POLL!!!

[stoney321]

First, happiest of birthdays to one of my favorite red heads, floweringjudas! I'm so glad to hear that things are going better in your life. <3 <3 <3 And another happy birthday goes to the ADORABLE neverneverfic! Two girls I've met in person, and both just as lovely.

Now, a most important question about YOU and YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

[Poll #1020942]

IF YOU GUESSED THAT I ASK MY HUSBAND WHEN HE'S COMING HOME EVERY NIGHT, YOU WOULD BE CORRECT. also, it is irritating him, and I'm setting out to show I'm not the only wife that wants to know when her S.O. is coming home. (this is what happens when your normally traveling husband takes a project at home.)
HAPPY FRIDAY!!

*calls husband to find out when he's coming home, ahahahahahaha*

Edit: Um... I am not a hermaphrodite. That should read that Mein Mann should be glad that "SHE" loves him. Ahem. :D

Comments

[wolfshark]

I had to say no to asking every night, because hubby and I commute together and I drive, so I know when he'll be home - whenever I get him there!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha! YOU WIN!

[southernbangel.livejournal.com]

I MADE IT SAFE AND SOUND. I've currently parked my butt at an internet cafe before heading back to the hotel for a shower and a quick nap before braving the streets of downtown Atlanta at night. I'm thinking I might either (a) die or (b) pick up a hooker.

HAHAHAHA, go annoy Mr. Stoney some more. *I* would never nag AND I would let us have Dreamland every other meal. I would make an awesome wife.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

OKAY YOU HAVE ALREADY CONVINCED MY KIDS TO DUMP ME FOR YOU, LEE.

*cries*
*bitterly*

...can I at least come with you guys to Dreamland on occasion?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Okay, but what if Chris WASN'T home the same time every day? And should it matter that I'm trying to prepare family meals, so I need to know if he's going be really late (8 and beyond) in which case I'll just go ahead and feed the kids? Hmmm.

[madam-rptr.livejournal.com]

Not only do I ask him (though not every day — since he's usually home before I am), but he asks me every day without fail. Again, usually because I'm home after he is.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. *gives you a GOLD STAR!*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Oh my GOSH, that would be the most awesome thing on the planet earth, and other planets besides!!!!!

HEEEEEE.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

AHH's schedule is super-irregular so I ask him pretty much every day so I have an idea of how to plan my day/evening. And also so I know when to expect him because I'm a little crazy? PERHAPS. Also, sometimes I talk to him multiple times through email if we're exchanging links while he's in class and sometimes I don't talk to him at all so I picked multiple choice and you can't stop me! Mua ha ha!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I mean, honestly! Is it too much to ask to know when he'll be traveling home (I'm turning into Molly Weasley... If only I had her clock!) so I can get dinner on the table in a timely fashion? :D

I LIKE MULTIPLE ANSWERS, wheeeeee!

[samsom.livejournal.com]

I ask everyday, multiple times.

How else will I know when to get the lovah out of the bedroom in time to remake the bed?

What?

I can't be the *only* one.

Or, you know, so I can plan on how many to feed, and when.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

UM, YEAH. I'm raising my hand: you are NOT the only one!

[lumenara.livejournal.com]

We are currently working in the same cubicle, so the question doesn't really apply in the way you mean it. But. If we were working in different places, I would totally ask that question.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Sure, sure. He stands, you know it's time to go. Oooh, you could ask him all day if he's going to the break room, the bathroom, to the copier... (Hahahaha. Don't do that.)

But yeah! I mean, here I am all day knitting and wearing capris and sparying my curls to keep me looking fresh... How else will I know when to take the plastic off the couches and have his dry martini ready?!?!

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Mr. Stoney is crazy if he thinks other people don't ask their s.o.'s what time they'll be home! CRAZY IN THE HEAD!

