Does your wife have a list ?

[Quinn]

My wife has a list of approved people I can marry if she dies before I do. Generally speaking, they're single friends of hers our age who need help with home repairs, gardening, and don't have a man around to correct. Is this normal? I realize that if anything happened to her, I'd have to get married in a week or I'd starve to death, wearing th same clothes, trying to figure out how the stove and dishwasher work.

 

I've told her I want to remarry her sister so I don't have to change in-laws. Besides, her sister talks loud enough for me to hear---she was a school teacher---and is a good cook. Unfortunely, her sister makes enough money to hire people to do her home repairs and garden.

 

Anybody else have an approved list?

 

 

 

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[Bob Palin]

I'll have to ask her.

[elkroeger]

I'll have to ask her.

 

You idiot! Don't do that!

[Mrs. Caddis]

That never crossed my mind. I think I'll cross it out of my mind now!

[Caddis]

Whew! (I think)

[elkroeger]

Mine's got a different kind of list.

 

Trim the shrubs, take out the garbage, clean the garage...

[Paul Mihalka]

Mine's got a different kind of list.

 

Trim the shrubs, take out the garbage, clean the garage...

Are your wife and mine related?

[EffBee]

Nope. She knows no one else would have me.

[Gregori]

Test rides?

 

(It's considered more polite to call it 'dating' by the way...)

[tallman]

Yes.

 

It includes various famous women who may or may not have

any interest in me.

Some I've met.

 

But the reality is she will throw herself on my funeral pyre

so the point will become moot.

[g_frey]

THat is not herself she will throw it is gasolene.

[Albert]

If my wife has a list it's not potential spouses, it's full of means and opportunity. I provide the motive.

[Bud]

Nancy and I have had this conversation, sort of.

 

I said I would find a rich woman to "keep" me w/o getting remarried.

 

She informed me that I WOULD GET MARRIED so that I would set a good example for my grandchildren.

 

So I have no choice, even from the grave she will be telling me what to do.

 

[Albert]

Nancy and I have had this conversation, sort of.

 

I said I would find a rich woman to "keep" me w/o getting remarried.

 

She informed me that I WOULD GET MARRIED so that I would set a good example for my grandchildren.

 

So I have no choice, even from the grave she will be telling me what to do.

 

Bud, there's still time to convince her that a bad example can be a powerful teaching tool.

[philbytx]

She putting a curse on you or what LOL!

At my age, re-marrying would be the furthest thing from my mind.

Deb also said the same thing, I believe it is because we both had too much of a good thing and nobody could compare !

[4wheeldog]

I do not possibly have enough years left, in the event of my lovely wife's demise, to train a new one. And no, I was not trainable in the first place.

 

 

[Mike]

If my wife has a list, she hasn't shared it with me. I suspect that she's hoping that I'll go first, allowing her an opportunity to go to work on her other list.

 

If I ever find myself single again, it will likely be because of the fact that my wife has figured out what a bum deal she got. In that event, while I suppose there would be lots of possibilities in theory, in practice no woman would have me.

 

Of significant note is the fact that I'm no prize. I am not particularly good-looking, don't have what you'd call a sparkling personality, and sport a physique that could charitably be described as uninspiring.

 

On a positive note, I do have a full head of hair and I keep my toenails well trimmed. Further, I have yet to suffer from urinary incontinence. That's really about all I've got going for me, so even if my wife did proffer such a list upon her impending demise, there's little chance that any woman would have me.

 

And, should a woman come along who would tolerate me, I would definitely not want to forge a relationship with anyone with such low standards.

[elkroeger]

Careful there Mike. You're implying that your wife doesn't have any taste. And we all know that just ain't so....

[JustJean]

Well this is a fun topic!

 

David is not allowed to remarry. He has to either come with me or at least miss me tremendously! If I'm not alive having fun with him then he better not have fun without me!

 

Besides no one else is good for him but me!

[Bud]

Reminds me of my ex-boss who retired to The Villages, FL. A senior golf retirement community.

 

His wife asked if he would re-marry. He said NO. She said I want you to.

 

She asked if they would live in the same house. He said NO. She said it is your dream house. Please live here.

 

She asked if they would sleep in the same bed. He said NO. She said we paid a lot of money for that sleep # bed and I want you to use it.

 

She asked if the new wife would use her golf clubs. He said NO........ His new wife was left handed.

 

And that's when the fight started.

[Bud]

Well this is a fun topic!

 

David is not allowed to remarry. He has to either come with me or at least miss me tremendously! If I'm not alive having fun with him then he better not have fun without me!

 

Besides no one else is good for him but me!

 

Don't be so subtle Jean, tell us how you really feel.

 

PS I see there has been no response from your SO. He is a pretty smart guy.

[eddd]

There was such a list at my house, but it was mine and the wife ex-wife found it.

[Peter Parts]

Sad thought... for many of us.

 

I have a little running joke with my wife and you can use a variation of it too:

 

Let's say your partner is Irish in origin. You say, "If you die, I'll stand outside the Irish embassy till I meet someone like you."

 

(We have a really good marriage. As maybe you can tell. Lots of cuddles. No guns, eh Quinn. You can see her picture (and a picture of the bikerly love in my life) on my Corbin backrest write-up, with the caption, "Most excellent and patient wife sitting for a mock-up test fitting".)

 

Ben

[4wheeldog]

If my wife has a list, she hasn't shared it with me. I suspect that she's hoping that I'll go first, allowing her an opportunity to go to work on her other list.

