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Does anyone else regress when wife/partner/spouse is out of town? (1 Viewer)
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MAC_32
Footballguy
Timely post and thread creation - something popped up on my facebook memories on this day 14 years ago from my wife looking forward to an evening on the couch binge watching trash tv and mowing down chinese (I prefer thai) with her best friend while I was out of town.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Yeah, with boys aged 9, 12, and 15 circumstances like this are built around golf. Played 9 at the local muni with them last night, but that's a week night when she's home. Change that to a weekend when she's not and we're traveling somewhere to play, parlaying with another activity (paintball, axe throwing, beach, etc), finding a joint after, then stopping for ice cream before getting home. Fast forward a half decade or so and I anticipate that's going to be quite a bit different.
B Maverick
Footballguy
When I was married, and the wife would head out of town I tended to break out the old school video games (nintendo, sega, intellivision) and order pizza.
So yes, is the answer, to the question.
So yes, is the answer, to the question.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Yep. It was closer to 6 weeks actually. Her brother lives on Maui. He lost everything in the Maui fires and she went to help him reopen his restaurant.a month?!?My wife went to Maui for a month. I came back from the store about 3 weeks in with beer, cheese, ground turkey, an onion and some tortillas. Figured that would get me through the last week. My 18 year old daughter just looked at me and shook her head.
My wife insta carted $200 in gtoceries the next day. My kid ratted me out.
Scoresman
Footballguy
I love to cook and my wife is very sensitive to a lot of smells so I really go to town when she is gone. This weekend she's away and I'm doing some ribs on my new kamado joe grill and making some homemade sauce to go with it.
But yeah, while I will eat like a king, I will be in my underwear and will be in a mad rush to clean the house two hours before she gets back.
But yeah, while I will eat like a king, I will be in my underwear and will be in a mad rush to clean the house two hours before she gets back.
Zow
Footballguy
Again, glorious!
It's funny because that's where I'm at. Even when buddies come over for a golf tournament with wife and the kids away it's golf all day, order food for delivery, pass around edibles, watch Tires and pass out by 9:00 PM. It's funny because my wife makes fun of me for not taking more advantages and my response is always, "Are you giving me permission for hookers and blow? If not, I'm good just playing golf and ending the day early with an edible and Netflix and you don't have to worry about me at all." She quickly agrees that my plan is then acceptable for how I do it.
nirad3
Footballguy
This happens, but rarely. The SO takes the kids to visit her mom/dad sometimes, maybe once every couple years. I definitely eat out more, drink more beer and don't do much. Same goes if they go camping, which happens during the summer at least once.
That being said, I travel 1-2 times a month for work and typically treat those nights the same way... greasy food, beer, lounging around watching ESPN
That being said, I travel 1-2 times a month for work and typically treat those nights the same way... greasy food, beer, lounging around watching ESPN
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Alternate thread title, for the single guys: Hey Everyone, It's Thursday!
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Never turn down hall passes, I love when she visits her mother 250 miles away twice a year and hold on to your seats folks...
-What's a hall pass really?...A chance to go gamble at Hard Rock without having to worry about when I have to be home or getting any kinds of dumb questions
And that's what it's really all about. A chance to eat a Philly Cheesesteak and just let the drool flow from my lips. I want to pop a can of beer at 9am, I pop it with glee
A chance to go hang out with my buddies after tennis and not have to cut beer time short because of a parade of things I have to do around the house on Sat so I can enjoy NFL-Sundays
And let's talk about 9:30am London games where I can watch 12 hours of wall to wall football and overdose on a Roman Orgy of professional football with chicken wings hanging out of my mouth, cold beer in an iced down bucket on my coffee table so I can sit on my *** with the remote and burp/fart whenever I please with nobody around to curl their face into an old catcher's mitt trying to emasculate me while I am enjoying just being a MAN BABY!!
-What's a hall pass really?...A chance to go gamble at Hard Rock without having to worry about when I have to be home or getting any kinds of dumb questions
And that's what it's really all about. A chance to eat a Philly Cheesesteak and just let the drool flow from my lips. I want to pop a can of beer at 9am, I pop it with glee
A chance to go hang out with my buddies after tennis and not have to cut beer time short because of a parade of things I have to do around the house on Sat so I can enjoy NFL-Sundays
And let's talk about 9:30am London games where I can watch 12 hours of wall to wall football and overdose on a Roman Orgy of professional football with chicken wings hanging out of my mouth, cold beer in an iced down bucket on my coffee table so I can sit on my *** with the remote and burp/fart whenever I please with nobody around to curl their face into an old catcher's mitt trying to emasculate me while I am enjoying just being a MAN BABY!!
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I agree with this. When I was younger I enjoyed my wife going to visit her son in Columbus, but now it isn't as enjoyable as much. Still enjoyable though. Frankly, I miss her cooking, so I eat out a lot when she's gone. I enjoy that. I don't drink anymore, so that is one element taken away. I like your comment about going to the Hard Rock without time constraints. That can be both good and bad however. It's been proven that the longer you stay in a casino the higher the probablity of coming home broke. Invest in a winnersbank ($37) or a Gamble Box ($20) and leave the key at home
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Navin Johnson
Footballguy
I regress when she plays tennis.
