Communication between husbands and wives 😂

Oh yes, that’s definitely us! 🤦‍♀️😂

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Oh yes, that’s definitely us! 🤦‍♀️😂

I was trying to explain to MrP my new regime for saving water for the garden.
He looked at me as if I was speaking Urdu 😂

It takes so long to learn to speak "bloke". sigh. 🙄. Not DS, actually. Maybe it's a generational thing?

An alternative is of course

A diagram, carefully laid out.

petra there is always the alternative approach along the lines of,

"Darling, I really want a system for saving water for the garden. Can you think one up?"

Of course they are probably wise to that trick.

I asked AI to put the problem into man-speak.

"To get your partner on board, you need to skip the abstract environmental talk and frame the water-saving regime around efficiency, logic, concrete data, and a clear problem-and-solution structure.

Here is how to translate your garden plan into direct, impact-driven "man speak," along with a script you can use today.🛠️

The Translation Framework

Rebrand the project: Do not call it a "new regime." Call it an optimization plan, a system upgrade, or resource management.

Lead with the bottom line:

Focus immediately on the ultimate payoff, such as lower utility bills, better gear, or less wasted effort.

Use concrete metrics: Talk in terms of percentages, gallons, or dollars rather than vague concepts like "saving a lot."Define clear roles:

Outline exactly what he needs to do, what he should not touch, and how success will be measured. hands-on fixer, or does he just want the bottom line?) so we can tailor the pitch perfectly.

AI responses may include mistakes

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Daily!

"I asked AI to put the problem into man-speak."

Or petra could try speaking in Urdu:

ہمیں باغ میں پانی دینے کا انتظام درست کرنے کی ضرورت ہے۔
(hamin bag min pani dine ka antezam darist karne ki zarort hay)

I think 😂

I love a diagram.
My husband is not a diagram person.

Looking at potential houses I go first to the floor plans and am mildly annoyed if they don't have measurements.
My husband read the blurb first.

I don't think it's a man thing and don't like the way people assume that men and women necessarily think differently.

My son-in-law thinks broadly as I do when solving problems. So much so that we made identical errors when positioning new pendant lights in our homes.

Pity we hadn't discussed that one!
One son and 2 daughters don't think like me - much more like their father.

Wyllow3

petra there is always the alternative approach along the lines of,

"Darling, I really want a system for saving water for the garden. Can you think one up?"

Of course they are probably wise to that trick.

No problem with MrP making, building, fixing anything in the home or garden or the cars.
He’s laid a gravity fed system from the butts to the end of the garden so I don’t have to keep carrying watering cans.
We are both fully aware of how to save water as we lived off grid on a boat for 20 years which he built.
It was just me trying to explain where I wanted to keep the run off water.

😂😂😂😂😂 That is us!

It was a great O/P petra.

I was just running with it lightheartedly. and of course its not gender based, in my first marriage I did the lot,

hands on stuff - window panes, putty, shelves up, heaving stuff around or helped on request, all the decorating and so on.

But I actually did find, in a further relationship there is such a thing as speaking bloke to some men .

Oh Wyllow it's not really you!
Apologies.

I just get fed up of the us/them mentality. Sorry.

It’s the scratching of the head that did it for me
That is an international man thing, recognised in any language.

NotSpaghetti

Oh Wyllow it's not really you!
Apologies.

I just get fed up of the us/them mentality. Sorry.

☺️ I get you x