When my husband moved in with me, we combined our families. I had 1 dog (the super-awesome Sheba that gets all the blame for my husband’s smells and strange sounds) and he had 2 dogs and 1 cat. Putting 3 dogs and a cat together in a small one-bedroom apartment was hard enough; the dogs had a tough time getting used to each other and were often fighting for our attention and for territory. So we decided pretty early on that we weren’t going to allow the dogs to sleep on the bed with us. This wasn’t so much a disciplinary decision as it was a practical one…how could we all possibly fit on a queen sized bed?
Unfortunately, this has been an uphill struggle. I usually wake up a couple of times during the night to find at least one of the dogs has snuck onto the bed and I have to tell them to get down. My husband, however, seems to have a bit of a problem with this. He’ll pretend as if he doesn’t see them on the bed because he can’t bear to make them move.
In the morning I typically get up first and when I walk into the bedroom a little bit later, this is what I usually find:
The pets know a pushover when they see one.
30 responses so far ↓
Ellen // September 20, 2009 at 2:57 pm |
LOL Love the pic!
Brooke // September 20, 2009 at 4:28 pm |
Hahahaha…..This photo is oddly sweet
Jennifer // September 20, 2009 at 4:35 pm |
He is still at the top of the bed….so he is still inches ahead/above in your “pack”. I am usually a staunchy believer in no pets on the bed….but sometimes cuddling is too much to resist!!
Melissa // September 20, 2009 at 4:41 pm |
HAHAHA…I have been with the same wack job for the past 16 yrs…( im 30 he is 29) I can soooo relate to the things your talk about. My husband will casll me from dinner out with his family or friends and ask me if he likes sourdough bread ( or something equally stupid) Men … can’t live with them..can’t kill them legally!
Margaret // September 20, 2009 at 6:25 pm |
are you sure our husbands are not related?? He had the cats when we moved in together…I had the kids. The kids don’t sleep with us but somehow the cats do. One follows him around like he’s a dog, then sleeps on his hip all night long. My compromise is “no cat weekends”. Bedroom door gets shut on Friday and Saturday nights so there are no cats on the bed.
theycallmejane // September 20, 2009 at 8:38 pm |
This photo is too funny! Unfortunately, in our house, it would be ME in bed with the animals and my husband squeezed out. And he knows this, too, which is why our dog and cat are banned from the bedroom.
Joy // September 20, 2009 at 11:18 pm |
I really did crack up when I saw this picture!!!!! The animals are all in on this together!!! “She’s out of the bed guys!!!!! Let’s go!!!! Only the pushover is left in the bed!!!!! Man, she’s back….hold your breath and NO EYE CONTACT!!!! Let her take her picture and leave us to this!!!!” (I have been reading your blog for a couple of weeks now and I love it! When my husband walked by the computer and saw the picture of your husband sleeping on the sofa he thought I had posted a picture of him…in that one picture they do look exactly alike…my hubby sleeps in that same position on the sofa. ) Have a great night…hopefully in the bed with your hubby without the sneaky furry family members.
mike@suckstobeyoublog.com // September 21, 2009 at 10:11 am |
Dogs rule. Men understand this.
Colleen // September 21, 2009 at 10:56 am |
OMG ….that picture is so awesome!!
Rachelle // September 21, 2009 at 2:16 pm |
That photo is awesome!!! The animals totally know that your husband won’t push them out of bed! I think it’s nice when guys love animals. My husband loves cats and will always point out a rabbit in someone’s yard because he thinks it’s cute. That’s one of my favorite things about him.
Amy // September 21, 2009 at 2:59 pm |
That is cute but looks like it could get old. We only have one cat and I will wake up in the middle of the night to my husband reaching over me to pet her. I say, “Why are you doing that now? You woke me up.” He says, “She was purring, I had to pet her.” Talk about a pushover!
Racer X // September 21, 2009 at 6:39 pm |
Looks like everyone in that photo is pretty content…and the cats seem to be as large as the dogs.
JC // September 21, 2009 at 7:29 pm |
Roissy’s right. Your disrespect for your husband in the form of nitpicking his faults is one thing; him putting up with it is another. Your hypergamous reptilian brain will grow so disgusted by his vaginatude that you will eventually leave him – the cancerous seed dooming your relationship has already been planted, and with every blog post you water the seeds of the dissolution of your relationship. And you didn’t even wait long, either – March 2009. Let me guess – he’s rich?
DugoutNut // January 31, 2010 at 8:11 pm |
JC,
Lighten up. A one room apartment and you go to the rich card?
Blog is hilarious. I am a man. I am guilty of about all the things she posts about. Better to post than to commit murder.
Dug
Joy // September 21, 2009 at 8:33 pm |
If you cannot have fun and humor in your marriage you will have a miserable marriage indeed. Keep having fun.
growsomeballs // September 22, 2009 at 8:54 am |
For the husband of this website (and his wife too).
