Married Dudes: Got A Few Questions

[DC]

Are these things reality or are they just what we see on TV?

Provide examples if you feel like sharing

1. Getting kicked out of the house by your wife

2. Getting forced to sleep on the couch

3. Toilet seat arguments

[fistofrage]

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Everyday there's an argument. Its so stupid. And its always about little stuff. Unless its the day the credit card bill comes, then I start the argument. Rinse & Repeat every month.

[ezekiel55]

Re: Married Dudes: Got A Few Questions

Are these things reality or are they just what we see on TV?

Provide examples if you feel like sharing

1. Getting kicked out of the house by your wife

2. Getting forced to sleep on the couch

3. Toilet seat arguments

I'm not married, but I've lived with my gf before and those things do come up but those arent really the most important problems...Those are more along the lines of "sitcom" problems.

If my lady was going to nag me it was about chores, or me drinkin a little too much. :wink:

[ehh]

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I live with my gf and none of those things have ever happened, probably because we have one of the better/healthier relationships that I've ever seen. We pretty much never argue and if we do it's in a civilized style.

There is no useless drama, but then again I'm not a lazy slob like a lot of American men. I handle my business without her having to nag me about it constantly. If I forget to do something like take the garbage cans out to the street, she will do it because she knows a majority of the time I will take care of it. If she's too tired to cook dinner or clean up I will take care of it. It's a perfect "give & take" situation because neither of us take advantage of it or look for the other person to do more of the work. That works out a lot better than us screaming at one another about why Person A didn't do this and Person B didn't do that.

I agree about the "sitcom" comment, but most of the men in those situations are lazy, stupid and selfish so they deserve whatever their wife says/does to them. If your idea of being a husband is sitting around the house drinking beer, watching sports and making your wife do a majority of the housework then I feel sorry for your wife and family.

And there is no way in hell I would ever date or marry a woman who got upset about all the little things. Sorry, life is to short to get stressed about that small BS.

[callmetaternuts]

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Granted ive only been married for 2.5 weeks, but lets see

1) Never been kicked out nor kicked her out (we lived together for a year before we got married)

2) I have slept on the couch but 95% of the time its because im watching a late football game and fall asleep. THe other 5% was when she was sick and opted to let her take the bed so she could sprawl out. Ive never been kicked out of bed

3) No toilet seat argument. I told her if she wants it down, she runs the risk of me peeing on it in the middle of the night, so she can roll the dice, or let me leave it up.

[fishepa]

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I've been married 5 years.

1. Never

2. Once but it was my fault.

3. Nope, because I put it down every time. I guess just habit now.

[Trevytrev11]

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We've been married for 3+ years and have lived together for more than 5 and we have never had any issues with those three things. The only time I sleep on the couch is when I can't sleep and I'm tossing and turning and then it's more out of consideration for her.

We have the occasional disagreement over something (usually financial), but they are civil and never escalate to anything more than a frank discussion.

[Holic]

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1. Nope.

2. Nope

3. Nope, I always put the seat down.

[J-Unit40]

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I've been married 5 years.

1. Never.

2. Never because of an argument. I sometimes sleep on a couch or in one of my son's rooms if either of them wants to sleep in our bed. Also, if she's sick, I'll give her the bed to allow us both to get a better night's sleep.

3. Never. I put it down every time. It's just a reflex now.

[p_rushing]

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Do you guys just put the seat down or the lid too? If I put it down, both go down.

[fishepa]

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Do you guys just put the seat down or the lid too? If I put it down, both go down.

Both, if I don't put the lid down the dog likes to drink from the toilet bowl.

[moose1619]

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Well I've been married 11 years and have has some similar arguments. First off I have never slept on the couch, been kicked out of the house or had a bathroom argument. Most of our small disagreements come from my wife being OCD and me being non OCD.

examples, I may not replace the toilet paper roll, this drives my wife crazy, I may not shut a cabinet all the way, this also drives her crazy. I at times tend to leave the shower curtain open and this is another thing that gets my wife going. I have gotten better lately at making sure I do these things but there are times where I drive her nuts.

One thing that really gets her going is if I make her lunch and I fix her a sandwhich I may turn the bread to where the 2 sides are not matching and it drives her nuts. But our disagreements never last long.

[Virix]

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Ive slept on the couch, but also have sent her to sleep on the couch.

Never been kicked out, or kicked her out.

Never put the seat down and we never argue about it. I told her as long as she doesnt back into the bathroom she should be able to see if the seat is down or not.

[LetsGoBucs]

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1. Nope
2. Nope
3. Nope

Guess my married life isn't a sitcom...

[frostbyte06]

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Married for 15 months (dated for 6 yrs before)

1. Never
2. Have slept in guest room, when she/I was sick
3. No, I always put the lid and cover down so my dog doesn't decide to go deep sea diving

We have arguments of course, but you learn over time to let little things go or you'll be miserable.