So today the better half and I got up early so we could go to the grocery store. I barely make it downstairs before the better half starts complaining about not being able to find any socks. I laugh it off and ignore him thinking where I would like to shove the socks but I get past it. We go to the grocery store and of course he runs off and leaves me with the kids to wander around. We get in the store and of course he loses me in the store. I’m not hard to find, I’m the woman wandering around looking pissed because the better half has run off to places unknown. I find him of course on the cookie aisle with the kids and the cart. He said he couldn’t find me so of course he just decided to shop on his own. Looking for me was too hard I suppose, considering I was still on the same aisle that he left me on. So then we get through the store and to the check-out. It’s packed and there are about 75 people in line behind us. Only 4 lanes open of course so everyone is trying to rush through the lanes. The better half says he will unload the groceries so I spend time teasing the kids and making them giggle. I look up and the better half is not loading groceries, he’s just standing there. I ask doesn’t he want to unload the groceries, he says yes, but he’s not wanting to rush the cashier. He says when he’s ready he can put groceries on the checkout conveyor so fast I won’t be able to see it. So I shut up and wait. Sure enough the cashier gets the conveyor cleared up and the better half is just looking still. So I said “damn Zoom you are fast, your making me dizzy!” So since then he has been mad at me for calling him Zoom in the store. I thought calling him Zoom was the funniest thing I had ever thought of. I’m still giggling about it but he’s mad and not talking to me now. So, am I wrong, was I totally out of line by calling him Zoom in the store? Zoom and I await your judgment:)
Nah, he’ll get over it. We always do.
Even if I am still calling him Zoom and pointing at him?
When someone has the termerity to brag about being so fast that their work is already done, they automatically earn the moniker “Zoom”.
No, I think the name “Zoom” is all in good fun.
However, the fact that you gave us a rundown of the whole morning and the irksome things he did throughout, instead of just at the check-out line, suggests to me that maybe you’re at least a teensy-weensy bit crabby about more than the impractical bragging about speed (which seemed like he was saying just to be contrary, which alone would set ME off, but on top of everything else that had gone before I’d be ubercranky).
Maybe your overall annoyance came through, so he wasn’t “feeling the love” behind the remark? And thus took more offense than we’d otherwise expect from a teasing remark?
Anyone who’s pouting longer than five minutes after being unable to walk his talk should learn to lighten up.
Nobody’s so perfect all the time. Hell, I’d settle for 50 percent in my life. Ask my wife.
Wait, better not. I’ve been kinda on a roll lately . . .
Tell Zoom to get over it. He’s just being a big ole’ poohead.
MamaHen…does your username reflect your feeling about your family? 
You were frustrated because you felt like you were being the adult having to mother two kids & one grown man.
And, yes…Mr Zoom should get over it, but he’s being defensive because his efficacy is in question. But, you did marry him & have children with him knowing he’s a bit dependent, but there’s something about the dependency & charm you liked…am I right? And, as a collorary, it is never productive to nag or tease.
Anyhow, been there & done that, but for those very reasons did not have children with the former Mr Carina. ::phew::
Next time don’t go looking for them. Get in the car, drive home, and let him figure out how to get the groceries and the kids home.
I think calling him Zoom is kinda funny. I do things like that with the hub and he just ignores me. He probably just upset that you made fun of him with all those people in line. He’ll get over it and probably laugh about it.
Carina42: No my name doesn’t reflect anything really. Just something Zoom called me when I was registering. We were talking about his Mom not accepting our kids and I said I was like a Mama Tiger defending her cubs, he said no I was just like a God Dayum MamaHen clucking around, all cluck and no bite 
I thought it was cute so I used it.
Grace: No one else heard me call him Zoom, I didn’t scream it just leaned in and teased him. We do it to one another all the time. He finally calmed down enough to talk to me about it. Reason Zoom’s mad at being called Zoom? Because I was right and he was wrong. He said he hates that worse than anything. I said get used to it Zoom! And he agreed I can call him Zoom but I have to do favors for him
Happy ending.
ZOOM…ZOOM…ZOOM
“Zoom”, huh? Jeez, I wish that was the worst thing my wife had ever called me when I made an ass of myself in a store.
MamaHen, I think we’re married to the same man.
You have my sympathies.
Rose
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Boston Mass
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Sorry, couldn’t resist
Sorry, couldn’t code 
coulda been worse.
Like if you called him Zoom in bed…
Thank you all for posting and helping. A funny end to my day yesterday. Zoom and I were having hot monkey sex in the front room, really just enjoying making up. We had fun and got pretty wild and loud since the kids were in bed. This morning I go downstairs and there’s a letter from some members of my church. The letter says they stopped by last night but it sounded like we were busy! Great they heard! I am sure there’s now a big black line through my name in the church books along with a note about me being a pervert. Some of you may remember the vibrator and lube being slung around in front of these same church members. They suspected then, they know for sure now! Think I can blame it all on Zoom?