Words that make my heart sink!

I have 150 photos of my new grandchild on my phone.

Queenie, ditto, all very familiar and still married after 54 years 😻

" I've ordered 5 more from Amazon" which is why we have sheds full of stuff.
And back from work, "I've hit the wing mirror again so sorry."

In an argument I always get- That's not the point. The thing is----the opposite of what I and family say. I have never understood why he sees black as white . Now SiL says "a pity we can't do( something) or I suppose we can't do this.

Grannmarie

DH groans when I say, ' I've put it in a safe place'.

Mine does too!

Thanks for the laugh,can identify with all of the above,but still married after 54 years !

Yes I can relate to all those comments I often get asked the question how do you (spell says the word). I will respond straight away. I am told just Googling it so my response it why did you ask me then😡!

My husband is a useless diy person…”.if I shouted the sink is blocked “…his reply would be “ well fix it then”….he did nothing…ever!

new and improved......

"My point is..." Yes, I know what your point is. You have repeated it at least 3 times. Using yet more words isn't going to make me more likely to agree.

Right then makes me twitch

The one I hate is not so much a particular sentence but when some pesky neighbour tries to attract my attention. My response is a cheery wave and "sorry I dont have my hearing aid in."

The latter is the perfect truth as I dont have a hearing aid but people often expect older people to be a bit deaf. I use that to my advantage, as in:-

"Whatever your trying to sell me I dont buy at the door." Even though I know perfectly well they are not selling.

My standard answer to "Oh, yes, I'll fix that " is "When?"

Years of marriage having taught me that a man and a woman's perception of time are two very different things, and that no man on earth understands that when a woman announces, "The sink is blocked, could you help, please" means that the sink requires unblocking RIGHT NOW; THIS VERY MINUTE!

I am not deeply thrilled by statements such as "Your cat has just brought in a bird"

Strange how they become "my cats" when they have been hunting!

Inevitably followed by "I didn't know you were afraid of birds"

If I have told him once in the donkey's years we have been married that I am not afraid of birds, I just don't like touching blackbirds, sparrows etc. but can cope, given a pair of suitably thick gloves far better with larger birds, and I deal competently with MICE I have told him a million times!

"What do you want to do today?" Always has to be my decision..
"What shall we have for tea tonight" again my decision
The latest favourite words in my OH's repertoire that jangle in my head: "The bottom line is....." I'm beside myself in anticipation of what the bottom line is! Bless his cottons though.

When Mr P says 'how do you fancy this for a holiday' and then proceeds to enlighten me with details about a world cruise costing a great deal of cash or a very long haul flight which he knows I am not prepared to take any more due to medical issues.

Where are we going for Christmas works night out?
Would you be able to drop me off.

AreWeThereYet

That made me laugh Lexisgranny - whenever I say the words 'I've been thinking...' Mr A gets a blank expression and I hear a very quiet 'Ooohhh noooo' 😄

Lol, mine too 🤣

'Please remember that we are doing our best for you' has prefaced two incidents where we have subsequently had disastrous evenings at the hands of event companies. One at the Eiffel Tower restaurant, which should have been a delightful dinner experience with our friends who had both reached sixty, but was an unmitigated disaster culminating in the waitress spilling hot greasy gravy down the back of my pink suede jacket. The other incident I cannot bear to think about still. I have only to hear that phrase uttered, and I run for the hills..

My heart sank this morning when my helpers (Helpx volunteers who speak no English) asked via Google translate if they could stay an extra 3 days as their next host has let them down and another host can only take them at the end of next week. They made a cake which I presume was a peace offering.

Mr C pales when I say ‘I’ve been thinking’, especially first thing in the morning when I’ve had a night to ponder

I sigh loudly when I suggest a task and the response is ‘I’ll do it now in a minute’. Experience tells me I’d be better to do it myself!

Heart-sinkers from...

OH: "I'm just going to do a bit of sanding upstairs" (after 'upstairs' has been cleaned and vacuumed...

NDN: "I'll pop round later and show you the photo's I took in the Lake District - this year" (which are almost identical to the photo's he took last year and the year before that).

Do you mind if I put you on hold?

2 seconds

Can I just ask you something?

We are very short staffed could you come in tomorrow? at the place where I volunteer

DH groans when I say, ' I've put it in a safe place'.

"I'll just give it a light prune"
Quickly followed by "you paid how much!?" when gazing at the resulting stump or the replacement bought to fill the hole.

My heart sinker is "that'll do for now".