tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post9136675129247878537..comments2023-11-02T08:09:02.234-04:00Comments on Her Bad Mother: Don't sweat the small stuffHer Bad Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-14344169626523430812007-08-30T12:31:00.000-04:002007-08-30T12:31:00.000-04:00HA! It's SO a matter of perspective. I was impress...HA! It's SO a matter of perspective. I was impressed and amazed that he cleaned it up so quickly as that wouldn't happen around here. <BR/><BR/>But I understand your annoyance, especially when you have specific towels for those kinds of accidents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-5342934724851565982007-08-27T10:06:00.000-04:002007-08-27T10:06:00.000-04:00In the interest of buoying the cause of well-inten...In the interest of buoying the cause of well-intentioned father's everywhere, this mom will cop to cleaning the toilet seat with a wash cloth. A wash cloth that I then washed and reintroduced into the face washing circuit.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785403140233495009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-90692753029265623942007-08-26T21:39:00.000-04:002007-08-26T21:39:00.000-04:00Yeah, mine would have done the EXACT same thing..A...Yeah, mine would have done the EXACT same thing..<BR/><BR/>And if I say a word to him, I am being "too picky"<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you can clean the toilet with one of his articles of clothing??? LOL...I would never do that..just kiddingTrish Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953693760979832027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-12128195856269089832007-08-26T07:15:00.000-04:002007-08-26T07:15:00.000-04:00See, I would have done what your hubby did... In ...See, I would have done what your hubby did... In fact I probably have done so.<BR/><BR/>But I am stuck with the "empty laundry basket" syndrome that strikes my family members, and therefore the pee stuff wouldn't be there for more than 1/2 a day before going down to the laundry...jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-69769121982725270862007-08-25T19:29:00.000-04:002007-08-25T19:29:00.000-04:00I know what you mean! At least he cleaned it up th...I know what you mean! At least he cleaned it up though. My hubby would just tell me it happened and walk away. (That is if he even noticed it, he's normally in another room.)<BR/><BR/>But still, you don't clean up pee with clothes and you rinse them out and the soother doesn't go in the hamper.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04013633281843747712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-32000154917704761972007-08-25T16:49:00.000-04:002007-08-25T16:49:00.000-04:00J will grab a good bath towel and i always holler ...J will grab a good bath towel and i always holler because yes, it gets washed, but the MEMORY lives on.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-62295180902691462072007-08-25T10:02:00.000-04:002007-08-25T10:02:00.000-04:00I'm with Lisa B ... sounds like a brilliant system...I'm with Lisa B ... sounds like a brilliant system.<BR/><BR/>Would I have reacted the same way in your situation? I don't know - my husband has never cleaned up pee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-4774238489683279262007-08-25T08:44:00.000-04:002007-08-25T08:44:00.000-04:00would I get mad? it depends. on whether I was the...would I get mad? it depends. on whether I was the one wiping up the pee with the shorts, or if husband was. if he did it, I'd be seriously pissed off and incensed. if it was me, it was simply because the shorts were peed on anyway, and I needed something to hand. I'm very inconsistent, see.gingajoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356643079413822527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-72448057399783933722007-08-24T23:29:00.000-04:002007-08-24T23:29:00.000-04:00Okay, I guess I'm the one who needs the "talking t...Okay, I guess I'm the one who needs the "talking to" about not sweating the small stuff, because not only was I with you on being cross about wiping up the pee with a piece of clothing, I wondered how you stood it when he just tossed the wet shorts into the laundry hamper with all the other clothes... <BR/><BR/>I admit it!! I would have been after him about not bringing the hamper down to the laundry room and putting the peed-on stuff into the washing machine...<BR/><BR/>But then, I'm a completely controlling type-A b*tch, especially when it comes to laundry!!!Candygirlflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402373358975538931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-48601561922040125052007-08-24T23:21:00.000-04:002007-08-24T23:21:00.000-04:00My rule is that whoever does the laundry gets to d...My rule is that whoever does the laundry gets to decide what is appropriate to clean up the pee with. <BR/>My husband would do the same thing and I would have to make him wash out the shorts. If I didn't catch him I think I would make him wash the shorts and all of the laundry when I found it. Otherwise he would think it was not a big deal. <BR/>You can't put them in the bin and let them sit.<BR/>EWWWWWWW.moplanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998309937928231527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-24127455414423966752007-08-24T21:39:00.000-04:002007-08-24T21:39:00.000-04:00dude, i'd have used the jammie shorts too. But in ...dude, i'd have used the jammie shorts too. But in my house the kids laundry almost always smells like pee anyhow *sigh*geenalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-15832936220605979322007-08-24T20:35:00.000-04:002007-08-24T20:35:00.000-04:00My first and ongoing thought about the pee clean-u...My first and ongoing thought about the pee clean-up was, "if Oliver peed his pants instead of on the floor the shorts would have been wet anyway." So, so, so many of our 3 year olds pants, shorts and skirts have ended up in the laundry room piled in the big sink because she "just couldn't hold it any longer."<BR/><BR/>But, I sometimes melt down over the smallest things when I am stressed. Like, "why didn't you buy two gallons of milk? We ALWAYS buy two gallons of milk..."