Newspaper on the table????

[Anonymous]

Isn't newsprint considered antiseptic, actually? Like, if you have to deliver a baby in an emergency, you're supposed to do it on a newspaper because that's the most sanitary thing in the house.

I'm another who wants people to read it at the table, or at least keep it off the furniture, and then wash hands afterwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the OP is bouquet bride.

Yup, it's me.

[Anonymous]

Ironing the paper first, as they do in Downton Abbey, is reputed to fix the ink so that it doesn't come off on your hands. I have always meant to try it...some day.

[Anonymous]

if this is all you have to worry or complain about you need to get a LIFE!!!! try having a husband who works terrible hours and never gets to see his family. Put that into perspective. you are crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ironing the paper first, as they do in Downton Abbey, is reputed to fix the ink so that it doesn't come off on your hands. I have always meant to try it...some day.

This is correct, but one should simply have one's butler or valet do this for one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG Let me run and apologize to DH then.

I never knew about this! I'm not American and back home my dad would sit on the porch to read the paper on Sunday morning. We were never allowed to read or watch TV while eating.

OP...this is the strangest thing about your post. Do you believe your husband should behave exactly like your father? And how would you feel if he expected you to behave like his mother?? Enraged, I bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG Let me run and apologize to DH then.

I never knew about this! I'm not American and back home my dad would sit on the porch to read the paper on Sunday morning. We were never allowed to read or watch TV while eating.

OP...this is the strangest thing about your post. Do you believe your husband should behave exactly like your father? And how would you feel if he expected you to behave like his mother?? Enraged, I bet.

I've read some studies that say that we look for a partner that resembles our parents. Oedipus complex I guess but we search for characteristics of both parents on our life partner...

Anyway, DH as a little bit of my father, a little of my mother and a lot of my brother - and some of my dog. We joke about it all the time because we're from totally different countries and cultures but a lot of times he calls me his mom's name saying his mom used to do the exact same thing.

See? I knew people would come and judge my entire relationship based on one little trivial thing. I can't imagine how much they judge their close ones since they know a lot more about them. It must be pretty hard to live around you guys! EW!

[Anonymous]

Wow, I read the paper at the table too, but this is a bit bizarre how people are piling on the OP. This thread has gone from "yeah, you're being fussy" (correct) to "you have oedipal issues and expect your spouse to be just like your dad."

Bored today people?

Not OP btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG Let me run and apologize to DH then.

I never knew about this! I'm not American and back home my dad would sit on the porch to read the paper on Sunday morning. We were never allowed to read or watch TV while eating.

OP...this is the strangest thing about your post. Do you believe your husband should behave exactly like your father? And how would you feel if he expected you to behave like his mother?? Enraged, I bet.

Actually, the strangest thing about her post is that she has decided to apologize based on the "advice" of a bunch of anonymous strangers. Athenian democracy meets Americal Idol voting meets marriage counseling. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

By the way, thanks but no thanks, we don't need counseling our marriage is great. He's not abusive and I'm not a nagging bitch. I just HATE the smell of NP.

Well, you're half right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:\
This is correct, but one should simply have one's butler or valet do this for one.

Oh, thank you! I thought we had to wait until we had the resources to employ a second footman.