Husband-speak

I can’t figure my husband out. Can anybody out there help me? 

 

You see, I know I can’t possibly be easy to live with. Gods only know, I’m demanding, stubborn, obsessive-compulsive, etc,. etc. Yet my husband is always so… content. I don’t get it. I really don’t! Nothing really seems to phase him. 

 

Every blue moon or so, he will come in to the house and be upset over, say, some bit of politics in the world. He will convey his upset in rhetoric that, to be honest, I have to go and look up just to figure out what he is saying.  (He uses a LOT of $20+ words). Yet, even when he appears to be upset, it is less about the emotion, and more about conveying a carefully thought-out counterpoint. That is about as worked-up as he will get. I can count on one hand the times that I have seen him really, really, really, really upset (not including those times that we have driven by old houses that have been horribly remuddled into more ‘modern’ living shanties). Other than that, he has two modes – content and sleepy. 

 

Am I missing something blatantly obvious? 

 

I mean, EVERYBODY has a bad day now and again, right? We ALL have the need from time to time to rant and rave and punch our teddy bears until somebody comes along to give us a hug to make it all go away, right?   Not my hubby. 

 

Content… or sleepy. Sunday through Saturday. Sunrise to not horribly long after sunset.

 

I’m certainly not complaining. I absolutely love the fact that he is Mr. Calm, Cool, Collect, and Content. But still… is this normal? Is this behavior indicative of the kind of guy who snaps one day only to end up on the front page of the daily paper the next morning with quotes from neighbors saying, “He always seemed so nice and quiet. Nobody expected he was even capable of doing something like this.”

 

What do y’all think? Does this seem normal to you, or should I consider hiding all the sharp-pointies?

I've been CATTED!

Be Warned!  Or this might happen to you!

No, this is not posed.

Yes, this happens frequently if I land on the couch for more than 5 minutes.

No, I didn't roll around in catnip prior to this photo being taken.

( Scary kitties behind the cut )