Comments on: Weekly Column 6: Minutia Mom http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom It May Be Suburbia, But It's A JUNGLE Out There... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:11:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alvador http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-1262 Alvador Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:17:22 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-1262 Every time i come here I am not dissapointed, nice post Every time i come here I am not dissapointed, nice post

]]> By: Lainie http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-149 Lainie Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:04:05 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-149 Love your blogs. This is hysterical. I can totally relate, but I have one more "adorable" habit that both my kids , as well as my husband do to make my life that much more enjoyable. Is it just my household, or does everyones kids & husband ( no matter how many times you've shown the locale) have a hard time finding the hampers? EVERY morning after the family leaves, I find myself collecting dirty laundry , sometimes in the strangest of places ( including right NEXT TO the hamper). But, I do return the favor to my loving, adoring husband: I "accidently" leave the door open when out walking the dog (despite repeated " DONT LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN. YOU'RE LETTING IN THE MOSQUITOS!!) & I "accidently" drive over the grass on the way into our driveway, leaving not only destroyed grass in my wake, but mud covered tire tracks on the driveway. He just loves that. :) Love your blogs. This is hysterical. I can totally relate, but I have one more “adorable” habit that both my kids , as well as my husband do to make my life that much more enjoyable. Is it just my household, or does everyones kids & husband ( no matter how many times you’ve shown the locale) have a hard time finding the hampers? EVERY morning after the family leaves, I find myself collecting dirty laundry , sometimes in the strangest of places ( including right NEXT TO the hamper). But, I do return the favor to my loving, adoring husband: I “accidently” leave the door open when out walking the dog (despite repeated ” DONT LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN. YOU’RE LETTING IN THE MOSQUITOS!!) & I “accidently” drive over the grass on the way into our driveway, leaving not only destroyed grass in my wake, but mud covered tire tracks on the driveway. He just loves that. :)

]]> By: RACHAEL http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-136 RACHAEL Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:06:52 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-136 LOVE.....sadly i can relate all too well! Oh how i wish i could become part of your comic...isn't there a role for me too in there.... You are hysterical and once again i was crying from laughing so hard...i need more humor like this so all the other bulls*** (that occurs in the house) wont seem to hold such importance. Why after all these years do we think our husbands might just make a drastic change and actually start helping or appreciating what we do in a day. if we added up all the hours we work (24/7 here) and actually got paid to do it....who would be at home waiting to take care of us??? i love you and your writing!!! LOVE…..sadly i can relate all too well! Oh how i wish i could become part of your comic…isn’t there a role for me too in there….
You are hysterical and once again i was crying from laughing so hard…i need more humor like this so all the other bulls*** (that occurs in the house) wont seem to hold such importance. Why after all these years do we think our husbands might just make a drastic change and actually start helping or appreciating what we do in a day. if we added up all the hours we work (24/7 here) and actually got paid to do it….who would be at home waiting to take care of us???
i love you and your writing!!!

]]> By: mauniejames3 http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-135 mauniejames3 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:45:32 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-135 Your terrific...only one thing... never ever taste anything that looks like chocolate if you find it in a house where small children live...I know of what I speak...and just so's ya know...we are all married to the clueless man who goes to work each day and feels as if it is he who is saving the world....I found your blog and will read you all the time...your a riot. Your terrific…only one thing… never ever taste anything that looks like chocolate if you find it in a house where small children live…I know of what I speak…and just so’s ya know…we are all married to the clueless man who goes to work each day and feels as if it is he who is saving the world….I found your blog and will read you all the time…your a riot.

]]> By: Megan http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-134 Megan Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:14:10 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-134 I think I snorted coffee through my nose at the unsolicited advice comment. Where can I get my cape? I think I snorted coffee through my nose at the unsolicited advice comment. Where can I get my cape?

]]> By: Julie http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-132 Julie Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:08:46 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-132 It seems so many of us live that same sink to dishwasher scenario. We should all keep our sense of humor along with our Superhero capes near by..... LOL It seems so many of us live that same sink to dishwasher scenario. We should all keep our sense of humor along with our Superhero capes near by…..
LOL

]]> By: Ann Cedeno http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-131 Ann Cedeno Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:26:32 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-131 I know I will be seeing this one in a magazine! I loved it. I know I will be seeing this one in a magazine! I loved it.

