Another Example of Getting Your Man to Hear You

So I got a lot of views and response to my post ...
http://mytwocents-meliss.blogspot.com/2011/08/tired-of-saying-things-more-than-once.html?showComment=1313016449068#c301933474101325296

Thinking about it reminded me of another instance where I used a similar tactic to get my mans attention.

I had gone shopping at Costco with my Grandmother. I had a huge load of stuff to bring in and put away. Since I am the shopper of these goods and I seem to be the only one who knows where they go in the house, I refuse to bring it in from the car. That's my husbands job and now my Son's as well.

So he finishes bringing in all the loot and all 3 of us are in the kitchen. I am putting things away and he is chatting with my 50 something year old Grandmother. I kept putting things like toothpaste in a pile closest to him and each time i'd say "can you put this in the bathroom?" "this goes in our bedroom" etc...The pile got bigger and bigger. I am pretty sure he didn't hear 1 thing I had said to him. He probably didn't notice the pile either. He was just standing there chatting away. I was getting fed up but I just continued adding to the pile.

I got all the kitchen stuff put away, the only stuff left were the toiletries I had asked him to put away. I knew he wouldn't hear me if I asked again. This would normally end up in an argument. I wasn't in the mood. So I grabbed the European cucumber that I had bought, you know those long ass ones in the plastic wrapper. I said "here" and held it out to give him a visual so he would know I was trying to hand him something. He held out his hand, not even looking at me (typical) I slapped it hard into his hand and said "AND THIS GOES IN THE BEDROOM TOO!" He looked down at it, then immediately snapped his head up to look at my Grandmother and then quick at me. My husband if you don't already know is very shy lol The look one his face was PRICELESS. We all just started laughing. Knowing I had broken his focus on his chat with Grandma and had his attention on me, I calmly asked him to put away the stuff I had put in a pile and what do you know, he did!!

I could have got mad and started a fight but true to my nature, I found another way to skin the cat. Because you see, there always is one!!