Monday, February 19, 2007

Not Stir Crazy Yet, Cheaters, Is that a pushchair you just dropped?

It hasn't been the most eventful few days although it's difficult for that to happen when most of your day happens whilst sitting on your arse in bed or on the sofa. I'm still at home and so far haven't managed to go stir crazy but my arse is killing me from being on it so much.

So what does one do with her time? You'd have thought that I'd blog loads or something, but instead of have been reading, playing The Sims 2 with all of the expansions, doing Kakuro which I have an unhealthy obsession with, writing and hanging with my friend the TV. I've watched a lot of movies but I admit that I have been drawn into the trashtastic world of 'Cheaters'.

I felt ashamed at first but have since discovered that lots of other people watch Cheaters too so now I'm out of the Cheaters closet. From the moment a woman found her husband in a bedroom dressed in a gimp mask and PVC skimpy shorts being whipped by a dominatrix, I was completely fascinated. From people thinking that they need a TV programme to catch their man cheating to the guys always turning the tables and saying that it's the woman who's crazy for getting a TV show involved instead of just asking him, these people are on more crack than my own family. I'm actually watching Cheaters at the moment and the guy has just said 'She should've known it was over. I gave her hint after hint, after hint...' Why can't men finish relationships? Why do they try to hint their way out of it by behaving like complete assclowns in the hope that she'll do his dirty work for him?

Joel Greco has to be one of the annoying hosts I have ever come across though. I mean seriously, you've just presented someone with footage of your partner shagging someone else and you ask 'So how does this make you feel?'

Thinking that I was going back to work today, I tested the waters and left the house for an hour and a half with the boyf on Saturday and we ventured into Mothercare for the first time to look at pushchairs. The store seemed enormous and the volume of pushchairs was overwhelming at first. The boyf and I are just as clueless as each other and if it wasn't for the fact that the big boss had given me some advice on pushchairs recently, it could have been an even funnier experience than it was. We were trying out the Quinny Buzz travel system which is a pushchair, come pram, come thingy that let's the car seat attach to it and decided to have a go at figuring it out. The boyf took off the pushchair seat and attempted to attach the carry-cot for the pram. It didn't seem very steady once we thought we had figured out how and when the shop assistant and a customer passed by, it toppled to the floor and rolled a bit. The boyf and I were pissing ourselves laughing and the customer said 'Ooh, you wouldn't want a baby in there!' No sh*t Sherlock, we thought.

Eventually we figured it out and had a wander around the store. Having a baby requires a lot of things. Breast pumps, mini-baths, nappies, soothers (pacifiers), tiny clothes and so much more. On the way home, we argued about the difference between a crib and a moses basket. I actually thought they were one and the same thing, the boyf heard the word 'crib' about five minutes before and pretended he knew what it was. After insisting that I was right about them being the same, I opened the Mothercare catalogue and had to eat my words. We have yet to decide which one we will go with...

After spending 90 minutes out of the house, I had to sleep for two hours to recover....


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8 Comments:

wyn said...

Guys are all like that! I don't remember exactly which guy it was who explained to me that if the girl does the breaking off of the relationship, it's a far better situation than if the guy breaks it off and girls (especially when younger) are apt to badger the guy to death. But underlying it all, I think guys are just too scared to face the wrath of a woman. =P

5:28 PM  
Slash said...

Seriously, thanks for updating hun, can you pls hurry up and get back to work, this is a crazy, unfulfilling place full and you're being missed..

its 17.29, I'm logging off and running for the hills...

See you soon!!!! X

5:29 PM  
The Dummy said...

I think having babies means having a bunch of stuff everywhere and piles of toys and no sleep. But as crazy as it sounds, parents say they'd never trade it for anything else. They must be crazy or something. :)

7:14 PM  
Brad K. said...

About guys waiting for the girl to break it off.

One part, is that we always hope for a renewed connection. As long as you are here, there is hope.

Another part is the old 'man of the house' responsibility to 'take care' of his family. There is strong implied pressure to continue providing support whether the relationship is strong or not.

And part is inertia. It is easier to stay where we are, than to change. Deciding to date is fine -- but deciding to do something significant with someone significant is a little death. Unguessable parts of our lives will be lost in the formation of a new home.

I agree that courtesy and responsibility suggest it is better to leave when the time comes. But look how many times there would be a separation because someone 'jumped ship' too soon...

6:06 AM  
annie said...

It IS pretty mind-boggling how many "things" parents need to buy in order to take care of an infant.

So many decisions to make, too!

I bet you'll have one or two good breast pump stories.

Oh joy ;-)

6:40 AM  
S Bess said...

I've watched Cheaters at least once. It was interesting, sad, and funny at the same time. :)

I see that you're getting things together for the bambino. Yes, rest. :)

4:35 PM  
Emchi said...

I've not seen this cheaters programme... hmmm will have to investigate. So far in two months off work I have watched House season 1 & 2 and my current addiction is Grey's Anatomy, so much so I've made the other half download me season 3 from the US... I'm not sure I'm going to cope when I get a job!

I don't think I could cope with being a parent, programming the V+ without a manual fine, putting a push chair together, pft, forget it!

8:55 PM  
NewYorkMoments said...

Why expect men to take responsibility for anything?

2:11 AM  

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