Daily Dose of Aggravation: The Grocery Wars

 Daily Dose of Aggravation:  The Grocery Wars 

    Kenny and I have been married for forty years.   We have been together as a couple for forty three years!  We dated for 18 months and were engaged for 18 months.    We seldom have any harsh words or fusses.   We have been together so long we both have our 'toxic traits" that gets on one another's nerves.     We like to tease one another about the various things we do that bothers the other.   

•      One of my toxic traits is failure to turn on the vent fan in the bathroom when I take a shower. 
• Another is leaving lights on when I am not home.  
• Leaving the TV on upstairs for the noise when I'm downstairs working.  
• Letting the refrigerator fill up REALLY bad before I clean it out. Kenny says I wait until I'll need Phenergan or Zofran against the nausea and vomiting before I fool with it.
• Buying multiples of grocery items because I don't know what we have or where it is

Kenny's toxic traits are

• hoarding up stuff and not ever wanting to throw stuff out especially hats
• Having his "office" on top the fridge where he keeps five hats, three pairs of sunglasses, multiple pens, business cards, flashlights, etc.  
• Bossing me around and telling me what do to on erry little thing including cooking. He man splains to me how to cook things I've been making for decades. He has gotten way better about refraining from this. My wonderfully wise Daddy clued me in on how to combat that behavior telling me "Next time he does that hand it to him and say "Here. You do it."
• He also fusses at me and expects me to listen, but if I say anything to him especially if it is true he changes the subject and shuts me down! Our grandson Gabe is the same way. 

  We are a great team though having made two beautiful kids and stuck together for four decades plus.  We've had many adventures.   The older we get the more spoiled I am about wanting him around.  

       Saturday he helped me go get groceries and bring them home and put them away. 

I really appreciate it.    Here was the conversation:

     Kenny to me:  You have FOUR pounds of butter in this refridgerator now!

(Which is true)

Me to Kenny: Shall we discuss how many boxes of cereal you have accumulated in this kitchen?

( Also true and EIGHT to be exact) 

     Kenny to me: Be quiet! 

 

     

   

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