General Malaise
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
I went 4 under on the back nine at Greenway. I know that's a child's play course, but holy crap was I parking drives by the baskets. Something clicked. We better get a few rounds in while their gone!
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Absolutely. She used to travel a lot for work though so the first couple days it would be no cleaning the dishes, staying up drinking, smoking weed all day, etc. But then I would have to get my life back in order because I can't keep that up for 8 straight days. I used to love it though, music on loud, smoking joints in the house. Now when she is gone, it's much less often and I find myself enjoying the peace and quiet more than anything.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Intellivision? Look at Mr. Fancy Pants!
B Maverick
Footballguy
Yeah still have mine from the early 80s, predating Nintendo. Was working, haven't tried in awhile. Sometimes I like mentioning it to see if anyone reacts. Enough of us are GenX and nerdy enough to be familiar with it.
zamboni
Footballguy
If you really want to get the party started, break out that Pong controller.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
I had intellivision with all the games. Because my parents were rich obviously. Atari was for poor saps on the other side of the tracks.
Side note: to this day, every time I hear a gunshot, I think my downhill skier hit another tree on Intellivision!!! PTSD is real.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Darnit, now I am going to have to see if it works this weekend!I had intellivision with all the games. Because my parents were rich obviously. Atari was for poor saps on the other side of the tracks.
Side note: to this day, every time I hear a gunshot, I think my downhill skier hit another tree on Intellivision!!! PTSD is real.
A little Shark! Shark!, Tron Deadly Discs, Football
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I remember as a young teenager, after school I used to go to Bonnie’s Cafe and buy a chili dog, a bag of Grippo’s barbecue potato chips, and a Pepsi, and play this specific pinball machine. It was the only game in this small restaurant. I used to beat the hell out of it. Put a quarter in and win multiple games. Back then you win free games, whereas newer games were all about high scores. One day I went in there and the pinball machine was gone. it was replaced by a Pong machine. I was so pissed. Eventually I started playing it. It was best for two players, but I mostly played it by myself. I never mastered it for some reason. Not like I did with pinball. Maybe that’s why Bonnie replaced the pinball machine with the Pong machine, thinking I would use more Quarters. Instead I would go to the pool room almost next door and take money from unsuspecting suckers, playing for a quarter or fifty cents a game. Nine ball.
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JohnnyU
Footballguy
Pinball was x1000 times more fun than Pong.
nirad3
Footballguy
I dunno what algorithm Facebook is using, but when I do Reels, I get a ton of clips of old-school video games like Defender, Zaxxon, etc. It's cool to see and it brings me right back to the late 80's.Darnit, now I am going to have to see if it works this weekend!I had intellivision with all the games. Because my parents were rich obviously. Atari was for poor saps on the other side of the tracks.
Side note: to this day, every time I hear a gunshot, I think my downhill skier hit another tree on Intellivision!!! PTSD is real.
A little Shark! Shark!, Tron Deadly Discs, Football
Intellivision baseball was awesome. My and a buddy used to play a lot. So much so that we did a full MLB season and kept track of our own stats. Made lineups, had all star games, and a full playoffs. We were ahead of our time. Loved the key pad for each position number and clicking to activate the fielder to go get the ball and throw it. Always hovered over the pitcher and could cut off almost any ball hit.I had intellivision with all the games. Because my parents were rich obviously. Atari was for poor saps on the other side of the tracks.
Side note: to this day, every time I hear a gunshot, I think my downhill skier hit another tree on Intellivision!!! PTSD is real.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
What's on the agenda tonight?
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
The square ball was good schtick. Also, there no flyball outs--every putout had to be done at a base.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
And it didn't matter how hard you hit the ball. It only mattered if it hit a "hole" at the top of the screen for a home run. You could blast one with an exit velo of 220 mph and it would just stick to the wall. Or you could hit one that would take 20 minutes to reach the wall ... And then... The crowd goes wild for the home run!!Intellivision baseball was awesome. My and a buddy used to play a lot. So much so that we did a full MLB season and kept track of our own stats. Made lineups, had all star games, and a full playoffs. We were ahead of our time. Loved the key pad for each position number and clicking to activate the fielder to go get the ball and throw it. Always hovered over the pitcher and could cut off almost any ball hit.I had intellivision with all the games. Because my parents were rich obviously. Atari was for poor saps on the other side of the tracks.
Side note: to this day, every time I hear a gunshot, I think my downhill skier hit another tree on Intellivision!!! PTSD is real.
So great.
