“Have I told you how much I love my nose hair trimmer?” It’s not a typical salutation from my husband, but it’s the one he greets me with today as he stretches out of his black sedan. David is already half undressed when he says it. You would think he’s allergic to his jacket, tie, and shirt, that’s how quickly he whips off his work clothes. He’s not. It’s just David doesn’t want to waste a single second rolling around in grass, kicking balls, and running with our boys.
He even keeps a pair of tennis shoes, a t-shirt, and sweatpants in the garage so he doesn’t have to go in the house and change. I’m mortified to admit every one of our neighbors knows what David looks like in his underwear, but he doesn’t care. One night, he even had a conversation with a neighbor who caught him rolling our trash can to the curb.
“I didn’t want him to think it was weird,” is what David said when he told me the sordid story.
“No,” I laughed. “I’m sure he didn’t think talking to you in your tighty whities at midnight was weird at all.”
Our neighbor must not have been too offended. He still lets his daughter and babysit for us, he let us borrow his ladder to hang Christmas lights, and even picks up our mail when we’re out of town.
David’s one liners are so funny and so unexpected. Like tonight, I noticed a big scab on his shoulder and I asked him what happened. He shrugged and answered, “I sliced it with my razor while trying to clean up some stragglers.”
Or yesterday, when I was complaining how hard it is to brush Latham’s teeth since he barely opens his mouth, David offered this piece of parenting advice: “All you have to do is gag him with the toothbrush a little and he opens right up.”
I think it may be genetic. Reichen drops hysterical one liners all the time, too. Tonight he said, “My nose isn’t running, momma. It’s walking.” And then he laughed. He’s trying to be funny.
And he is. And so is his daddy.
Related posts:
This cracked me up. He sounds like a funny guy.
I saw your comment on someone else’s blog and the name caught my eye, as a woman surrounded by boys myself.
i tried the gagging thing with finn this evening. it didn’t go so well.
Are your husband and my husband related somehow? As soon as Ben gets in the door he is stripping down – it is so like he is allergic to his work clothes! And he has totally taken the trash out in his underware or running through the house naked giggling because he has no boxers in his drawer! Hilarious, so great to read about someone else’s life & the similarities in all marriages!
He is so awesome, I just love him. I’m so happy you married him. One of the best things about being married to someone is when they make you laugh and make you happy to be around them. The whole story makes me LOL! Good way to start the day.