]]> By: PVD http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-130 PVD Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:08:08 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-130 LOVE--LOVE----LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your biggest fan LOVE–LOVE—-LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your biggest fan

]]> By: HeatherY http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-129 HeatherY Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:09:37 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-129 Too funny! Wish I could sport Wonder Woman's outfit though! Those wristbands would come in handy :-) Too funny! Wish I could sport Wonder Woman’s outfit though! Those wristbands would come in handy :-)

]]> By: admin http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-126 admin Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:20:34 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-126 Nancy... always love the comments and you're right it's cliche and redundant, but sadly TRUE! I would be happy to write about how me and my husband raise the children and do the housework commune style (50/50), or democratic style (we vote on tasks we must do), or even Rock Paper Scissors style (we shoot for it.) Then all the other moms that read the article could relate and we could have a laugh about how we our husbands never see scissors coming. But alas, I do not live in a Utopia, such as that. And sadly, I do spend way too much time cleaning, and way too little time at the gym. I pick up after my husband because if I don't no one will. Even sadder, most the 30 something young hip chic intelligent women I know and don't know relate all too well. Is my husband's dinner ready when he enters the door... No, I have to take his cap and shoes, rub his feet, hand him his paper, and light his pipe first. Nancy… always love the comments and you’re right it’s cliche and redundant, but sadly TRUE! I would be happy to write about how me and my husband raise the children and do the housework commune style (50/50), or democratic style (we vote on tasks we must do), or even Rock Paper Scissors style (we shoot for it.) Then all the other moms that read the article could relate and we could have a laugh about how we our husbands never see scissors coming.
But alas, I do not live in a Utopia, such as that. And sadly, I do spend way too much time cleaning, and way too little time at the gym. I pick up after my husband because if I don’t no one will. Even sadder, most the 30 something young hip chic intelligent women I know and don’t know relate all too well. Is my husband’s dinner ready when he enters the door… No, I have to take his cap and shoes, rub his feet, hand him his paper, and light his pipe first.

]]> By: nancy schutt http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-125 nancy schutt Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:29:05 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-125 Ok, you asked for brutal honesty. I have been enjoying your articles and think you are a wonderful, and hilarious writer. But it amazes me that jokes about male cluelessness in the home are still fertile ground. This same genre of humor could have come straight out of The Jackie Gleason Show from the 50’s. Has nothing changed in the relationship between heterosexual couples in 60 years? Are men STILL utterly incompetent and women are STILL doing all the child rearing/daily life maintenance while men expect a plate of food placed before them with no idea what it took for it to get there? So articles like this are for similarly chagrined wives so they can at least get a laugh out of it, and perhaps for the education of the husbands, who sadly, still need that. But to me, the subject matter has been thoroughly explored for decades- and what the hell? the younger generation is still modeling itself on the lifestyle of their grandparents? Being neither mother nor wife- though I do enjoy the articles about the kids, I love the articles that reach beyond the subject of vintage model hetero gender relationships. LOVE reading about your neighbors, your dog, alligators, pedicures. Would love to hear more about politics and world events, home remodeling, live theater, rollerblading. Is there life beyond the kitchen and laundry room? DEFINITELY go to the gym, everyday, because you deserve it. DEFINITELY keep writing, because you are gifted. Ok, you asked for brutal honesty.
I have been enjoying your articles and think you are a wonderful, and hilarious writer. But it amazes me that jokes about male cluelessness in the home are still fertile ground. This same genre of humor could have come straight out of The Jackie Gleason Show from the 50’s. Has nothing changed in the relationship between heterosexual couples in 60 years? Are men STILL utterly incompetent and women are STILL doing all the child rearing/daily life maintenance while men expect a plate of food placed before them with no idea what it took for it to get there? So articles like this are for similarly chagrined wives so they can at least get a laugh out of it, and perhaps for the education of the husbands, who sadly, still need that. But to me, the subject matter has been thoroughly explored for decades- and what the hell? the younger generation is still modeling itself on the lifestyle of their grandparents?

Being neither mother nor wife- though I do enjoy the articles about the kids, I love the articles that reach beyond the subject of vintage model hetero gender relationships. LOVE reading about your neighbors, your dog, alligators, pedicures. Would love to hear more about politics and world events, home remodeling, live theater, rollerblading. Is there life beyond the kitchen and laundry room?
DEFINITELY go to the gym, everyday, because you deserve it. DEFINITELY keep writing, because you are gifted.

]]> By: Jenee Evans http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/weekly-column-minutia-mom/comment-page-1#comment-124 Jenee Evans Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:24:37 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=76#comment-124 This is hands down my Favorite,Favorite,Favorite! This is hands down my Favorite,Favorite,Favorite!

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