Jeesh, talk about your strict gender roles! In that photo, A is carrying a Puma laptop bag that we use as a diaper bag. He was toting bananas and grapes so we didn’t have to pay $10 for cotton candy at Disney Hell.
It’s not a man purse! I got an especially manly bag just to save his dignity.
Just so you know, A would totally LOVE a man purse. He has never been one for taking note of gender accessorizing subtleties. In fact, he has an over the shoulder bag instead of a briefcase for his work thingamajigs that looks a little purse-like.
That being said, it should be no surprise to you that he wears these:
Yes. They are man-clogs. We had a friend who was dating a (male) chef who wore clogs. A was hating the lawyer life and dreamed of a life slinging burgers. Instead of quitting his job, he bought clogs. As if just clogs wouldn’t be bad enough, he bought BROWN clogs and he wears them sans socks. Often with pants that have shrunk and are too short.
Those clogs have been the bane of my existence for the past four years. They WILL NOT DIE. I hate those shoes with the heat of 10,000 suns. Not only are they ugly, they are loud and when I trip on them, I nearly break my ankle every time.
A will NOT get rid of the clogs because he claims they are the only comfortable shoes he has ever owned. Other shoes are uncomfortable because his feet are almost totally FLAT and ridiculously wide. He has no arch at all. When he walks on the sand, the footprint looks like a big rectangle with toes.
It is hard to see in the picture but you will just have to trust me. (A was sleeping when I took the picture so I couldn’t get a shot of his very small but wide hands. They are kind of odd too.)
Since I am already making fun of A, remember when I mentioned the thing on his neck? It used to look like this:
It was a little tiny WART! Right at my eye-level. Right where my mouth tends to be during a certain *private activity*! GROSS!
So I made him get it frozen off. Then it grew back, so I made him get it burned off. Then it grew back again, so I made him get surgery to remove it and all the skin around it.
Now his neck looks like this:
Now he looks like he was knifed in a back alley.
You know why? He has a big ass keloid scar there now. When I was on my anti-wart rampage, I never noticed the giant scar he has on his hip from falling on a wine glass as a child. Oops! Chalk up one more thing about Asians I didn’t know.
Hopefully, he will forget about his excessive scarring by the time I cajole him into getting a vasectomy.
Finally as an equal opportunity ridiculer, I give you a picture of me in my Ear Spelunking gear. Yes I really do wear that headlamp and stick that LOOOOOOONG stick into A’s ear canal. He complains, but deep down, I know he appreciates it. Except when I poke to hard or accidentally draw blood that is.
I think my husband would kill me – or at least be extremely displeased – if I made a post like this. On the bright side, it made me laugh (which may not be such a bright side when one is 33 weeks pregnant).
Oh, I told A I was giong to post it. I made him pose for the clog and scar photos. I also asked him to take the photo of me with the headlamp. He has a pretty good sense of humor. That’s why I love him.
Funny you should make fun of the exact worn out, dirty and not-so-attractive-for-either-gender clogs that I’m wearing right now. In A’s defense, they’re so comfy, whether you’re a chef, a lawyer, or an under-paid and over-worked resident!
I think the question that begs to be asked from your post is why A fell on a wine glass as a child? I’m sure there’s a good story there!
Could you spelunk in George’s ears next time we see you?
I am laughing hard, especially at the “A is asleep and I stealthily uncovered his flat foot to prove me right” shot!! GO GIRL!
Wow. I thought my husband had a pretty good sense of humor, but I know without a doubt that He. Would. Kill. Me. if I posted something like this. He really would.
Well, maybe he would just screech loudly for a long time, but it would be almost the same.
That said, I love this post . You so totally rock with your ear spelunking gear!
You people are freaks. Love it
FWIW, my reaction to the bag was, “Damn, her husband is cool!”
My mother has flat feet. My mother wears clogs. Swears they are the best for her feet. I don’t think you are going to get him out of the clogs.
I think Asian men are more comfortable with the metrosexual look. I kind of like the man purse.
My husband wears Birkenstocks, which I think are just as hideous as those clogs.
Dr. Jay has a strange thingy on his neck too. It had to be burned off when he was a kid. Now he has a nasty scar there. Funny, it is in the exact same spot as A’s.
I would burn those clogs in the middle of the night.. Claim they spontaneously combusted…Yeah, that’s the ticket
My husband would DIE if he saw this post – He would rather see just about anything else in the entire world than a man’s foot. In fact, I think he will be getting his own removed just so he never has to see men’s feet again. He could get little skates in their place.
I think the bag in that picture looked cool – the man clogs, though, not so cool.
So, not only do we both have Chinese husbands, but they are both lawyers as well! and mine has a mole with a hair growing out of it on his shoulder. heh
BTW, Blogger was down last night, but you are linked now.
Seeing that last picture of you in so totally Amber mode makes me miss you! By the way, I have clogs–they ARE the most comfortable shoes I have ever owned, AND A can get them much, much hipper: mine have tigers and are a funky blue print. A could so totally jazz up his feet with a black peacock leather or something otherwise as wonderful. If you can’t get rid of the clogs, at least suggest he get himself some a bit more his style.
Wow, I have those clogs too. Extremely comfortable, mine look just as bad. I am a girl however.
Not all man clogs are bad. Remember Chad Everett in Medical Center- he looked hot in his clogs.
I was a mere infant at the time, but I knew he was hot.
You know what they say about men with wide, flat, rectangle feet!!
They wear wide, flat, rectangle shoes.
Sorry, but I’m a clog fan, too. They really don’t die.
I wear a lot of cloggish shoes because I am too lazy to tie shoes. My karma is having a kid who is too lazy to even try to tie her own shoes, and unable to keep clogs on her five year old feet. Yes I tried to get her hooked on them in spite of the obvious coordination and safety issues they present for little ones. (She is also against doing her own velcro but that is where I draw the line.)
My husband would not kill me for this post. I am trying to think of anything he would not want me to discuss and the only thing I can come up with are his farts. So don’t ask about his farts OK?
PS I have tried to get him into carrying a man purse but he is all about his pockets and they are very scary places.