<BR/><BR/>Don't sweat the small stuff is good advice.Marlanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601744069657787211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-12523691853638723212007-08-24T18:05:00.000-04:002007-08-24T18:05:00.000-04:00From a post-modern perspective, it would all depen...From a post-modern perspective, it would all depend: What upset us earlier, has been frustrating for some time, disappoints us generally and therefore, leads us to find this rather small annoyance more unsettling than the situation might actually warrant. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I’ve been irrationally agitated over something, in retrospect, so small and inconsequential, that coping with those large, truly paining experiences seemed less catastrophic. Maybe, in some bizarre, but humanly necessary way, that is required for our survival. <BR/><BR/>How many of us would continue if we “sweated the small stuff” and sweated even more, “the large stuff?”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-27786455858188980692007-08-24T17:54:00.000-04:002007-08-24T17:54:00.000-04:00In this case, at our house, I would be Dave and my...In this case, at our house, I would be Dave and my husband would be you. I do stuff like that all the time, and it never bothers me... well, probably because I do all the laundry.<BR/><BR/>But when my husband uses the sponge that I've earmarked for the dishes to clean the countertop, I want to lose my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-72975955303398533162007-08-24T17:10:00.000-04:002007-08-24T17:10:00.000-04:00That would have pissed me off too... at the moment...That would have pissed me off too... at the moment. It's one of those things that gets your goat until it's over and you can see the situation with a calmer mind. Kind of like my post about Hoop and I and our failed attempt at nookie. He didn't <I>really</I> do anything wrong and yes, I probably reacted wrongly. But man, at the time it really pissed me off. We're women. I think we're allowed to have these feelings. Unless the dudes would like to start carrying the babies and shit. I just don't see that happening.Tinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188363142469404823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-92150485839381374552007-08-24T16:51:00.000-04:002007-08-24T16:51:00.000-04:00I'm not seeing the bad here. At least he cleaned ...I'm not seeing the bad here. At least he cleaned up the mess. The clothes were gonna get washed anyway, and what happens when Oliver gets older and has an accident in his jammie pants, won't those just get thrown in the hamper soaking wet too, getting everything else in there wet?<BR/><BR/>Better to be happy he did it instead of playing the ol' damn I didn't know that was there card!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-44826669887239152002007-08-24T15:39:00.000-04:002007-08-24T15:39:00.000-04:00Done it. Lots of times. We use the nearest cloth a...Done it. Lots of times. We use the nearest cloth around for lots of spills and er, bodily fluids...tracey.becker1@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606831315390042198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-5936130986486204742007-08-24T15:22:00.000-04:002007-08-24T15:22:00.000-04:00I'm with you Mama T, this would make me lose my mi...I'm with you Mama T, this would make me lose my mind. I can't stand it when hubby uses the nearest thing to hand to wipe up spills. I think the most egregious example was the day he moved in to wipe Isaac's face after dinner... with the dishcloth.<BR/><BR/>Men are a training-resistant breed.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855682469727450176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-73168998005257844812007-08-24T14:18:00.000-04:002007-08-24T14:18:00.000-04:00I would be pissed and SB would have done exactly t...I would be pissed and SB would have done exactly the same thing. I don't know, I think it's something about pee and clothing as opposed to pee on rag-clothes. Grrrrrrrr.... Yes, he gets a pat on the back for cleaning it up but he'd get a gold star (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) if he used the towel.motherbumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053978199395919666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-83265022109435529862007-08-24T14:03:00.000-04:002007-08-24T14:03:00.000-04:00Amazing how we can usually find something to write...Amazing how we can usually find something to write about when it comes to our kids:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-23624756821431772582007-08-24T12:30:00.000-04:002007-08-24T12:30:00.000-04:00Inhabiting that same space with someone, intimatel...Inhabiting that same space with someone, intimately, every day, is challenging on some many levels and in different ways. <BR/><BR/>Could the Ancient Greeks, with their separate quarters for men and women, have known some commonplace, universal truths?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-43076799247681739142007-08-24T11:42:00.000-04:002007-08-24T11:42:00.000-04:00It is just that there is a way to do things someti...It is just that there is a <I>way</I> to do things sometimes...I find that while Daddy can do just about everything in our house he will usually find a way of doing it that I had "never thought of" (read) a way I do not approve of.<BR/><BR/>In the end though we get to the same place so it is all good. With a little glaring of course!Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-50576338802676726742007-08-24T11:17:00.000-04:002007-08-24T11:17:00.000-04:00I admit, I would do that if it were a piece of clo...I admit, I would do that if it were a piece of clothing that had been worn and was headed for the wash anyhow - but first I'd hang it on a towel bar to dry out before it hit the hamper. In our house, we have a million pairs of pajamas, so I think it might not be so bad.kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-33360275661045291652007-08-24T10:18:00.000-04:002007-08-24T10:18:00.000-04:00I don't know... I'd be pissed too. It's great he t...I don't know... I'd be pissed too. It's great he took the initiative to clean it up, but if you're going to do something, do it right.<BR/><BR/>Besides, I have recently found out that if you don't wash the pee off very soon (especially if they've been JUST SITTING in a plastic baggy with no air getting to them), you get bacteria and mildew growing on the clothes and you have to throw them out. Guess how I found that out???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com