Crazy things DHs suggest?

[spk926]

We've been on a spending freeze for October (except for necessities and things like that). Last night he was saying how well we've done this month and he suggested continuing it into November too. Meanwhile I'm counting the days until November 1st! I think he's lost his mind.


What things has your DH suggested and you've been like, "NEWP!"?

[Deleted]

Oct 24, 2014 9:08:45 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Mostly names. Octavian, Tiberius, etc. Nothing else really sticks out.

My H pushed hard for Tiberius too!!!

[cincodemayo]

This just happened last night.

Let's cancel a potential beach vacation to go to Chicago and watch the Foo Fighters.

[bowies]

H came at me with a sales pitch for why it made sense to purchase a PS3. A nice, productive day at work I see. He got shot down. I expect him to regroup and get me a PowerPoint presentation after Thanksgiving.

[ohgillian]

Oct 24, 2014 9:11:36 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

Buying a car as an investment.
Getting a motorcycle ( it is too cold for half the year despite the parking savings)
Putting L in piano at not even 2 yrs old. Well that's mostly his mom. She can't even hold a pen properly

Um, nope.

[auntie]

The time DH suggested that the cat might do bathtime better if he got into the tub with him.

[glitzy07]

Buying "land" to park our camper on. Because then it's a place we can go to get away from our house and the city!

NO. When we spend money it will be to update the house that we live in 365 days a year. Not to buy land in BFE where I will never want to be. Talk to me when we can afford lakefront property that is an easy drive from the city.

[ohgillian]

Oct 24, 2014 9:28:02 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

Oct 24, 2014 9:21:45 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

Um, nope.

But there was an article in the newspaper. It said that certai cars hold their price because they are rare and not made anymore. Really, Mommy. Can't I have one? A corvette was one, jeep TJ, some other random cars. But 1.this was some dudes opinion and 2. You couldn't drive it. Ha ha! As if my h wouldn't drive his corvette.

I started a general reply to this thread but deleted it, but basically my H would have come up with the same thing. He has some interesting personal finance ideas that I almost always, very diplomatically, end up explaining to him that they don't make financial sense.

I'm pretty sure what I just wrote is not a properly-constructed sentence. Oh well.

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DH is generally really lazy about home repair stuff and has tried to half-ass some things in really interesting ways.

He also pushed really hard to give the baby Ulysses as a middle name.

[bunch]

Oct 24, 2014 9:34:54 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

Well, last year, he was legitimately thinking of taking a shoe making class. 

My h tried to make sandals after 100 hrs on youtube

[scribellesam]

Trading in one of our cars for a truck for all the hauling we would need to do as homeowners. Um, what? I can think of one time in five years we've ever had to ask a friend to use his truck.

He also once suggested that we didn't need to brush DS1's teeth until all the permanent ones started coming in. Gross.

[rex]

my h is full of ridiculous ideas that i constantly side-eye.

i should write them down.

i usually agree with him though because i know he'll never do it. smart, or mean wife? lol

[lo]

My H is a stats geek, which he likes to apply to sports and gambling. He came up with this idea, which I really have no idea how to explain, but it was a bunch of intricate football bets. Based on his calculations (side eye face), he "couldn't lose!" Umm, yes you could DH, yes you could. That's why it's called gambling. Anyway, it wasn't for much money and he likes it mostly for the brain stimulation of handicapping. Just don't tell me it's a sure thing... Ya can't bullshit a bullshitter!

[Brie]

Every year he suggests handing out pocket Constitutions to trick or treaters.

No.

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Oct 24, 2014 9:54:37 GMT -5 Brie said:

Every year he suggests handing out pocket Constitutions to trick or treaters.

No.

Sounds like something my DH would also suggest, lol.

[spunkarella]

Oct 24, 2014 9:22:17 GMT -5 auntie said:

The time DH suggested that the cat might do bathtime better if he got into the tub with him.

I just snorted at my desk. Please tell him to try this and report back!

[jackie011]

I'm cracking up. These are all pretty funny. I especially like the image of all the husbands out there learning to make shoes for their wives. I would imagine it could be a big money saver, right?

DH has some good ones. I especially like that he thought we should buy this bug, ugly locking bar cabinet, so that DS can't get in to the liquor. DS is an infant, the alcohol is in bottles on a high shelf in the basement. DS doesn't even know we have a basement. Did I mention it was ugly?

[mrsGreeko]

Oct 24, 2014 9:08:45 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Mostly names. Octavian, Tiberius, etc. Nothing else really sticks out.

DH suggested Tiberius and Spartacus. Seriously?!??

