The Curse of a Good Wife

[xelasnave]

For your entertainment education and amusement...hopefully with emphasis on education...

I am very fortunate as I live alone and enjoy all the benefits that flow from doing things for myself and never getting close to taking one single thing for granted.

The food does not magically appear on the table cooked the way I like it and for me I often have to cook my meal and circle back to it in another hour so somehow I can enjoy it...there are very few meals I can attack when I finally finish it's preparation.

But most of all I have to think things thru carefully and sensibly...I am not cursed with a partner who is supportive and encouraging that will give me immediate justification for any crazy idea that I propose as a good wife always does.

I often look at those poor men who get stuck with the delusion that buying a motel or bed and breakfast is a great way to spend retirement and only seeing an easy income just to sit around and count the money and meet interesting people.

And I think of the conversations between the husband and wife and the thought processes of each person during the process...and what a process it becomes.

The husband starts by putting forward the crazy idea of buying work by explaing that by selling the family home and moving away from the region in which they spent their lives making friends, training up reliable crafts people, tradies, mechanics etc, and generally creating a wonderful home...that life as poorly paid Jack of all trades dealing with the demands of strangers while slowly going broke is a good idea...AND of course the curse of the good wife starts to help bring this potential night mare to an inescapable reality with a supportive.."that's a good idea darling"..he is off as she now wants a motel life for us working together as a team ...he gets excited and now she just becomes more supportive" ..."After 40 years of working for someone you can now be own boss and chose your own hours"...Just plain wonderful.

"Yes dear...that is a wonderful idea..and the kids can come to stay whenever they want...we can have a family Christmas where the five families can all get together"...
And they can all have their own units..and the kids can all sleep in their own units...magic...and all our friends can pop in during the year...

AND of course the husband will say .."And we can each pick and choose over taking the odd casual job because we really wont need the money" " you would love a couple of days say in a gifts shop each week..that would be interesting for you"

Now for me I have the time to think before I share any crazy thought with another human and my conversation with myself would go more like." Move? are you crazy? Just think of the effort to set up at a new location where you don't even know if the neighbours are sane...the move, finding shops, business, trades people like the ones you casually call from your contacts list on your phone with such ease you take them all for granted all the little big things that have taken years to make work smoothly.


OK this motel idea..lets do some spread sheets..well that exercise right there if done realitically will see all crazy ideas gone before I circle back to attack my dinner.

But when you have a supportive good wife who says " That sounds like a wonderful idea I will just love doing laundry every day as it really is just so much fun" the spread sheet get missed and they each start looking on their respective tablets " Oh look dear here is one that has potential to add another ten units" ...and for no effort at all we can make a killing...pity they dont realise who is going to be killed...why is taking on a major building project no more than a reason to buy a nightmare.

Support the man after all he needs to be happy and really when he is not going into his 9 to 5 job he wont know what to do..he will need something to keep him occupied...and what could be easier than a nice little motel or bed and breakfast where you just keep meeting interesting people who steal towells and interesting table items.

But at sometime in the future their dream comes true and after they find that first 9 months was taxing to set up their new life after the "problems" with shuffling real estate and super money and getting rid most everything they treasured in their old home they realise that Christmas time all the units have to be rented each and every day ( and night) otherwise the cash flow somehow just wont work..maybe next christmas they can make time to even see the family....so they must forget those wonderful three weeks Christmas break with their caravan of the past and instal another two washing machines in their small flat out the back to ease the laundry burden by doing loads without going outside on those rainey nights...

It is my humble opinion that a good wife is not the person to you call upon to turn your crazy ideas into a nightmare...it should only be the spread sheets can give you permission to think...and so remember,,,,never buy work so you can retire and have something to do...

Alex

[Malewithatail (Dick)]

The good wife is one who squeezes your hand a little harder when we see another couple holding hands in the street.

[redbeard (Damien)]

Originally Posted by Malewithatail

The good wife is one who squeezes your hand a little harder when we see another couple holding hands in the street.

Nice one.

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Malewithatail

The good wife is one who squeezes your hand a little harder when we see another couple holding hands in the street.

Well that is just too much...complete disregard for the 1.5 mtr distancing rules...but perhaps acceptable if you use hand sanitizer...

Alex

[PhilTas (Phil)]

Alex,

I'm chuckling again.....

You're back!!!!!

This is a good post, just won't show the missus

[oska (John)]

Instructions unclear: squeezed wife's hand.

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by PhilTas

Alex,

I'm chuckling again.....

You're back!!!!!

This is a good post, just won't show the missus

Thanks Phil. I am delighted that I can give you a chuckle...I get total joy at being able to bring some cheer into someones day...thanks for letting me know as I really appreciate knowing.

You have a good one.

Alex