 

If I ever find myself single again, it will likely be because of the fact that my wife has figured out what a bum deal she got. In that event, while I suppose there would be lots of possibilities in theory, in practice no woman would have me.

 

Of significant note is the fact that I'm no prize. I am not particularly good-looking, don't have what you'd call a sparkling personality, and sport a physique that could charitably be described as uninspiring.

 

On a positive note, I do have a full head of hair and I keep my toenails well trimmed. Further, I have yet to suffer from urinary incontinence. That's really about all I've got going for me, so even if my wife did proffer such a list upon her impending demise, there's little chance that any woman would have me.

 

And, should a woman come along who would tolerate me, I would definitely not want to forge a relationship with anyone with such low standards.

 

Yeahbutt........Do you have a job? That seems to be high on the desirable woman's list.

 

An observation I made early in life is that a smaller percentage of men than women are capable and useful. As we age, as a group, the men fall out faster that the women. The picking are slim, for any discerning woman. Men have a much broader pool to select from. But I doubt I could find a match, regardless. I have been too thoroughly spoiled.

[Tank]

All joking aside.

My papa had been married for 60+ years. Mom died when he was 84-85 and after a few months my sister staged a dinner party at her home which included a women who was the widowed mother of a workmate of my sisters. By the end of the evening he had asked her to dinner the next night and they became an idem for the next six years till her death......

 

My papa asked my sister "who's next" and she said........ It just so happens there is a women in Manteca you might like AND they have been having fun now for awhile.

 

Papa is 92 years of age and loving life... He did finally sell his Class C motorhome last July.... still builds and flies RC Aircraft... jets, mali engine, stunt.

He claims that a good women IN his life is the key

 

[Jerry Johnston]

Mine has a list of many other women who will help her dig a big hole in the back yard to dump me in.

[Selden]

I'm stunned. If my wife dies before me, she will be DEAD, and what I choose to do with my life will be none of her business.

[elkroeger]

...what I choose to do with my life will be none of her business.

 

Makes sense to me. Good luck.

[Matts_12GS]

...The picking are slim, for any discerning woman. Men have a much broader pool to select from.,,,

Like they say in Alaska, the odds are good, but the goods are odd

[Computerbob]

My first wife was my high school sweetheart and died 9 months after we got married. She told me to find someone, remarry, and have a happy life. I have tried to live up to that.

 

If my current wife happens to die before me (which I doubt will happen since she seems to take better care of herself than I do) I don't think I'll go for a third.

 

I'll just sell everything I own except for what can fit on the back of my bike and go for a really long ride.

[Bullett]

I don't have a list like the one you describe. From what I've seen, all the single women in the area will come out of the woodwork with casseroles and sweets to make sure you won't starve and aren't lonely.

[philbytx]

My 89 year old uncle became a widower 5 years ago. He is the most popular guy in the area.....he has, to my knowledge, 3 women "interested" in him . We should all be so lucky...LOL!

 

[Bud]

My 89 year old uncle became a widower 5 years ago. He is the most popular guy in the area.....he has, to my knowledge, 3 women "interested" in him . We should all be so lucky...LOL!

Hope he doesn't have to get married!

[Quinn]

Arrested for assault with a dead weapon?

 

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[BadAdam]

I wonder who she has on her list for herself if you die early....

[bmw_rider]

She's not made a list, given our various family histories,unless it is an accidental death the chances of her going first are 1:10000.....maybe I should be making a list for her.

[Quinn]

My wife has a wish list if I go first. It includes the guys on Ask This Old House except the useless moderator/host kid. She just likes their attitude.

 

I don't have a list for her, but have considered writing a letter to be openned by the next guy apologizing for not doing a better job of lowering her expectations of husbandhood. I would wish him well and hope he can figure out what the hell she is talking about half the time.

 

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[4wheeldog]

My wife has a wish list if I go first. It includes the guys on Ask This Old House except the useless moderator/host kid. She just likes their attitude.

 

I don't have a list for her, but have considered writing a letter to be openned by the next guy apologizing for not doing a better job of lowering her expectations of husbandhood. I would wish him well and hope he can figure out what the hell she is talking about half the time.

 

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This sounds like a variation on the old "Write two letters" joke. Old leader gives new leader two envelopes.....Tells him to open each successively for his first and second crisis. When the first crisis happens, new leader opens the first envelope. "Blame everything on me". Works great.

 

Second crisis some time later, opens second envelope. "Prepare two envelopes". (Rim shot).

[Glenn Reed]

My wife has a list of approved people I can marry if she dies before I do. Generally speaking, they're single friends of hers our age who need help with home repairs, gardening, and don't have a man around to correct. Is this normal? I realize that if anything happened to her, I'd have to get married in a week or I'd starve to death, wearing th same clothes, trying to figure out how the stove and dishwasher work.

 

I've told her I want to remarry her sister so I don't have to change in-laws. Besides, her sister talks loud enough for me to hear---she was a school teacher---and is a good cook. Unfortunely, her sister makes enough money to hire people to do her home repairs and garden.

 

Anybody else have an approved list?

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Bob,

 

I thought it would be safe to ask my wife about this, since she had conversed with you at the 2011 RCR and would have a frame of reference. She answered that she in fact does not have such a list. As to the whole In-Laws side of the discussion, she said she doubted I would want to break in another set, but since she doesn't have a sister, I don't have the same option that you do.