming from the dirty dishes in the sink game.

I always lose that game...[

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jenhuedepohl

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:55:10 PM

There was another game we played - but we never denied playing it. It was called "You touched Him Last!" The object of that game was to avoind being the last one to touch a kid with a dirty diaper. Last person to touch the kid had to change it. Things could get really dirty with that game - pun intended. You had to watch out for babies getting dropped in your lap or someone telling a toddler "go give mom a big HUG!"

Cita

Posted : 4/18/2007 12:57:48 PM

I'll drink out of the bottle or use leftover plastic takeout forks to avoid opening the dishwasher and thus acknowledging that it needs to be emptied. It's a battle of wills, I tell you!!! We will both go to GREAT lengths to avoid opening that dishwasher! I've seen him spreading peanut butter with his FINGER!! First one to cave, has to do the deed.. it's our unspoken rule.

Awesome!

I can't really think of any, as we don't have our own place yet. And honestly, my BF is much much better about sucking it up and doing the un-fun things like washing dishes, so I feel guilty that I'm not as good-hearted as he is and end up helping a lot more than I would have if I were on my own. Maybe that's a game he plays with me - guilt trip the lazy girl into getting off her butt! [

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rolenta

Posted : 4/18/2007 1:38:50 PM

My husband always pretends he doesn't know where Isaac's diapers are in the hopes that I'll give up trying to tell him and just do it myself. He also pretends he can't hear him cry, so if it's his turn to get Isaac, I'll say, "Isaac's crying," and he'll say, "I can't hear him," and I'll say, "Well, I can," and he'll say, "Well, I'm not going to get him until I can hear him cry," and then I have to go get him because what kind of mother lets their son crY?

rwbeagles

Posted : 4/18/2007 1:40:15 PM

Probably the most amusing one is the "I know your back there spooning me and expecting me to be awake...but I'm not awake....well I am but not awake enough to be interested in what you're proposing...but I reserve the right to be interested at a later date...when I can be in charge of the invitation.." game. LMAO.

jenhuedepohl

Posted : 4/18/2007 1:41:41 PM

Probably the most amusing one is the "I know your back there spooning me and expecting me to be awake...but I'm not awake....well I am but not awake enough to be interested in what you're proposing...but I reserve the right to be interested at a later date...when I can be in charge of the invitation.." game. LMAO.

That's a VERY common game at our house!