That was the first iteration of Intellivision baseball. I think i remember that the second iteration did have flyballs. I think it was like World Championship Baseball or something Ike that.
the moops
Footballguy
Please tell us more about the roaring 20's
MAC_32
Footballguy
Late spring - mid Fall is real easy here. I'm not on the patio with music that she doesn't want to listen to blaring and a few drinks fire side every night, but this thread now has me wondering if because of this habit I'm less prone to regression when she's not around. This is me, baby, whether you're around or not. Good luck...
the moops
Footballguy
Wish I was hanging with you
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I think the last time my wife and son were out of town, I took advantage of some time by myself to spend half of a day birding.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
My wife is chill, I could do this when she's here but I would feel bad and play music she likes. I would want to turn it down when she has to head to bed because she has work in the morning. Also I wouldn't get the dog lol. The puppy follows mom wherever she goes. The dog loves me but mom is her favorite.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
77 degrees, 50% humidity, little 5 mph breeze. The hazy IPAs from Arvon Brewing are delicious. It ain't bad at all.
MAC_32
Footballguy
She probably joins me out here once every two or three nights. When she does, she gets somewhere between what she wants (escapism / lithium) and something she'll tolerate (rap / 70's rock). When she doesn't? Well, I wasn't in as much of a punk / alternative mood tonight as I often am, but that's because of what popped up in Doc's countdown. She'd last about 5 minutes, tops.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Oh if my wife comes out, I pick stuff I know she will like...sort of lol. Tolerate is probably better. Jazz is intolerable for her.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Hey, playing for 50 cents a game was a lot of money to a teenager in the early to mid 70s. Especially when you only got $5 a week allowance and whatever you could get collecting pop bottles and returning them for 2 cents each.
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fatness
Footballguy
Intellivision occupied too large a portion of my life when they came out with talking games. B-17 Bomber was the best. You could take off, immediately bomb your own base, and listen to the whiny computer voice say "Oh No! THAT'S not the target! THAT'S not the target!"
Zow
Footballguy
You’re missing the point. It’s the idea that there is no responsibility and no feeling of guilt for said rare lack of responsibility.
General Malaise
Footballguy
This. And the escape from the daily dreaded question of "so, what should we do for dinner?" We are a family of 7 at full capacity with dietary differences spread between full vegan to anorexia/food restriction disease to "no veggies please". Planning dinners here is a galldarn chore.
So when it's me and me alone, I'll eat whatever I want for dinner, whenever I want to have dinner and wherever I want to eat dinner (including our marital bed, don't judge me).
This isn't about me reclaiming my balls from a purse. It's all about pure, unadulterated FREEEEEDOM!!!!!
Surprised that point was lost on you, to be frank.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I'd like to see the Andrew Tate fanbois walk a week in my shoes.
Jayrod
Footballguy
I remember the first time after our son was born, my wife left for a night so I was alone with zero responsibilities for like 30 hours.
I grabbed a 12 pack of beer, grilled 6 brats with peppers and onions plus a bag of doritos and watched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy extended versions in one sitting and ate and drank all of the food and beer.
I still revert to lots of beer, pizza or grilled meats and binge watching whatever I want until way too late when left alone overnight.
I grabbed a 12 pack of beer, grilled 6 brats with peppers and onions plus a bag of doritos and watched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy extended versions in one sitting and ate and drank all of the food and beer.
I still revert to lots of beer, pizza or grilled meats and binge watching whatever I want until way too late when left alone overnight.
Moonlight
Footballguy
I’ve evolved or devolved depending on your perspective.
My wife didn’t care what I did as long as the house was clean when she returned. So I would go on an eating binge of junk food, stay up all night playing video games or watching movies that were not her style. Dishes were piled high and if I did do them they would just stack up in a wall around the sink. I did no housework and bed was always a tumbled wad of sheets and blankets. Anyway you get the picture. The day she was expected back I worked nonstop to see that the house was indeed clean for her return.
Anyway a few years back she was gone for six weeks caring for illness in her immediate family. I missed her, appreciated the sacrifice she was making and started the process of being more productive, clean and focused. When she returned I did the whole bit flowers, candy a welcome home sign. House was in great shape.
This year she needs to be gone for a week every three weeks to assist her family. I find myself doing house projects that I put off, going to bed at a good time and organizing my day. I will catch a movie at a theatre as a reward.
Junk food is limited.
So have I evolved or devolved? I feel happy with it.
My wife didn’t care what I did as long as the house was clean when she returned. So I would go on an eating binge of junk food, stay up all night playing video games or watching movies that were not her style. Dishes were piled high and if I did do them they would just stack up in a wall around the sink. I did no housework and bed was always a tumbled wad of sheets and blankets. Anyway you get the picture. The day she was expected back I worked nonstop to see that the house was indeed clean for her return.
Anyway a few years back she was gone for six weeks caring for illness in her immediate family. I missed her, appreciated the sacrifice she was making and started the process of being more productive, clean and focused. When she returned I did the whole bit flowers, candy a welcome home sign. House was in great shape.
This year she needs to be gone for a week every three weeks to assist her family. I find myself doing house projects that I put off, going to bed at a good time and organizing my day. I will catch a movie at a theatre as a reward.
Junk food is limited.
So have I evolved or devolved? I feel happy with it.
rockaction
Footballguy
I think you did something excellent regardless of how you got there. I’d say you evolved massively for her whether she is physically there or not, and that is wonderful. Best of luck in the future days ahead.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
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