Is It A Guy Thing?
 

* Big Giant Rant Approaching!*

I see lots of SWMBO references. I find it amusing, not offensive. But I wonder...Where did I go wrong??? Do the ladies really give you all a hard time, or is it just mantalk? How can I gain such power?
I don't want to Be SWMBO in the literal sense, but Gosh, HWLAMH (He Who Lives At My House) is such a pain. Like, kinda sissyish. If you met him, you'd love the guy. Looks and acts anything but a big ole girly boy.
But he complained about a smell after brewing and hasn't had any beer I've made. Doesn't give a crap about what's in that 5 gallon Better Bottle on the kitchen counter (it's EdWort's Apfelwein). Hasn't even asked about it. Wouldn't your SWMBO's be curious?
Must be that f'ing low-carb baloney I got him into a couple months ago. Who knew he'd pay attention?! Or it could be the 25 year power struggle that some call marriage.
On the bright side, he's not having his buddies over to empty my keg while I'm working 2-10 PM five days a week. He pays for top shelf vodka drinks at a restaurant. I may not make great beer yet, but he doesn't know that, cause he hasn't had any. It's not hard to get- it's been kegged in my new kegerator that sits in the kitchen.

This is Drunken YaddaYadda and Mindless Blah Blah Blah, Right?

Glad to hear you share the fun together!
I'm just bitchin 'cause it's so bassackwards. Guess why I started drinking, LOL!
It is kinda disappointing when I do "guy stuff" all by myself. Like installing appliances, plumbing fixtures, making beer, smoking meats, etc. I don't nag, I just get it done :) He can do it; just won't. Gaahhh!

That.

She'd come at me with a flash light and a spray bottle. I'd sing like a canary. :p

Oh, to have a fraction of that intoxicating power! I need lessons. Real Bad.

I love this post. Thank you.

I don't like the acronym. I need obeyed and she needs to be pleased. Fortunately my beer pleases her.

I'm thinking HWMC (he who must complain)

In general, I do what I want. My wife has her say, and I try my best to abide by it (I love her to the ends of the earth). I like the peaceful kingdom. But I am the final word, and that is that. She likes my hobby to stay outside and so do I.

SWMBO? Sure, gotta keep mamma happy. If mamma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

My wife is no SWMBO. Sharona, you would like her. She's way into the Pats, will watch the Sox and Bruins, loves good beer and is totally supportive. She doesn't brew and is only mildly curious of my process. One thing she is, though , is more patient with my beer than I am. I tapped two beers a couple of weeks ago. My strong pale ale and a kit milk chocolate stout that I kicked up a notch. She only wants me to taste the stout (her fav) for potential issues and not pull a pint cuz she says my beer is perfect! About the time the keg is ready to kick. lol. But she doesn't do the manly stuff. Thats my job.

I dont know what it is about some guys nowadays. They are so...soft? Its like they lost the mancard in the mail or something. They aren't girlie, they're just...soft. Is HWMC a product of a broken home? No male influence? I hear its in the water too. Birth control isn't removed during waste treatment operations and its in the water supply making women more assertive and men less so.