*waves to Mr. Stoney if he's reading this*

Heee, in terms of "speak to X times daily" I think you mean on the phone when the s.o. is not there, but I was having a funny moment imagining couples who say, "Good morning," to each other gravely, and then NOTHING the rest of the day. Once is all you get!

her husband should shut up and be glad he loves him.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

OKAY, SEE, RIGHT. Yeah!! I mean, I know we're all out of practice with the everyday routine, but come on! :D

Ahahahahaha, yes, I should have clarified that line of questioning, heeee! I love your image. I imagine grey cardigans and lots of beige in their home, too.

*is tewtally a hermaphrodite from the phrasing..*

OKAY, WHAT?? My husband just pulled up with a bowling pin. ?????? WHY JUST ONE?

[copykween.livejournal.com]

Mine is gone all week, so I mostly ask what DAY he'll be home. Once I know which day, then yep, I definitely ask what time he'll be home (usually for dinner purposes). And yes, he gets pissy about it. *strangles*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

See, that's normally how it is at my house, too. My husband travels every week, and is only home on the weekends. (And he never balked at my asking when his flight was...)

he's just now taken on a project here in town, so it's all so new. *blushes like a newlywed* Hahaha.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

I know when he's coming home from work, because it's usually the same time, or if it's going to be early he often phones to tell me so, and he never goes out in the evenings.
But personally, when I go out in the evenings, I find it intensely irritating to be asked what time I'll be back - it feels like I have to say a time earlier than I'll actually be home.
I refuse to carry a mobile phone, too, because I feel that would be used to guilt-trip me into coming home early! Also, I feel like a dork being spoken to on a mobile.
But then, we eat fairly randomly, and rarely have plans that involve timing anything very much.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

... also, my answers don't really count because I think I'm really a guy.

[xochitl42.livejournal.com]

This is tricky for me; my SO resides in Australia. I...do not. I'm about as far awy from him as I can get without coming back the other side of the planet.

So, if he did live here, or I there, I'd ask him when he's coming home, so I can plan dinner and er, perhaps, other things, and so I know when to start seriously worrying if he's not home.

As for the telecommunications: yes--he generally calls me twice a day--at least once. And there is, indeed, texting. :)

Tell him he should be flattered you want to know when he's coming home so you have stuff ready for him and know when it's time to break out he search parties.

As a compromise--maybe you can ask if there's a general time he's usually home, keep that in mind as default arrival time, and then ask him to call you whenever he'll be early or late. Otherwise, you simply assume the default arrival time.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

We're still in the bumping elbows process of having him home for a change. (Read: he's used to hotels and maid service. Ahem. MUST BE NICE.)

The general time frame keeps coming up. Maybe I can convince him he needs one. :D

[cityphonelines.livejournal.com]

Procrastinational polls. The best kind

*takes a nap*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I'M SAYING! *reads polls all afternoon*

[slasheuse.livejournal.com]

Dude, you are being totally reasonable. My Dad calls my mum a LOT, which okay, sometimes she is all "omg, official stalker", but mostly it's an important part of their relationship and A Good Thing. My mum worries about my dad when they're apart, my dad worries about my mum, and they like to check in - also they have the same favourite TV shows and quite often my dad'll be watching them in his hotel and he'll ring right as it ends to chat about it with her.

Also, am not being lofty, but although obviously it's my parents not me/Laura, my Dad works away about as much as Mr S does, so I do get where you're coming from. It's politeness that he let you know. You are cooking food. He has CHILDREN. They want to see him. Get Emily to look angelic.

Also whatttt, Mr S, you are being a queen, loosen up or your wife will run away and live with the lesbians. WE RECRUIT.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

See, YES! I am being reasonable!! I am loving and wanting him home and wanting the family to be all Normal Rockwell at the table with our roast goose (read: ordered pizza) and it's just courtesy, imo.

Ahahahaha, he just read your last comment and laughed out loud. Heee!

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

I actually have to slightly amend my votes. For the first, I usually ask if he expects to be late. He's generally home around 6ish. Sometimes he says no, won't be late, then goes to the bar and I don't see him until 11. Then I'm the one who gets irritated.

