LHA

Men definitely have issues. I think the main thing to be concerned about is that Men don't think the same way that we Women do. Documented evidence has shown, that Men are definitely from another planet. This is no new revelation.

My husband is a good case study. He has a bad case of (what I affectionately call) the lazy halfasses. It's not a new condition, its actually always been there. But, until you live with a Man, you don't realize how bad his case of LHA is.

Here's a classic case of LHA: Husband arrives to pick you and your newborn daughter up from the hospital in the middle of winter, but the car seat is NOT installed. He genuinely doesn't understand why I'd be miffed. I try to explain that here I was on a cold winter day outside with daughter bundled up while snow falls in a wheelchair waiting for him to install a car seat. You know, something I had nagged at him to do WEEKS before when I was preggo, and not at the last minute. Talk about being completely mortified AND horrified, and cold, and hormonal, and…

Yeah, it’s like they just don’t get it. I don’t know why they don’t, but somewhere Men are missing the common sense gene when it comes to kids. I'd like to say it was only my husband, but a friend recently wrote me and said that her husband ties their dog down in the front yard where their children plays, and doesn't pick up the poop. She complains, but he doesn't see that as a bad thing. Tell it to another mom, and we'd all agree that he should allow the dog a little time in a different area, OR should just pick up the poop. Not leave it set there, or mow over it. Ask a Man, and they don’t see why it’s a big deal, that is until a kid actually picks up a poop to eat it, is covered in poop and you’re not around to clean it, or something of theirs has poop on it b/c the kids were playing in it. THEN they are called into action. But, try explaining that to them ahead of time, and it’s like you’re talking to the wind.

And, it never gets better. No matter what. For example, yesterday, I asked my husband to take out the trash, which he did. Only he didn’t put a trash bag into the trash, because that was too much work. It’s completely my fault for not saying “Sweetie, could you please take out the trash AND put a trash bag in the bin, you sex muffin you…” Naturally, I had to change daughters’s poop diaper, and when I went to throw it away, there was no trash bag. Which means I had to put one in and put the poop diaper down on the counter because I had no bags available, which means I had to sterilize and sanitize the counter, all because he had LHA. All the while, he sat on the couch, watching me, listening to me vent about his case of the lazy halfasses, and didn’t even flinch, apologize, or do anything but drool on himself.

Its not a one time thing, and he's lucky that I love him so much. I just wish for a little more follow through and a little more common sense. Then I sigh, and realize you can't control LHA. Its a guy thing.