I like Everybody Loevs Raymond. However, last nights episode ruined a good thing for a lot of guys.
(Spoilers ahead…)
Robert (Raymond’s brother) is getting married to Amy. Amy has been dreaming of a wedding since she was 12. She asked Robert to take care of the invitiations. He really didn’t want to. Raymond explained to Robert that she was just trying to include Robert in the wedding plans, even though, in reality, she herself really wanted to do everything.
Raymond suggested to Robert doing a half-assed job at it, so she would then take over and not bother him with any more details. Raymond explained how, during his own wedding plans, he got “Zippers, the one man wedding band” when asked to take care of finding music. Of course, his wife then took over the music and all other wedding planning tasks.
Well, Robert wrote up a crappy invite, but it accidently got sent out. When Robert got caught, Raymonds own wife realized that Raymond had done the same thing during their wedding (Zippers) and then began to realize that many things that Raymond “couldn’t” do…in fact, he could. Things like folding shirts, doing the dishes, etc.
I was watching this with my gf, enjoying it, until it she began to ask me, “Hey…can you iron?! Can you vacuum?!”. I suggested changing the channel.
Anyway…the show ruined a good thing for a lot of guys! Do any task half-assed and you’ll never be asked to do it again! The show gave away a male secret, dammit!
Ahhh…the more I think about it, the more I think the Simpsons did it first.
That’s fucking stupid. I know you’re just trying to be a smartass, but guys not being “able” to do simple chores is an outdated stereotype. Any woman with half a brain knows this.
The few times I’ve made the bed, it resembled a pleated skirt. Admittedly, it was intentional. Therefore, everyday when I get out of the shower, my wife’s just finished making it all perfect like.
Same with the baby’s diaper, dishes from the dishwasher, clothes from the dryer, carpet vacuuming, bills, etc. Suck at it badly enough and they’ll knock you out of the way trying to do it correctly.
Course, there’s just as many other jobs, especially in the yard, that I’ve taken over full responsibility for. I think that’s the key… everybody stays busy but we both find a happy medium as to what we like to do and what’s important to each of us.
Every married guy has at least one chore he’s half-assed done so his wife will do it in the future. And I’m not tellin’ what mine is, in case the missus decides to search the boards.
As Bill Cosby put it: we are dumb, yet we are not so dumb…
Heh. It’s not just a guy thing. My parents used to always use me as a pseudo-travel agent. My dad, especially, would call me from work or wherever and say, “Can you go on the Web and get a reservation for X…” And, yes, he actually refers getting online as “going on the Web.”
However, this soon stopped after I booked a family vacation via two rooms at the Hilton instead of at an economy hotel. They fixed it up–no hard feelings–and now I get left alone. It’s kinda nice.
It is just a TV show, and I think it’s funny. But on episodes like this, my suspension of disbelief is overloaded and I say to myself “In real life, no fucking way would Debra or Amy put up with this continual bullshit.”
You forgot the end of the show where Ray realizes Debra has done this, too - screwing up taping TV shows. And I think Marie was busted, too.