As to speaking to him -- well, he comes home for lunch. So I picked once a day, but it's rare that I call him at work. When we were in MD it was probably once a day, a few times a week by phone.

The bride of Christ thing was hilarious. I love you.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

See, if he had a regular time that he came home, then I most likely wouldn't ask (unless to say, let me know if there's a change.) Yeah, the whole skipping to the bar thing and not letting me know would royally piss me off, especially if I had dinner sitting out and the kids around the table.

Hahahahaha! OMG I AM HIS BRIIIIIIIIIDE. *shows you my ring*

[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

Just for the record, when I did have an S.O, I not only wanted to know when he'd be home, but I--GASP!--actually got worried when he didn't turn up when he said he would!

The ex in the icon (I just really like that picture of my daughter--it makes my heart go melty) was supposed to get off work at seven once, then turned up at ten. I flipped out, 'cause, y'know, three hours late. He could've been dead. Or something.

He told everybody we knew that I was a control freak.

Does that seem right to you?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Okay, the guy in your icon looks FREAKISHLY LIKE my ex. (You weren't married to a Texan, were you? *bites nails*

And you know, you've just reminded me that my ex had NO CONCEPT OF TIME and responsibility towards the family. I mean, he would sometimes be gone for DAYS. Not joking. Huh. This just might be a trigger for me....

And no, you don't sound like a control freak. Um, there's clearly a reason he's an EX.

[poshcat.livejournal.com]

It's a little bit different for me, because Mr. Posh and I work and live together, so it's more like I ask him every day when the hell he's leaving so I can get five minutes to myself!!!

If I were you I'd make supper when I want and he can heat it up in the microwave later, dammit.

See, you should have married me. I'd call you every day at lunch to tell you when I think I'll be home and ask you how you're doing. Plus, girl sex.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahaha!!! Oooh, that would be rough at times. Sometimes TOO much isn't a good thing.

OKAY. Let's go run off and get married and have delicious food. Plus, I won't care if you want to hang out in jammies all day, because it would be the most comfortable. <3 <3 <3

POSHY!! I was JUST thinking about you today. HEART.

[rahirah]

We don't ask each other when we'll be home , though if it gets much past six and there's no sign of her, I'd start to worry a bit.

Also we talk to each other mainly by mouth noises, which you did not give an option for. *g*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I'm finding that most of y'all have a regular routine. Clearly my ability to build a poll that has all the loopholes/wiggle room figured out is lacking! :D

MOUTH NOISES. I think I remember that... (hee!)

[elucidate-this.livejournal.com]

thank you for the happy wishes lady!

also, i have no significant other to ask about home times, but i do often ask my roomies, even though i don't feed them or anything. i just like to know because i'm nosy. and i need to know when to start psychotically worrying. and! they do the same for me and once called me when i was out past 11 on a weeknight to make sure that i was okay!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I hope your day has been terrific!!

And yeah - when I had roommates in college, we would double check. I think it's a girl thing. Like, if your female roomie isn't home by 2am, and she was going to the store, panic time, right?

BOYS. ;)

[essene.livejournal.com]

DT is very good to tell me her plans way in advance (or so she says), which I apparantly (and sometimes DO) forget I ask her the day before and then I forget, and then I ask her again in the morning, or some time during the actual day and then I forget so I ask again at some later point.

*plays with your hair while you drink wine and eat chocolate*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

OKAY, COOKIE. I have been avoiding your journal since OotP came out, but I am going to see it tomorrow (EEEEEE) and then I will be all over you like stink on rice.

And hahahaha, it sounds like my relationship with Mr. S! (He being the DT, me being the you.)

OMG, PLEASE PLAY WITH MY HAIR. *curls up in your lap*

[my_daroga]

Haha, it is the opposite in my relationship. He called me SEVEN TIMES yesterday at work. Also, he asks me when I'll be home about once a week, even though I always get home at the same time.