in praise of [insert witty, clever blogname here]
Can I just tell you how much my wife, the blogger formerly known as The Other, rocks?
She has taken on all of the chemical-reliant cleaning duties in our house; put up with my getting in bed between 8-9 p.m. every night; indulged my every craving, including going out to get me chicken fingers, and then making me honey-mustard sauce when the takeout place didn’t have any; made me mild, bland dinners when I was feeling particularly icky; compromised on getting weekend errands and activities done when I felt tired; and spent time watching crappy movies with me on the couch instead of going out and having fun with friends. She truly is in charge of the care and feeding of me and of this baby, and she is doing a fantastic job. All with nary a complaint, and with hilarious sense of humor intact. The other night, when I told her how much I appreciate all she is doing, she said, “Well, I don’t want you fucking up the baby I bought.” Maybe you had to be there, but I nearly peed in my pants.
She also makes a delicious, gluten-free, nut-free, kosher meal for a family of six once a week. She volunteers at the local library. She is smart and sweet and wonderful in every way. And today, I couldn’t be prouder of her, because she just found out that a paper she wrote is going to be published. It’ll be the first publication in which she appears as first author, and it is a huge deal. I am all puffed up with pride. (and carbs. but mostly pride.)
Whew hoo! That is freakin' awesome! Congratulations to WiFKATO! And, wow– I think she deserves a foot-rub. After she's done with yours of course
what she said? totally how I feel. YOU MAKE ME A BABY AND MAKE IT GOOD!
“Well, I don’t want you fucking up the baby I bought.”
HaHa! We say inappropriate things like this ALL of the time, so I get it and think it's hilarious.
Sounds like you've got a keeper of a wife.
And congrats to the Other on her paper!
Some suggested blog names for her:
The Keeper
The [insert her motherly honorific here]
The FreshMaker
Whoo-hoo! Congrats on her first first-author paper! The first of many, I'm sure. That's fantastic news!
Wonderful to hear. All partners should be like that!
I love the inappropriate comments. I'd say things like that to Nutella, too. “You're not allowed to eat/do that, I don't want our baby to have three arms”
omg you are totally obsessed with me. creepy.
*snort*
publishment is awesome! whats the publishing in?! what can we learn about?!
Isn't it wonderful to have such a supportive partner? Congrats to her on the paper publication! How exciting. Everyone wanted a copy of the journal when Elizabeth had her first paper published. They didn't realize that it wasn't as simple as picking up a copy of Cosmo, and that they'd have to subscribe to an overpriced academic journal to get their own copy! Can you tell us more about your better half's paper?
Do you think she'd be willing to come over and make said delicious meal for me?
I love this post. Hooray for Others!
Also, Uno and I laughed a long time over “I don't want you fucking up the baby I bought.” She likes to remind me that I paid for all the sperm. We didn't think about it much at the time – it was an easy way to split costs – but now it's the source of endless joking.
I almost peed in my pants too! She's fucking hilarious and a total keeper. Send her my congrats on her publication. Nice work!