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Passive aggressive always ends well.
Here's the deal. Some contractors were supposed to come over to the house today to give us an estimate on some work we wanted done. I knew the time they were supposed to be there and my wife was also with me when I met with them. Well she spent the day making sure the house was spotless and making sure the kids didn't make a mess because people were going to be walking around and looking at what we wanted done.
So, they don't show up. She calls me upset because she is certain I got the date and time wrong (even though she was with me). I tell her in a relaxed voice that the number is on the kitchen counter and if she tells me what it is I will gladly call them. Then she says "why do you have to call when you have the paperwork in your car? Can't you just go and check?" Which pisses me off because she is right next to the counter and my car is not right next to me.
So I tell her she needs to chill out and then we hang up because she arrived at work. So I haven't taken my lunch yet and go check my car for the paperwork. Sure enough the date and time were right so I give them a call. They apologize and say they thought they called and emailed me (yeah right) but they were unable to stop by today because of some bull excuse. SO I have him email that to me and I forward to my wife. Then since I was already out I picked up an "I'm sorry" card and took it to her work. Then on a piece of paper I wrote "You can write whatever you want on this before you give it to me. Plus a six pack wouldn't hurt either."
After I got back here I thought well I am not exactly sure what I am going to get on that card.
We'll see what happens.
Passive aggressive always ends well.
The deal is this. I will not argue over the phone while I am at work. So I also won't call her while she is at work just to argue. I think it's pretty trashy when people do that.
I was pissed off and in the moment so naturally I wasn't thinking. I know I forget stuff so she really had me second guessing myself and even thinking that I made a mistake. If she would have given me the number earlier in the day when I asked her for it we would have found out sooner and she could have relaxed more.
Seems fair to me. She was being stubborn. I know there's three sides to every story, but going off what I read, it looks like she was being difficult.
I'd have just left the card there. No note
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She prolly got so pissed that she is gonna let the "contractor" put some work in that thang next time tbh.
Man, how far do you go to make your point when she does something really egregious? Going out, buying the perfect card, driving to her job, being all snarky and risking starting a of a storm the next time she sees you? Damn. I hope you get LOTS of satisfaction
She could've called. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I was already at Target to pick up something that I needed and that's when I passed by the cards and the idea hit me. You better believe I was "snarky" I was catching already for something I didn't do. Even though the situation could have been resolved with a simple phone call.Man, how far do you go to make your point when she does something really egregious? Going out, buying the perfect card, driving to her job, being all snarky and risking starting a of a storm the next time she sees you? Damn. I hope you get LOTS of satisfaction
Contrary to the way I am on here I am not one to argue. Especially when there is an alternative.
When she tried to talk to me like I was one of the kids that's when went too far. ESPECIALLy when I am at work and she knows I am not going to say anything back. Those damn Cubanas are slick.
Right, but the thing is I had no problem calling. She didn't even have to call, I would have done it.She could've called. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.
"she was being stubborn"
Eeek. A cubana? My condolences.
Oh and you can change the le, hustle. Switch "She" with "Probably"
Yea whatever, I'm not saying what she did wasn't wrong. I'm just saying that you went thru an disproportionate amount of effort just to say, "Hey I don't appreciate when you talk to me like I'm one of the kids" that would have taken about 5 seconds of straightforward time instead of at least 20 min of snark time.
And now you get to deal with however she decides to interpret your little "message"......because if you had just gone with the straightforward method, it would not be open to interpretation
Last edited by mrsmaalox; 08-10-2011 at 06:03 PM. Reason: it's "dis" not "im"
Well, at least you didn't leave a big wad of in the card.
The thing is I DID say that. That is when she conveniently got to work though. I leave before she does so i can always get to her car and take it before she even sees it but I kind of want to know how this plays out to tell the truth.Yea whatever, I'm not saying what she did wasn't wrong. I'm just saying that you went thru an improportionate amount of effort just to say, "Hey I don't appreciate when you talk to me like I'm one of the kids" that would have taken about 5 seconds of straightforward time instead of at least 20 min of snark time.
And now you get to deal with however she decides to interpret your little "message"......because if you had just gone with the straightforward method, it would not be open to interpretation
I thought about it but I didn't have inspiration or time.
She sounds like a joy.
You should have just ed her really hard if you are so upset with her.
Contractors are getting worse nowadays. It took our contractor 3 weeks of constant calling to put in our sprinkler system and only took them 1 1/2 days to complete the damn thing. I would have asked for our 50% down payment back if I wasn't so f'in lazy in finding another contractor.
Oh and the wife did other than complain to me the whole time...never picked up the phone to express her displeasure to them...must definitely be a latina thing cause it sounds strangely familiar to yours.
inside the card i would've wrote "..but i wear the pants around here"
She usually is. From experience
Don't you ever wonder why you have so many uncles coming in and out of your house every day? Or do you know why and that's why you always talk about cuckoldry?
I thought you were married.
For the most part she is cool but she is still a woman and a Cuban one at that.
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