My h just realized Easter is this weekend.

[eb777888]

LOL

I swear, Easter has a weird way of sneaking up on you. It does this to me every year.

[hungrycaterpillar]

I'm the coordinator for my household and I usually do about as well as your H. The problem is my household consists of me and a border collie. Sometimes I think she would be better.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Ah, yes.

"Do I have a gig this weekend? Where is it?"

Your band, BF. YOUR band.

[lime]

My H was raised Jewish and has no idea what Easter celebrates. (I just verified this.)

[pantsparty]

I cannot keep track of holidays that don't fall on the same day.

I don't think we're doing anything. Maybe a fancy brunch?

There will be ham, of course.

[nsl]

I keep talking about doing x, y, and z at work on Friday, and people have to keep reminding me that it's Good Friday so we have the day off. I'm like this every year. Stupid shifting holidays.

[killercupcake]

I am definitely the coordinator.

It's spring break for both the university and the school district. During a normal week, I have internship at an elementary school on Tuesday and Wednesday. But this week, I don't have internship, obviously. H and I have been over this twice already at this point.

This past weekend, we got the topsoil for the backyard to get it prepped for grass and it was dumped in H's normal parking space in front of the house. Remember, we have discussed spring break already. Most recently, the night before at dinner.

H: "I'll just park in the driveway and move my truck in the morning so you can get out for internship."

Me: ::head tilt:: "Dude..."

H: "What?"

Me: "SPRING.BREEEEEEAK."

H: "Oh. Yeah. Sorry."

[nikki25]

Apr 1, 2015 22:10:17 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

LOL

I swear, Easter has a weird way of sneaking up on you. It does this to me every year.

haha, yes! I only realized on Monday upon entering my work as there were signs stating the government will be closed this Friday in observance of Easter. I was like, yes bitches I am off on Friday :drink: :beer: :drink: Then, whaaa, Easter is this Sunday. Fuck me. Then I thought <) :drink: :beer: :drink:

[eb777888]

Apr 1, 2015 22:21:58 GMT -5 nikki25 said:

Apr 1, 2015 22:10:17 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

LOL

I swear, Easter has a weird way of sneaking up on you. It does this to me every year.

haha, yes! I only realized on Monday upon entering my work as there were signs stating the government will be closed this Friday in observance of Easter. I was like, yes bitches I am off on Friday  Then, whaaa, Easter is this Sunday. Fuck me. Then I thought <)

Yeah.. this year I'm like "Easter??? Brunch! Blood Marys and Mimosas at 11:00am. BRING.IT.ON."

Easter is one of the two days of the year that I enjoy a drink at 10:30am without guilt. 

[isabel]

Apr 1, 2015 22:10:58 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

Ah, yes.

"Do I have a gig this weekend? Where is it?"

Your band, BF. YOUR band.

My H isn't in a band, but says and does similar things. When we were engaged and he would do stuff like this, I would give him my look reserved for just such occasions, and he would say, with a mischievous glint in his eye, "you're gonna marry me!"

Now, he says, "you're married to me!" or "you're stuck with me now!"

Le sigh.

So, I just wanted to point out that this is what you're signing yourself on for.

[sewf]

My mom keeps asking if we're going to go to the family lunch that day. Our family gatherings are always 25+ people. I don't wanna! I'm not religious anymore, and my family is so loud and obnoxious sometimes. Even with my two year old and partially deaf husband, staying home would be so much quieter.

[sewf]

Oh, and yeah, I am the planner. H actually refers people to me to plan anything. Like if his family is coming in town, they are to discuss it with me and send me their flight info.

[Captain Serious]

I'm definitely the secretary of the family. I switched us over to Google calendar when he kept missing appointments after M came home. It took a solid 6 months of him forgetting to check or update it and me getting all pissed at him for him to finally understand that the calendar is law. If something's not on there, it may or may not happen, but if something is, you better believe it takes precedence.

[cville]

I am the keeper of half the stuff, my husband is the keeper of the other half. This results in one of us being exasperated with the other at least every other day.

Not the best system but I ain't surrendering total control or taking the whole job either.


Also, my mom called and asked to visit over Easter weekend and clucked at me when I was like "when is that?" Sorry! Heathens!

[Deleted]

Omg I am already so over easter. Lol. I just cancelled easter dinner in a fit of fuck this shit, let someone else deal with it.

[Captain Serious]

Apr 1, 2015 22:30:08 GMT -5 cville said:

I am the keeper of half the stuff, my husband is the keeper of the other half. This results in one of us being exasperated with the other at least every other day.

Not the best system but I ain't surrendering total control or taking the whole job either.


Also, my mom called and asked to visit over Easter weekend and clucked at me when I was like "when is that?" Sorry! Heathens!

This is why I love google calendar (and other apps like it). The calendars are shared and can be updated by either of you, so you both have access to see it and immediate notification if anything changes.  No one has to take full responsibility.

