# My wife wants one thing, I want the opposite (food related) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905 "2011-02-28T11:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/21 "2011-02-28T15:05:48Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > These chickens are only on sale once per year, usually in January. The next time I can get then is 2012. On sale as in “available for sale,” meaning you literally can not acquire one (through normal channels) until next year, or on sale as in “at a special price,” although still available at the normal price? > [@](#): > > Would you fight over this? Should I? Why or why not? Fight wouldn’t even come to mind. If this type of chicken is irreplaceable until next year, I’d certainly convey my disappointment and ask for an explanation. _NICELY._ If this type of chicken can be bought, though at a less attractive price, a discussion may be in order but I’m thinking it’s just a few dollars and not worth generating bad feelings. Now, if this is not an isolated incident but rather the latest illustration of a repeated and ongoing problem, that’s a whole different kettle of fish. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/22 "2011-02-28T15:05:53Z")
> [@Heyoka13](#): > > With out delving too deeply into matters best left, er, undelved, > > if “Aunt Flo” had stopped by during the relevant time frame, I’d let it go. > > :eek: It’s true that women who menstruate become irrational instinct-driven animals rampaging through the lives of hapless men both known and unknown (menstruating women never turn on other women; it’s something to do with pheromones), and that nothing anyone can say or do can bring them to their senses until The Period has passed and women gain self-control and reason again! I mean, not _too_ much reason, because they are still _women_, after all, but a bit more. Just a smidge. ---
**Author:** ![ethelbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/23 "2011-02-28T15:24:41Z")
Tell me more about the chickens or we’re going to throw down right here, right now. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/24 "2011-02-28T15:45:22Z")
(Only based on the title) My first thought was: Is your real-life name Jack Sprat? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/25 "2011-02-28T15:47:22Z")
Sounds like **Superhal’s** chickens are coming home to roost. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/26 "2011-02-28T15:51:49Z")
Maybe this is his new weekend hobby with his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/27 "2011-02-28T15:55:44Z")
I have to know what kind of special chickens are only available once a year. > [@spark240](#): > > Better show her who’s boss. Yeah, the use of “comply” there skeeved me as well… ---
**Author:** ![uuaschbaer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@uuaschbaer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uuaschbaer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/28 "2011-02-28T15:57:53Z")
Are these ‘chickens’ a metaphor for something? Drugs? Illegally killed game? The neighbours’ cat? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/29 "2011-02-28T16:29:16Z")
If they were Hood River strawberries or maybe white truffles rooted out by one of those special pigs, I could see some smack-down being in order. But _chickens_? You can buy whole chickens for like $.49/lb. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/30 "2011-02-28T16:29:45Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#): > > It’s true that women who menstruate become irrational instinct-driven animals rampaging through the lives of hapless men both known and unknown (menstruating women never turn on other women; it’s something to do with pheromones), and that nothing anyone can say or do can bring them to their senses until The Period has passed and women gain self-control and reason again! I mean, not _too_ much reason, because they are still _women_, after all, but a bit more. Just a smidge. Quite so, I’m personally consumed by irrational rage right now. Look at me go. Oh, the fury. How I wish for calmer days. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/31 "2011-02-28T16:32:17Z")
Which came first, the chicken or the deliberately vague dope post? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/32 "2011-02-28T16:39:29Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Which came first, the chicken or the deliberately vague dope post? well, that’s why everyone’s egging the OP on to post more info. There hasn’t been a peep out of him since the first post and it’s turning into a real fustercluck. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/33 "2011-02-28T16:52:53Z")
I have to admit, my opinion of the OP is colored by previous [posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=596509)he has written about his relationship with his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/34 "2011-02-28T17:03:35Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I have to admit, my opinion of the OP is colored by previous [posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=596509)he has written about his relationship with his wife. Yes, me too. If it were something by a poster I had no previous associations with, I think I’d just be confused. But between the two threads I get a vibe of the OP thinking his wife is sweet but not too bright. And a message of, “See, this is what I have to live with!” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/35 "2011-02-28T17:55:11Z")
Well, there’s the rub…my wife is pretty clueless about food, which I find kind of endearing, because she’s so together on everything else. I also tend to be philosophical about material possessions, etc., overall. I could see kind of going “WTF”, but not in a mean, argument-ensuing way. It would just be one of those things, and I’d just find a way to use the chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/36 "2011-02-28T18:05:54Z")
I have this sneaking suspicion that \*\*Superhal \*\*and his wife don’t actually speak the same language, and communicate with each other solely through Google Translate. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/37 "2011-02-28T19:00:05Z")
Perhaps in Superhal’s relationship with his wife, “defrosting the chicken” is a euphemism. 😃 mmm ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/38 "2011-02-28T19:14:50Z")
Well, **SuperHal** ignores his wife’s wishes to quit insulting her under the guise of making “jokes,” and **SuperHal’s** wife ignores his wishes to not defrost two superchickens. Sounds like they’re just about right for each other. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/39 "2011-02-28T19:30:25Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yes, me too. If it were something by a poster I had no previous associations with, I think I’d just be confused. But between the two threads I get a vibe of the OP thinking his wife is sweet but not too bright. And a message of, “See, this is what I have to live with!” Frankly I’d agree with that assessment, considering she still puts up with him! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905/40 "2011-02-28T19:57:38Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Now, if this is not an isolated incident but rather the latest illustration of a repeated and ongoing problem, that’s a whole different kettle of fish. There are fish too? Definitely fight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-one-thing-i-want-the-opposite-food-related/572905.md?page=3)