Heh - it’s taken a while but my beloved now appreciates that “I’m almost done on the laptop, I’ll be up in a minute” means I’ll wander up possibly sometime before 4am.
I was married for almost 5 years, together for more then 6. She could never understand when I said I wasn’t mad, I wasn’t mad. Now that we’re separated she doesn’t say it any more, wish she would have done it then too. I have never understood why people don’t believe one another when they tell you how they feel or what they’re thinking.
I was married for 11 years, she could never understand that , during the whole time we were together and til this day, when I say, “I’m sorry, I have no money.” I really mean that there’s under $10 in the account, there is no other account, and I’m not stashing it for a rainy day.
It’s because you’re using the wrong technology, silly. It supposed to be like Star Trek. You walk up to the fridge and say “ketchup”. When you open the door, the ketchup, and only ketchup is in the fridge under a bright spotlight with angelic voices singing “Aaaaaaaaaaah”. (The voices stop when you close the door. The fridge light goes out too!)
You don’t actually expect him to be able recognize a single item when there are more than one, do you?
Its not really a question. Picard
Well, that’s a given, but she’s not even willing to accept the importance of it all!:rolleyes:
Better yet - leave without him. “I’m leaving now. See you whenever you get there.”
More than a few times, SDMB has been the cause of my “I’m almost done on the computer” at 11pm, meaning slinking into bed at 4am 
Well, OK, SDMB and high-quality pr0n. But I mean, you gotta do something while waiting for it to download, right?
No way. Shatner for the win.
I was married for nearly 5 years, and my ex-husband never understood that a monogamous relationship meant “you don’t have sex with other people.”
On the other hand, I was married for nearly five years, and I never understood that “nothing” is a valid answer to “What are you thinking about?”
I was married for five years (with him for a total of 8), and my ex could never understand that adults actually work, you know, for a living. To pay bills. And pay for all that alcohol that he seemed to be able to drink all day every day while I worked two full-time jobs, taught part time in grad school, and attended said grad school. But we never had enough money to, oh, I don’t know, go to the ballet or out to dinner or maybe hire a maid to clean the house that he never could get around to cleaning because he was too busy (drinking) at home while I was out working two full-time jobs, teaching part time in grad school, and attending said grad school.
No, I’m not bitter, why do you ask?
You do know that Galaxy Quest was not a documentary, right? Shatner never captained anything.
I’ve been on the board for ten years, and Dopers never understand that hi-jacking isn’t nice and that Star Trek can have it’s own threads.
Other than the grad school part your marriage was my marriage.
Mmmm, threads like this solidify my resolve to be a spinster. I can’t understand why some of the people upthread (and people like my mom) put up with this drinking, non-working bullshit. If I was married to a lazyass like that, the relationship would be over PDQ. But I can’t stand people who don’t pull their own weight… so that’s that.
For my part, I was with my ex for 7 months and he never understood that doing all the driving in our relationship was, in fact, doing him a humongous favor.
Yeah, and this works too. They never catch on. Really! Absolutely never catch on. I told my mother that her own birthday dinner was 75 minutes before it really was.
She strolled in riiiiiight on time.
What?
This confuses me too. Are you the horrible driver, or is he?
I assume he didn’t have a car.
The poster is the only driver. The other guy either doesn’t have a license or doesn’t have a car, and he takes her chauffeur services for granted.