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Lies Wives Believe
A Satirical Look at Married Life
Will You Recognize Me Without Makeup?
Rachel gives us the second lie that wives believe, coming from a fictitious husband:
Wife: "Honey, is it OK if I don’t put on make-up today?"
Hubby: "I didn’t even notice you weren’t wearing any."
Whoops! I don’t think anything says “I’m not really paying attention to you” than saying that you don’t think she looks different after all the time she spends in front of the mirror1.
She’s trying to look good—for you and the other people that she’ll come into contact with, and she knows how much work it is.
My question—does the wife really need to ask this question? I mean, she already knows that he sees her with makeup and without—and obviously loves her either way. So, it all boils back down to, who is she trying to impress, and if he’s going to react this way, is it worth the extra work?
- And admit it ladies, you do spend a lot of time in front of the mirror! [↩]
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September 11th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Actually, from what I heard
, the reason the wife asked this was because she didn’t know if they were going out anywhere that day – if they weren’t she was going to take it easy on the daily maintenance.
And I’m SURE she detected a slight note of sarcasm in his response – like he wouldn’t really notice the difference! Give me a break!
September 11th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
So, you’re saying that a better way to ask this would have been to say, “Hey honey, are we planning on going out today?”
September 11th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Yeah, I guess so.
Looks like the wives need to work on their communication skills too!
I promise, I mean, I’m sure she wasn’t being underhanded or anything when she asked this. It was a simple question (in her head) that got phrased wrong.
Rachels last blog post..And this is why I have a girl…
September 11th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Oh, I’m not saying anything about underhandedness or the lack there of. I was simply stating that sometimes we ask leading questions, and then laugh at when someone answers only that question instead of what we really wanted to know.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I see “Honey, is it okay if I don’t put on makeup today?” as the same thing as “Honey, are we planning on going out today?” though I can see where guys would hear the second question and not connect it at all with makeup.
As far as impressing people with makeup, that’s just not why I wear it. It’s for my own self. Hubs actually prefers me without makeup. (Weirdo, but okay…) So when I wear makeup, perfume, do my hair, etc., his response is always “Why?” It’s just for myself – I can handle tough things so much better when I feel put together instead of like a mess. (As I sit here at 3:30 PM, in my pajamas, hair up in a messy ponytail… hot stuff, I tell ya.)
September 12th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Well, now you know that some guys are more literal than that.