Why can't Men Multi task....

[Mamzie]

MEN!!! :mad:

2.50pm... dh is looking after kids - yes.. I've been stuck in bed since last week ill...:o

Well, hes gone now, but he shouted up the stairs ds has a hospital appintment 3.15, why didn't i tell him... Where was it noted, on the calendar, on the fridge, with card pinned on noticeboard..:shocked:

I've just rang hospital to let them know hes running a little late, and am waiting for dd to get dropped off as they race past. :(

Just want someone to explain to me how this was my fault...

[navara]

MEN!!! :mad:

2.50pm... dh is looking after kids - yes.. I've been stuck in bed since last week ill...:o

Well, hes gone now, but he shouted up the stairs ds has a hospital appintment 3.15, why didn't i tell him... Where was it noted, on the calendar, on the fridge, with card pinned on noticeboard..:shocked:

I've just rang hospital to let them know hes running a little late, and am waiting for dd to get dropped off as they race past. :(

Just want someone to explain to me how this was my fault...

I could explain why it's your fault but I have something else to do :maldives-Beer:

Hope you're feeling better soon:hug:

[Mamzie]

typical man....


grumble, grumble....

[tiger]

Sorry you have been ill Mamzie.

Actually some men are good at multitasking. My DH can watch TV at the same time as reading the paper, listening to cricket on the radio and doing a crossword. He seems to lose the skill when it comes to anything to do with housework though. :(

[Grace & Favour]

MEN!!! :mad:

2.50pm... dh is looking after kids - yes.. I've been stuck in bed since last week ill...:o

Well, hes gone now, but he shouted up the stairs ds has a hospital appintment 3.15, why didn't i tell him... Where was it noted, on the calendar, on the fridge, with card pinned on noticeboard..:shocked:

I've just rang hospital to let them know hes running a little late, and am waiting for dd to get dropped off as they race past. :(

Just want someone to explain to me how this was my fault...

So - in summary . . .

You're ill (you deserve hugs)
OH is looking after you
Looking after Children
Coping with (the minimum of) housework
and is now driving ds to Hospital for appointment - - taking on the vagaries of the outside world, traffic, hospital receptionists etc . . . . taking all that strain away from you . .
(thus allowing you to recover in bed, and communicate with your cyber-mates)
Where isn't multi-tasking?:D:D:D:D:D



(Hugs Mamz!)

[Mamzie]

OK... I'll let you have that one G&F... I need a mod to change title now to

why can't men cope with kids and everything else...

[Addy]

Mine can multi-task..........


.............he takes a pee at the same time as having a shower :eek:

[Grace & Favour]

Mine can multi-task..........


.............he takes a pee at the same time as having a shower :eek:

and, like all real men - - he'd be able to brink a beer at the same time as well .. . .

[holliemon]

Mine can multi-task..........


.............he takes a pee at the same time as having a shower :eek:

I think you missed out pooping too

[holliemon]

Hope you get better soon Mamzie.

I dont think mens brains function like ours

[jackie_k_uk]

Hope you get better soon Mamzie.

I dont think mens brains function like ours

You mean men actually have a brain??? :eek:

[abbie star 123]

pooping in the shower? mmm nice thought next time in the shower! y can men wipe there own bum but not change nappies as they 'cant do it'' have a weak stomach' 'your much faster than me' etc

[Mrs Lady C]

So - in summary . . .

You're ill (you deserve hugs)
OH is looking after you
Looking after Children
Coping with (the minimum of) housework
and is now driving ds to Hospital for appointment - - taking on the vagaries of the outside world, traffic, hospital receptionists etc . . . . taking all that strain away from you . .
(thus allowing you to recover in bed, and communicate with your cyber-mates)
Where isn't multi-tasking?:D:D:D:D:D



(Hugs Mamz!)

OK... I'll let you have that one G&F... I need a mod to change title now to

why can't men cope with kids and everything else...