[cville]

Apr 1, 2015 22:39:01 GMT -5 Captain Serious said:

Apr 1, 2015 22:30:08 GMT -5 cville said:

I am the keeper of half the stuff, my husband is the keeper of the other half. This results in one of us being exasperated with the other at least every other day.

Not the best system but I ain't surrendering total control or taking the whole job either.


Also, my mom called and asked to visit over Easter weekend and clucked at me when I was like "when is that?" Sorry! Heathens!

This is why I love google calendar (and other apps like it). The calendars are shared and can be updated by either of you, so you both have access to see it and immediate notification if anything changes.  No one has to take full responsibility.

Yes. We have one and use it.

[sewf]

Apr 1, 2015 22:31:16 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Apr 1, 2015 22:27:45 GMT -5 sewf said:

My mom keeps asking if we're going to go to the family lunch that day. Our family gatherings are always 25+ people. I don't wanna! I'm not religious anymore, and my family is so loud and obnoxious sometimes. Even with my two year old and partially deaf husband, staying home would be so much quieter.

I told my mom how I felt about Easter this year, lol. THEN my great aunt cancelled b/c she's been having health issues, but THEN her daughter said she's coming in to do everything to get ready. BAH!!!

I don't even do anything at the party anymore. Just keep up with DS. It's just, I love my family, but the more I am around them, the more they annoy me, especially since I had DS. They mean no harm, just...they don't shut up. Like, every thing that comes into their heads comes out their mouths. And everyone talks over each other. And I have found that my parenting style is too strict for them. I just...don't want to anymore. But we've skipped a bunch of stuff lately, and the Catholic guilt is creeping up.

sorry for venting so much. I guess I didn't realize how annoyed I was. Lol!

[eav2c]

I honestly stopped even mentioning things because he is incapable of remembering and planning. Normally he gets all huffy at the mention of "big" plans so I just figure it all out and tell him where to be. I think he believes the boys birthday gifts grow on trees. He's always SO clueless!

[prettyinpink]

Dh does stuff like this all the time. Oh wait I didn't know that such and such was this weekend.

And MIL can be worse. Dh starts a new job Monday which he is flying out of the state early Monday to start training. MIL last week goes 'oh do you think you and E would like to go camping with us in Nevada Easter weekend?' Even though she knew DH was flying out sometime on Monday. No MIL we are not driving to a different state to go camping when he has to be at the airport by 4:30 am on Monday. Crazy woman!

[fezzik]

Yes! This is my life. I've told H multiple times about everything going on this weekend (we have a couple other plans on top of Easter plans) and last night I told him we need to talk to confirm everything. He acted completely shocked when I told him everything we had going on. WTF dude, I told you about all of this weeks ago. I'm a planner and he's always like, "let's just wing it." Drives me crazy!

[livinitup]

There is no school for DD tomorrow or Friday, or next week. DH just asked me if she's signed-up for the YMCA program. 

Dude.

[Deleted]

I didn't know it was Easter this weekend until my co-worker told me this morning.

[nightandday]

My H is also oblivious. He knows we're going out of town the day after Easter. He knows that is this Monday. Yet he was surprised to find out Easter was this Sunday.

[aprilsails]

DH knows this weekend is Easter and was active in planning family dinners, etc, but he still can't seem to wrap his mind around the fact that we have Friday off rather than Monday (I dislike this, btw). At least twice a day for the past week he has mentioned over and over again that he has so much work to do this week and he is going to set up a meeting for Friday with his team and I'm like -you can't. STOP IT.

I do all of the planning and then just give him a rundown in advance. Usually we do a weekend review on Thursday night so he has the plan. Most of our social events are tied to his friends and family anyhow so he's not going to be upset about them.

[eddy]

Every year Easter suprises me. It is why I just throw some candy at my kids and call it a day.

Didn't we just have Vday?

grump face

We are just going to ILs for lunch. I am not too excited lol.

[eddy]

Last year we went to church even though we are heathens and out to a lovely lunch. I consumed 2 glasses of wine. I wish we were doing that again.

[candreco]

It's DD's spring break week, and all week DH has been asking "So what's DD doing tomorrow? Am I supposed to do something?" We've only had the conversation three times prior to this week about what the arrangements are. He does this all the time- we talk about a plan or dates or whatever, and then a week later he acts like it's all brand new and gets all butt hurt when I get annoyed that he can't retain information. And it's not that he CAN'T remember things, it's that he just doesn't because I do.

[leeluu]

Easter was supposed to be spent with DH's family but after my two week old landed in the hospital with bronchulitis I cancelled Easter plans. She is much better now but DH's family has a ton of kids and I don't want to expose her to anything else. I'm sure everyone will be very disappointed that the baby won't be there but I give zero fucks.

[revolution]

This sounds like my house. I just tell DH what is going on. He complies. He is now accepting of this where he used to fight it and we would fight because he would never listen or look at our calendar and plan other stuff. No his response is usually "just tell me where to go and what to do. I drive and pick things up.".