Me: Mr. A, is there anything you need me to buy for you for the trip?
Him: Nope. I have everything I need. (Translation: I am going to decide the day before we leave that I need items that will take several hours and trips to at least three or four stores, thus driving my wife crazy and delaying her while she is trying to get all the last minute packing finished.)
Me: What about snacks for the plane or when we are traveling around?
Him: I don’t need to take anything. I will just eat what the feed me on the plane. (Translation: I will eat all the snacks you bring for yourself and the kiddo. I will ignore any dirty looks I get for doing so.)
Me: Have you thought about what clothes you are bringing? What shoes?
Him: I will just bring two pairs of jeans, three tshirts and my running shoes.
Me: Are you bringing more than one pair of shoes?
Him: Uhhhh. I guess I will also bring my black leather shoes
Me: Uh, no you won’t. Those shoes are HUGE they take up half the suitcase.
Him: Oh. Maybe I will just bring my tevas?
Me: You mean the ones that have the soles are split in half? Why don’t you just go buy some new tevas? You will need them for summer anyway.
Him: I will think about it. (Translation: What do you think I will be shopping for the day before we leave? Tevas! In the cold midwest! In FEBRUARY! Because I am sure EVERY store will have them in stock.)
Me: Are you SURE you have everything you need?
Him: Yes.
Me: Do you have travel shaving cream?
Him: Oh. No, can you buy some for me?
Me: Do you have headphones to watch the movie on the plane?
Him: No. Can you buy some for me?
Me: Do you want an inflatable pillow?
Him: Oooo. THat would be awesome. Can you get one?
Me: Do you have a book to read or your allergy medicine?
Him: Huh. I guess I need to make a list so I can get that stuff.
Me: You think?@!?@?!?
LMAO – we had this same conversation with the same sub-text before going to Guatemala. My husband insisted he didn’t want snacks, wouldn’t eat snacks. I bought some for myself and he ate them daily saying what a good idea it was. He took long sleeve button downs instead of short sleeve polos despite my suggestion he might be warm and spent the week telling me how he should have considered the weather when packing. The list goes on. Hehe…good thing we love them!
That’s too funny. I’m anticipating the very same conversation.
MEN!
Hee, hee. Will totally have same conversation with own hubster.
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Oh man, this is so familiar. I don’t know what it is about men, but the appear to have lost the ability to pack for themselves. It must be a genetic mutation or something because it is universal and so freaking annoying. Funny, but annoying.
Why don’t you just buy him new everything, from underwear and socks to toothbrush and razor, load up his ipod, get some DVDs from Netflix for the plane ride (you are taking a computer to keep us all informed of every step you take in China, right?), and lots of snacks just for him. Then sell him every item for a buck, and take the money and buy M something adorable.
LMAO!
why does this sound just like many a conversation I’ve had with animal? Are we sure our husbands aren’t related?!?
I can see the conversation at our house now… that same one will occur, especially the comments in your head, they are the same as mine would have been.
As my husband likes to say “hey, you knew i was like this when you married me”, yes, I did!
Tevas in the middle of winter in the midwest? No problem. That’s why the gods gave us zappos.com.
Sadly for my credit card one can also buy many, many other shoes there as well…
Um, are you married to my husband?
See, see! Race can’t run so deep as a divider, if we all had such conversations with our husbands…
PS: Don’t forget to pack the converter for his computer and other gadgets!
Given the problems I have with Cole telling me what she needs/wants from the stupid grocery store, I can’t imagine dealing with an international-travel-to-get-new-baby situation with the same dynamics!
Ok, so it is not just us? I had this conversation with my husband not once but 2 times (2 adoptions) before leaving for China. Maddening. And he insisted on packing about 30 pairs of underwear..this I just don’t get. It drove me to near insanity. The laundry ladies in Guangzhou absolutely loved him.
You should get this inflatable neck pillow-thicker in front so you can sleep through most of the trip.
http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__ZN019
I highly recommend it. That, plus melatonin really helps for a long trip like that one. HAVE FUN!
It is so reassuring to know that men are the same the world over!
I am afraid I’m totally the Mr. A in my relationship. But reading that convo made me laugh.
I missed the baby, and can’t wait to see the next picture! I got lazy in my blog-checking.
Biggest congrats to all four of you!