RUBbette Wives & Housework, si man

[Used to be broken 147]

Did you miss the "Just Friends" part???

Whats wrong with Friends with benefits?

[Brad and Vika 129]

We still have post-it notes all over the kitchen and such, even by the door knob to the patio door so she knows which way to turn the knob lock tab for open or locked.....after she locked herself out a couple of times during the winter!!!!

Luckily for her, my sister and her husband live adjacent to us and it wasn't a far walk to their place for the spare key!!!

I think it took Vika six months to really understand all of that. At this point, I am pretty sure she isn't converting any more - just gets it. Fortunately it is impossible to lock yourself out of our house. The only way is to leave by the garage and use the opener to close the garage door with keys inside the house. I put Vika's house key on the same keychain as the car keys. Problem solved

Edited November 25, 2011 by Brad and Vika

[TBoneTX 45,659]

washes the floor on his hands and knees

Another respected VJ memberette married a dude from Peru, si man. She once wrote that he ignores all of the fancy, high-tech mops that she has and instead uses a rag on a stick. I wrote her and said, "Yours does this, TOO?" We got quite a laugh out of it, and even Mrs. T-B. can laugh about it when I constantly remind her of it.

Although Mrs. T-B. is not a RUBbette, we split chores. She cooks (when she decides to, which is most of the time), cleans pretty well when she gets the bug to do it, and takes care of 10-month-old Mini-Bone. She is also quite handy -- she can paint stuff, put up shelves, and do low-tech mechanical repairs. She even pulled a toilet by herself and replaced the wax ring, needing help only to lift the toilet and position it back on, uff man.

I insist on doing the laundry, and the dishes (she has NOT figured out how to load the machine, and her system -- or lack thereof -- of arranging items drives me apeshit, si man). I can always tell when she has run the machine in my absence, because she always forgets to turn off the wall-switch when the cycles are over, si man.

Edited November 25, 2011 by TBoneTX

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

She even pulled a toilet by herself and replaced the wax ring, needing help only to lift the toilet and position it back on, uff man.

Alla would not lift the SEAT of the toilet. I am sure she does not know there IS a wax ring and couldn't possibly care less. She pushes that little handle down and everything is supposed to work or else she knows to say ..

"Garik, Garichka! Solnysko! Pazhalsta idi sudah!"

[eekee 182]

I always get a kick out of your Russian phonetics.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I always get a kick out of your Russian phonetics.

Bozhia Moy!

It is like a third language! And the DOG thinks I speak perfect Russian, responds to every command! Never corrects me! I tell Alla "When I tell the dog to "come here" and she goes away, THEN you can correct my Russian!"

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I think it took Vika six months to really understand all of that. At this point, I am pretty sure she isn't converting any more - just gets it. Fortunately it is impossible to lock yourself out of our house. The only way is to leave by the garage and use the opener to close the garage door with keys inside the house. I put Vika's house key on the same keychain as the car keys. Problem solved

We do not have any locks so that problem is not a problem. She needs to get in the habit of opening the garage door before backing out.

I think Alla gets it, but I am not sure. For cooking, yes she can follow a recipe using English measurements, and she seems to understand "miles per hour" She figured out that the correct way to operate the thermostat is NOT to run it ALL the way to the right or ALL the way to the left. But she still has a problem with the outside temperature if you tell her it will be "about 75 degrees" she is not sure if she needs a coat or not, tell her "24C" and she is fine.

[slim 1,530]

I put Vika's house key on the same keychain as the car keys. Problem solved

My wife refuses to do this. So, instead of one set of keys to track down (which she never leaves in the same place, either) she's constantly looking for her "other" keys as well.

Whenever I suggest she put them on one ring and keep that one ring in the same place every time she comes home, "NO! Because I will be do my way." OK... I'll just wait for you in the car.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My wife refuses to do this. So, instead of one set of keys to track down (which she never leaves in the same place, either) she's constantly looking for her "other" keys as well.

Whenever I suggest she put them on one ring and keep that one ring in the same place every time she comes home, "NO! Because I will be do my way." OK... I'll just wait for you in the car.

The question is "Is this a RUB woman thing or a woman thing?" Alla is the same, can NEVER find her keys or her cell phone, or her glasses.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The question is "Is this a RUB woman thing or a woman thing?" Alla is the same, can NEVER find her keys or her cell phone, or her glasses.

The know it all attitude is a RUB chick thing. Even when they know they are wrong they will never admit it.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The know it all attitude is a RUB chick thing. Even when they know they are wrong they will never admit it.

I was not aware they ever were wrong.

[eekee 182]

The question is "Is this a RUB woman thing or a woman thing?" Alla is the same, can NEVER find her keys or her cell phone, or her glasses.

I always put my keys in the same place every time, but I lose everything else. I have backup glasses I put on to find my regular glasses.

[Brad and Vika 129]

She needs to get in the habit of opening the garage door before backing out.

Definitely a useful habit to get into

My wife refuses to do this. So, instead of one set of keys to track down (which she never leaves in the same place, either) she's constantly looking for her "other" keys as well.

Whenever I suggest she put them on one ring and keep that one ring in the same place every time she comes home, "NO! Because I will be do my way." OK... I'll just wait for you in the car.

I learned to use this line quite a bit too. She comes out in a cocktail dress to go to the grocery store, I say "you look great, get in the car", if she were to wear a mini skirt to skydive, my repsonse would probably be "we are late, can we go already?". Any other comment and I will hear some version of "I am doing it my way, and I don't need help or permission"

The know it all attitude is a RUB chick thing. Even when they know they are wrong they will never admit it.

I think they are genetically predisposed to reject responsibility for anything negative:

a) I did not do it (your fault)

b) I did it, but you provoked me (your fault)

c) I did it, but you do the same thing all the time (bad influence - your fault really)

d) I did it, but you did something worse (insert example here) last week, month, etc. (comparatively your fault is greater).

Vika really has this patter down due to a lifetime of training with it. It used to irritate, but now I mostly laugh and wonder what they do with each other when two Eastern Europeans have these conversations. We also see some pretty funny applications in our house. Vika drops a glass on the floor, and the stupid American glass is defective and the floor is too hard. She is absolutely not responsible for breaking the glass. Sense of humor is important.

[Inna & Brian 11]

I always get a kick out of your Russian phonetics.

RUBonetics

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Definitely a useful habit to get into

I learned to use this line quite a bit too. She comes out in a cocktail dress to go to the grocery store, I say "you look great, get in the car", if she were to wear a mini skirt to skydive, my repsonse would probably be "we are late, can we go already?". Any other comment and I will hear some version of "I am doing it my way, and I don't need help or permission"

I think they are genetically predisposed to reject responsibility for anything negative:

a) I did not do it (your fault)

b) I did it, but you provoked me (your fault)

c) I did it, but you do the same thing all the time (bad influence - your fault really)

d) I did it, but you did something worse (insert example here) last week, month, etc. (comparatively your fault is greater).

Vika really has this patter down due to a lifetime of training with it. It used to irritate, but now I mostly laugh and wonder what they do with each other when two Eastern Europeans have these conversations. We also see some pretty funny applications in our house. Vika drops a glass on the floor, and the stupid American glass is defective and the floor is too hard. She is absolutely not responsible for breaking the glass. Sense of humor is important.

I think you have cracked the CODE! Now we can WIN!