tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post7750193366797555523..comments2024-03-24T16:50:00.727-05:00Comments on Maria Zannini blogspot: Polar Opposites Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-58259943062319808942014-01-15T15:06:05.394-06:002014-01-15T15:06:05.394-06:00Karen: Sometimes I think Greg and I brought detent...Karen: Sometimes I think Greg and I brought detente to a whole new level.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-20226036019013285232014-01-15T15:02:30.486-06:002014-01-15T15:02:30.486-06:00I completely agree with the old saying that opposi...I completely agree with the old saying that opposites attract. And having to learn to live together in peace is what comes of it.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-71924370189082674722014-01-14T19:46:59.084-06:002014-01-14T19:46:59.084-06:00Darke: Ha! I wouldn't mind a few less sparks. ...Darke: Ha! I wouldn't mind a few less sparks. I'm not as spry as I used to be. :P<br /><br />Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-77291340157620024532014-01-14T19:41:00.493-06:002014-01-14T19:41:00.493-06:00I think all relationships between couples are like...I think all relationships between couples are like this. It would probably be easier if we all were the same, but I bet it wouldn't be as interesting, or as exciting. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849835587452669592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-68320226436214281742014-01-14T19:04:30.708-06:002014-01-14T19:04:30.708-06:00Suzanne: What a good husband! He's a keeper.Suzanne: What a good husband! He's a keeper.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-7288222410001944262014-01-14T19:03:41.564-06:002014-01-14T19:03:41.564-06:00Ellie: Oy. He'd be an ex to me too. :)
There&...Ellie: Oy. He'd be an ex to me too. :)<br /><br />There's nothing worse than a man who won't commit.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-32543118606315144352014-01-14T17:05:15.881-06:002014-01-14T17:05:15.881-06:00My husband is pretty good. I don't ask him to ...My husband is pretty good. I don't ask him to do anything, and he says is there anything you want me to do. If it needs to be done urgently I say oh such and such, but there's no hurry. He does it. I have no complaints in that department. <br />When something needs doing, we do it thank heavens. lol. :)<br />Suzanne Brandyn Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969670520269001723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-48252540152060905162014-01-14T10:00:03.234-06:002014-01-14T10:00:03.234-06:00I understand completely. While I can procrastinate...I understand completely. While I can procrastinate, my ex just buried his head in the sand on a permanent basis. I think opposites can work, even if sparks do fly. What doesn't work is when of you is so stubborn nothing ever gets completed!Ellie Garratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731071128348213067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-59833794105192815572014-01-14T07:05:19.832-06:002014-01-14T07:05:19.832-06:00Shelley: Holidays are too few and far between. :si...Shelley: Holidays are too few and far between. :sigh: Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-10628170886221613402014-01-14T07:03:08.879-06:002014-01-14T07:03:08.879-06:00Raelyn: I've only got one male to contend with...Raelyn: I've only got one male to contend with--you have five. You should be nominated for sainthood.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-15080767324602973382014-01-14T03:16:01.884-06:002014-01-14T03:16:01.884-06:00" I pride myself on being an excellent mule....." I pride myself on being an excellent mule...with a clipboard."<br /><br />This made me laugh. Hubby and I usually see things pretty much the same way. We do start shouting when hubby is tired, which is often lately since they're short-handed at work. Bring on the next holiday ;)Shelley Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090469550227550713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-34220276466613728052014-01-13T22:40:32.148-06:002014-01-13T22:40:32.148-06:00I'm a bit like Linda, I want things done just ...I'm a bit like Linda, I want things done just so but I'll procrastinate until I have the time to do it the way I want. Being surrounded by males is slowly breaking me of that though, LOL. I have to use the FlyLady plan or lose my sanity.<br /><br />That Man will start things, bless his heart, but will leave things unfinished. Ask him to sweep the floor and he'll do it, leaving the pile swept into a corner. Going the extra step to get the dust pan... Sigh.<br /><br />I definitely think you've got something with that blog series :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-37535949658447445922014-01-13T17:33:52.458-06:002014-01-13T17:33:52.458-06:00Anne: Sigh. Greg is barely here and already the ne...Anne: Sigh. Greg is barely here and already the neighbors know him as the guy who has every tool known to man.