list of jobs

Oh, you caught me on your hook Tizliz 😁

The newly retired Air Vice Marshal was handed a list of outstanding jobs by his wife at breakfast. He read the list carefully, took out his pen, wrote 'Approved' at the top and handed it back to his wife.

I was going to say he doesn’t do subtle but then thought he loves John Cleese and a lot of that is subtle.

Thanks Namsnanny that's very kind.

Love your story of the Inlaws, NotSpaghetti
They sound a well suited couple, I too wish they had longer together.

Tizliz sounds like you both have the same sense of humour 😄

Tizliz my mother-in-law said of my father-in-law (who died when my husband was little) that he liked to spend time "thinking". He would often listen to music when he was taking time out to think.
She said she would have picked up a book whilst he was thinking and that she found it odd as a newly married young woman. She said maybe that was why he was so full of interesting and extraordinary ideas.

I wish I'd known him - and wish that my lovely husband had had longer with him.

I love your list. 😍

Mine has his own list of jobs to do and I have mine. If I wrote down something I would like him to do for me it would take as long to write it as it would to just do it myself.

Whoops, I've just noticed that this must be a thread I've had open for a while but hadn't read yet. Oh well, now I've written it I'll post anyway.

Oh how adorable you both are!

Siope. Exactly that, otherwise it could really be a little too stressful.

We have a whiteboard on the fridge, where we add tasks that need doing, reminders, shopping, etc as that way we can both ignore it.

Living alone, I write lists of things to do for myself. I rarely finish everything on the list. So I tell myself off.

DrBenjaminMc

It sounds like your OH needed that break!
Sometimes a little humor and care can make all the difference. Glad to hear he enjoyed his "list" and got some rest.

he spent the day listening to music and 'thinking'

petra

TillyTrotter

My DH would not be impressed if I gave him a list with jobs I thought he ought to do.
He likes to organise his own days. Likewise I don’t expect a list of jobs from him.
We are both retired.

Tizliz that was a nice thing to do, blank paper.

The OP has to be a joke, surely 🤦🏼‍♀️

yes it was a joke, I did give him the paper but I would never give him a list.

It sounds like your OH needed that break!
Sometimes a little humor and care can make all the difference. Glad to hear he enjoyed his "list" and got some rest.

I write a list of things that need doing……
Certainly wouldn’t dream of handing it over or even suggesting it was for him, however it is a really useful way of things eventually being done that I know wouldn’t.

My nephew makes fun of me because I write a list of jobs for the day in my diary and tick them off as they get done.

I believe in doing one task at a time and hate being interrupted. I am not good on "tentative" arrangements and despise multi tasking.

Making a list of jobs means that I identified that they need doing. It is a first step to doing them.

But I dont feel any moral obligation to get through all the tasks on my list. The ones I find least appealing probably get shunted to the bottom of several lists.

My OH reply to whatever I suggest needs doing will be to agree but always adds ‘I’ll do that tomorrow’. Well we all know that tomorrow never comes!

Years ago I realised writing my husband a list was the only best way to get anything done.
Ask him once, he'd forget.
Ask him again, he'd switch off.

Nowadays, he writes his own list 😂

TillyTrotter

My DH would not be impressed if I gave him a list with jobs I thought he ought to do.
He likes to organise his own days. Likewise I don’t expect a list of jobs from him.
We are both retired.

Tizliz that was a nice thing to do, blank paper.

The OP has to be a joke, surely 🤦🏼‍♀️

My DH will usually tell me what little jobs he is planning on doing. He does ask me if there is anything I want him to help with. We do work well together and also like our own space since we retired.

My DH would not be impressed if I gave him a list with jobs I thought he ought to do.
He likes to organise his own days. Likewise I don’t expect a list of jobs from him.
We are both retired.

Tizliz that was a nice thing to do, blank paper.

Very good! I don't do a list as it would be much too long (and depressing!).