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Dear Aunty Pam,

 

My husband has worked my last nerve. For the third time in six months, he has brought home a couple of guys from work (he runs a trucking company), or his cousin and his wife, home for dinner with maybe three hours heads up. He never asks if it’s convenient for me, or if I have other plans. When I tell him, ‘This means I’ve got to vacuum and dust and hit the grocery store,’ he just ignores it and says, ‘Oh, they ain’t fussy; they’ll eat anything you throw together.’

It just makes me so mad! How can I make him see how unfair this is?

Thank you, Aunty Pam!

 

Signed,

Linda D

 

Dear Linda,

 

If you’re going to be mad, Aunty Pam suggests you get mad at yourself. Woman: you have allowed your hubs to pull this THREE times, now. To him, it’s no big deal because you continue to run around like a headless chicken and somehow manage to pull it off.

There are two easy options to nip this in the bud. First of all, the next time he calls at 2 p.m. to say he’s bringing home friends for dinner, you say, ‘Nope. Sorry. That doesn’t work for me.’ And if he balks at that, say, ‘OK, bring your friends home for dinner.’ Then leave. Call your besties and go have a nice ‘Rita somewhere and a chat.

When your hubby arrives home to an empty house and nothing in the oven, he’ll probably call you to find out what’s going on. A simple reply of, ‘They ain’t fussy, hon. They’ll eat anything you throw together.’

That oughta do it…

 

Cheers, dears!!

Aunty Pam