<br /><br />I often tell him that if he dies first, I'm going to have the mother of all garage sales. Men will be lining down the road to see what kind of tools Greg left behind.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-53278813805359665902014-01-13T17:31:41.038-06:002014-01-13T17:31:41.038-06:00Barbara: I don't like to yell. If I reach the ...Barbara: I don't like to yell. If I reach the yelling stage, that means things have escalated to the cataclysmic stage. Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-63444862123974778812014-01-13T17:29:39.725-06:002014-01-13T17:29:39.725-06:00Cate: Oy! I know exactly what you mean! He likes t...Cate: Oy! I know exactly what you mean! He likes to email me from the next room.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-92182046539224326292014-01-13T17:28:14.713-06:002014-01-13T17:28:14.713-06:00Susan: I used to be very happy that each of us had...Susan: I used to be very happy that each of us had our areas of expertise, but these past 14 years have honed us into a Jack and Jill of all trades since we've had to live apart so long.<br /><br />I'll be glad when we can go back just so I don't have to figure out the plumbing on my own.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-74686404738561042042014-01-13T17:25:34.496-06:002014-01-13T17:25:34.496-06:00Stacy: At last, a couple who can play nice. Stacy: At last, a couple who can play nice. Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-13765105513076336692014-01-13T17:24:12.953-06:002014-01-13T17:24:12.953-06:00Jim: What is it with concrete and Italians? Greg h...Jim: What is it with concrete and Italians? Greg has measured me for cement galoshes a time or two. :o)Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-66964374830287925992014-01-13T17:22:38.508-06:002014-01-13T17:22:38.508-06:00I'm always hesitant to open my wallet unless i...I'm always hesitant to open my wallet unless it's to fix whatever's broken. It's buying new things where Greg and I are at odds.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-28862988443289516852014-01-13T17:20:30.063-06:002014-01-13T17:20:30.063-06:00OMG. Yes, by all means, please start that series &...OMG. Yes, by all means, please start that series "What my husband did this time." <br /><br />I don't have an S.O. but my Dad is pretty handy with his frankenheimer and always loses his way to the goal line. However, our lawn vehicles are the pride of the street outfitted with all kinds of contraptions. Even a utility plug for his weed wacker. (Oh yes.)Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-48535738754467799622014-01-13T17:19:43.326-06:002014-01-13T17:19:43.326-06:00Angela: I still have to take into account whether ...Angela: I still have to take into account whether my marriage could handle it. ;-)Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-75319461154469311682014-01-13T16:50:09.842-06:002014-01-13T16:50:09.842-06:00We work about the same, but we fight very differen...We work about the same, but we fight very differently. R wants a passionate screaming fight, and I'm a more, let's look at this logically and hash it out. Takes the wind right out of his sails, but I just don't yell.Barbara Ann Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751427987081847906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-73071465988375495862014-01-13T15:08:47.977-06:002014-01-13T15:08:47.977-06:00Ha, yes, same here. Hubby's the yin to my yang...Ha, yes, same here. Hubby's the yin to my yang, and if I happen to be yin, then he's yang! Arrggh!<br />You can always text him instructions. Who cares if he's in the same room? lolCate Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371792447604980848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-1222098404524288522014-01-13T13:40:51.836-06:002014-01-13T13:40:51.836-06:00LOL. My husband and I are so opposite. I grew up o...LOL. My husband and I are so opposite. I grew up on a farm where my dad could do anything, mechanical, building, plumbing. So I'm the fix it person around here and when I start a job I don't stop until I finish. It frustrates me but we've mostly accepted what the other one is good at. Good luck keeping the sparks contained.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-40791803584955202022014-01-13T10:58:00.476-06:002014-01-13T10:58:00.476-06:00I don't think I work differently than my husba...I don't think I work differently than my husband -- we're both procrastinators so it's amazing anything gets done. But when we work together on a project, it's usually spark-free. Stacy McKitrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898731847653710759noreply@blogger.com