As a man talking to a man, I would not accept this sort of ridicule online by my significant other. You have to understand that as a man, you have to command Self-Respect.
NO WOMEN WILL EVER LOVE A MAN OR LET ALONE DESIRE HIM SEXUALLY IF SHE LOSES RESPECT FOR HIM….THIS IS CRUCIAL.
By reading this blog I can see slowly but surely the respect your wife has for you decreasing post after post until the day she hits you with the divorce papers…and if this blog continues to ridicule you to the public, then trust me, that day will come for NO WOMEN wants to be with a man she respects LESS than herself.
Hope this gives you a wakeup call buddy.
Best,
ValmontMontréal.
Dena // September 23, 2009 at 3:27 pm |
Wow looks like paradise! I’d just get back in bed and join the cuddle crew! Really let down your gurard and anxieties about cleanliness and try it!
Perhaps the title of your blog might
My Husband is so annoyingly (Cute)
You have to admit despite the annoyance men are really cute in their bizzare behaviors. At least over time you his man behaviors will grow on you. Been with my guy for 17 years and I found that to be the case.
Liza // September 23, 2009 at 3:39 pm |
Wow. All the those animals in the bed just gave me the heeby-jeebees! lol. What about the animal smell (even clean dogs have an odor) and all the hair? That is gross.
Nicole // September 25, 2009 at 8:24 am |
Looks like my bed on a daily basis, minus the cat. We have all dogs here. The man learned early on my dogs take precedence… they are always encouraged to get on the bed with us to sleep. Cute picture…looks like heaven to me!
Nessa // September 29, 2009 at 2:15 pm |
That was hilarious! Our dog and cat do the exact same thing. Except they wait for me to leave the house. As soon as I pick up my car keys the dog jumps on the bed and settles in with my husband. Love the pic!
Rachel // October 1, 2009 at 1:33 pm |
I love this picture. My husband constantly feeds our 3 dogs at the dinner table but yet gets really angry when they all crowd around him while he’s eating and try to steal food off his plate. When I tell him not to give the dogs food he says, “but they like it!” Oy vey. Men.
Addie // October 1, 2009 at 4:51 pm |
What a great picture! That’s too cute. Animals really do know what they can get away with when different people are around.
I just saw you on Tyra and you and your husband are so sweet! I just started reading your blog and love it.
Courtney // October 1, 2009 at 5:56 pm |
XD sooooo like my bf with his dogs, and so like me with my cats haha. I love it!
Mina // October 4, 2009 at 5:27 am |
Such a funny, yet adorable picture!!! hahahaha!!!
Christy // October 7, 2009 at 4:44 pm |
GrowSomeBalls: Tsk, you must really have a tough time with women.
A man who can laugh at himself and is secure enough to take a joke is hot. I suggest you approach the blog author’s husband and request Man Lessons from him. Someone insecure in his manhood like you is sexually undesirable, not him.
A secure man isn’t concerned with his wife’s tongue-in-cheek website that, obviously and ultimately, is an affectionate homage to him. Her husband is probably too busy being living life to worry about losing his caveman-rep. Or too busy getting more sex on a weekly basis than you see in a year. OH!
Kimberley // October 10, 2009 at 8:30 pm |
Whats wrong with pets on the bed? they’re there to keep you warm when hubby isn’t there. Being that I’m single my pets are my only outlet now. If my future hubby can’t stand pets on the bed we’re not getting married. BTW, couldn’t you prevent all the haters on this site? Apparently they don’t have a sense of humor or a heart for that matter since all they do is bash. It brings the happiness of the blog down. Just a suggestion.
Cassie // October 31, 2009 at 9:42 pm |
Wow, your husband is a real loser, isn’t he? What a disrespectful man, to let ANIMALS come before your feelings! You are a HUMAN, he is a HUMAN, they are all ANIMALS! Yes, I know some people mistakenly think ANIMALS are “members of the family” (DUH, who gave birth to them, did you? No? Okay, then, so NOT members of the family.) Don’t you ever let a man put ANIMALS before you, you will be SORRY!
CDillard // January 6, 2010 at 2:39 pm |
Adorable! I’m the pushover in my marriage. As soon as my husband is out the door the dog and cat are on the bed with me.
Deandra // January 8, 2010 at 12:13 am |
LMAO….My husband lets the animals in the bed too…I think it’s a sign of how caring and compassionate they really are!
DugoutNut // January 31, 2010 at 8:16 pm |
My wife loves our 7 dogs. They are not allowed in the bedroom. Unless on a weekend I get up first, move the baby gate and make the “come on in” motion to the dogs. Who gleefully bound over the hope chest onto the bed and “attack”.
The wife smiles at the wake up call. Then says “get them out of here, dogs don’t belong in the bedroom”.