[purplecow0206]

Oct 24, 2014 10:25:27 GMT -5 mrsGreeko said:

Oct 24, 2014 9:08:45 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Mostly names. Octavian, Tiberius, etc. Nothing else really sticks out.

DH suggested Tiberius and Spartacus. Seriously?!??

H was pushing really hard for Rand for a boy and Egwene for a girl...from the Wheel of Time series.

I said no, he pouted, then he realized how stupid these names were for real people.

[lindyanne]

Oct 24, 2014 10:24:47 GMT -5 sxia said:

Last night I made marshmallow pops for DS's class bake sale.
I bought edible markers to use on the pops to make faces on each pop. (They are lego heads) The markers didn't work very well at all.
It was getting late and I asked him to help.
He suggested I use a: Crayola marker b: dry-erase maker and finally, c: a sharpie.

Newp!

Did you dip the marshmallows in candy melts? They sell special markers for those.

[UnderProtest]

He asked me if he could take both kids to a premier league soccer game by himself. Yes, please take two toddlers on the tube and then to a busy soccer game all by yourself. Brilliant idea.

[Pilsy]

Oct 24, 2014 11:25:58 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

He asked me if he could take both kids to a premier league soccer game by himself. Yes, please take two toddlers on the tube and then to a busy soccer game all by yourself. Brilliant idea.

Have him try it and report back!!!

[satsuma]

Oct 24, 2014 9:22:17 GMT -5 auntie said:

The time DH suggested that the cat might do bathtime better if he got into the tub with him.

My nonexistent scrotum tensed up reading that. 

[UnderProtest]

Oct 24, 2014 11:40:10 GMT -5 Pilsy said:

Oct 24, 2014 11:25:58 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

He asked me if he could take both kids to a premier league soccer game by himself. Yes, please take two toddlers on the tube and then to a busy soccer game all by yourself. Brilliant idea.

Have him try it and report back!!!

I told him he would have to deal with bathroom trips for a potty training boy and girl.  That stopped him in his tracks.

[sh10]

Oct 24, 2014 9:46:22 GMT -5 scribellesam said:

Trading in one of our cars for a truck for all the hauling we would need to do as homeowners. Um, what? I can think of one time in five years we've ever had to ask a friend to use his truck.

He also once suggested that we didn't need to brush DS1's teeth until all the permanent ones started coming in. Gross.

Oh my gosh, my husband is the same about wanting a truck. No. We've borrowed a friend's truck to get baby furniture from IKEA. Another time we waited until my dad visited to rent a ladder. And that's also five years of home ownership. 

auntie and @mrswindycity, those are cracking me up. 

My husband gets very anxious about air travel and wants to go to Chicago alone because it will be too much to take DS. Dude, my family is two hours away and we only have to pay for one extra flight. Suck it up. I'm currently preparing a counterargument for all of his reasons for DS and me not to go. I swear he would rather drive 10 hours than fly two.

[mlvmd]

Moving closer to his parents. I cry.

[zarapipe]

Oct 24, 2014 9:22:17 GMT -5 auntie said:

The time DH suggested that the cat might do bathtime better if he got into the tub with him.

I'm rolling over this. Hilarious. Please, take a video when he tries.

[dcn]

Oct 24, 2014 9:46:22 GMT -5 scribellesam said:

Trading in one of our cars for a truck for all the hauling we would need to do as homeowners. Um, what? I can think of one time in five years we've ever had to ask a friend to use his truck.

Oh my god my husband too!  Except I caved and let him do it this summer.  I was so so sick of hearing about it, and then he was going on and on about how his car didnt allow him to have the outdoorsy lifestyle he wanted and blah blah blah.  He bought a Tacoma and loves it, I told him whatever he got had to allow for rear facing carseats. It was worth it to not have to hear about it anymore.  

He is a cyclist and is always talking about buying another $$$$$$ bike.  Dude three is plenty for now.  No.  

[lindyanne]

Oct 24, 2014 10:44:01 GMT -5 sxia said:

Oct 24, 2014 10:37:23 GMT -5 lindyanne said:

Did you dip the marshmallows in candy melts? They sell special markers for those.

Yes. The article/directions I had gotten was to use Wilton's Edible markers.

They stank. I've looked around online and found that Ameri-something or other is the brand that works best.

Wilton has a set specifically for candy melts too

[catsarecute]

"We have to get married in the Catholic Church."
Because he was baptized in the church. And his (dead) grandma would be upset if we didn't.

Nevermind that he NEVER mentioned being anything close to Catholic the entire time we dated. Weirdo.