Your oh sounds like a real star mamzie, when I am ill I have to just get on with it, my oh wouldn't do any of those things on the list above. :(:(:(

[mhoc]

Ditto, even having 3 kids just 2 years apart has never given me a reason for retreating to bed, sofa if I am very lucky. Nor having a broken arm - the only things I could not do was hang washing out - the beds were not changed for 6 weeks. Even the other Easter when we all had that dreadful sickness bug that took weeks to clear properly I still dragged myself around, making meals, washing, kitchen clearing, floors and vaccuming, and driving kids around etc

Mind you we tend to live longer than men so at least we have the last word

[pookienoodle]

there is a theory that it dates back to caveman times.
men went out hunting and had to concentrate their focus on one thing,the prey.
the women on the other hand had to wash,clean,look after children and cook.

I actually think their is some truth in this,though there are obviously there are exceptions to every rule.
on the other hand it could be that men don't multi task because its too much like hard work.

[Zaul]

If and when mine tries to multitask I have to clean up after him.He doesnt do it the way I'd like it but I cant get caught 'fixing' it or I'd never hear the end of it.

Sorry to hear your ill Mamzie.Get Well Soon-but not for his sake

[princesskerry]

Sorry to hear you are not very well Mamzie. :hug:

I dont feel like I can comment on this thread as OH does all of the above, he does the majority of the cooking and at the weekend we share all the household jobs between us.
He lived on his own for about a year before I met him and in that time I think he really learnt to stand on his own two feet, he is a much better and more confident cook then me and dare I say it he is more tidy then me too.
The only bits that I would do differently are just little things like I would need to prompt him to put vests/right size nappies/socks etc on the children and I always pick out their clothes, as they would wear each others items otherwise and shorts and tshirts in the winter or worse still pyjama tops that he thought was normal tops lol.
But other then that theres not much else, I am rarely if ever ill though but if I am I know I can leave him easily with both children.

So I can say my OH is brill at multi tasking just like a woman, but he is absolutely rubbish at DIY and avoids any decorating at all lengths.

[99redballs]

my hubby has this annoying habit, your about to tell him he's about to do something wrong ,as you just know what they are going to do, then he jumps down your throat and shouts 'yes know i was about to do that' -'no you wasn't' i think to myself. well today my 'clever' husband put the kids 'connect 4' game away. the kids had left the counters in the game and he preceded to take the bottom off. well i knew what was going to happen , but i didn't tell him that 'cause he knows it allready' and the counters flew all over the floor!- ha smart a**e

hope you feel better soon mamzie xx

[microjan]

They can't multitask because they have a one tracked mind, lol

[mead]

They can't multitask because they have a one tracked mind, lol

:help:
come on girls you are being a bit harsh on us men.how can we compete with the gentle sex,who do so much for us that we have forgotten how too do more than one thing at a time.and all the time we are thinking how clever you all are...so be nice to us:D

[microjan]

:help:
come on girls you are being a bit harsh on us men.how can we compete with the gentle sex,who do so much for us that we have forgotten how too do more than one thing at a time.and all the time we are thinking how clever you all are...so be nice to us:D

oh bless you that sounds so sweet :D

[Mamzie]

Awww, I guess mine isn't so bad.

He always does any diy, and normally does the dishes. Its just that the general picking up, putting away, routine day to day stuff, etc, that he falls down on.

Just back from gp, and after getting tonsilitis and earache, apparently its a virus now that has affected my eyes, ears, throat co-ordination/messages, which is why I am struggling to get up so much, without getting dizzy and icky.

[tiger]

Mamzie, that virus sounds awful. I hope it clears up soon for you.

[Mamzie]

I just feel sooooo useless, if I sit sideways or lie down, I am fine. Can be online, reading, talking to kids, yet if I try and sit up stright, or move - yeauch.....

[microjan]

hope you feel better soon Mamzie, it sounds awful

[Greenpen]

There is no evidence that women can multitask while men cannot; it's a myth.

[Grace & Favour]

There is no evidence that women can multitask while men cannot; it's a myth.


All women can multitathk - - whether they are a Myth, a Mitheth or a Mthzzz:)

[Dominic]

Just back from gp, and after getting tonsilitis and earache, apparently its a virus now that has affected my eyes, ears, throat co-ordination/messages, which is why I am struggling to get up so much, without getting dizzy and icky.

So you are struggling to multi-task then???????

I missed this thread earlier as was busy with something else...........

[pookienoodle]

All women can multitathk - - whether they are a Myth, a Mitheth or a Mthzzz:)
:D:D:D:D:D