Girls are old fashioned. They lock the doors when they leave the house. They call their friends to invite them over. The host straightens up the house before they arrive. Friends say goodbye and leave before bedtime. (unless it is a predetermined "girls sleepover" of course)
Boys take the quote "my house is your house" to a whole new level. The guys seldom lock our doors.. which is a good thing since at any given moment an unexpected friend might arrive. It doesn't matter if we are home or not. On more than one occasion I have come home to see some of the guys' friends laying on the couch watching TV. (I told you we had a nice TV!)
Honestly I have to say I love this though. I love that everyone feels at home here and I really like having people at our house. There is someone to talk to at any given moment right?
Yesterday was the perfect example. I came home from a meeting around 10:30pm. Neither of the guys' cars were in the driveway and all the lights in the house were off. I went into the house telling a very animated story on the phone. I had been in the kitchen for several minutes when I realized there was someone sleeping on the couch (the plaid one).
Mallory: Brian?
Brian: Yea....
Mallory: What are you doing?
Brian: Well, I fell asleep around 4.
Mallory: On the couch? (clearly) Oh. Where are Kyle and Trey?
Brian: They had songfest practice... and then, I don't know.
Mallory: Oh okay. Sorry to wake you.
Sorry to wake you? Sorry that I didn't know there was someone sleeping on the couch in the kitchen for over six hours. (How COULD I have known that!?) .... Granted I then had someone willing to watch E! News, Chelsey Lately, and Girls Next Door with me.
10/22/09
31. The trash is taken out when someone wants to take out the trash. Not when it is full.
Trash in the kitchen can go without being taken out for several days. That is normal. Trash in the kitchen can go without being taken out several days after NEEDING to be taken out. That is something only boys do.
When I have lived with girls there is a "magic line" and once it reaches that point someone takes out the trash on their way out. It is amazing that the trash can at my house now seems to have no such line.
In fact, boys are creative. I imagine it takes more effort to figure out how to balance the next piece of trash on the pile rather than actually take it out. We almost have a never ending game of jenga. The trash can somehow pile up above the top of the can. Then there are some days when it actually leans up between the refrigerator and the wall. Of course if there is a box of any kind it goes next to the trash can (save room right?). Then of course if there is a box next to the trash can you can fill it to the top with trash before needing to take it out.
Granted, I know I am perfectly capable to take the trash out (and I definitely do sometimes too!) but I think I am more in awe of the stacking abilities of my male counterparts.
When I have lived with girls there is a "magic line" and once it reaches that point someone takes out the trash on their way out. It is amazing that the trash can at my house now seems to have no such line.
In fact, boys are creative. I imagine it takes more effort to figure out how to balance the next piece of trash on the pile rather than actually take it out. We almost have a never ending game of jenga. The trash can somehow pile up above the top of the can. Then there are some days when it actually leans up between the refrigerator and the wall. Of course if there is a box of any kind it goes next to the trash can (save room right?). Then of course if there is a box next to the trash can you can fill it to the top with trash before needing to take it out.
Granted, I know I am perfectly capable to take the trash out (and I definitely do sometimes too!) but I think I am more in awe of the stacking abilities of my male counterparts.
30. Boys have a sentimental side too
... And it never ceases to amaze me when I see it.
I would say out of my roommates Trey is the least affectionate. Not that Kyle is affectionate (But.. he every now and then will tell me he enjoys our conversations or does something like leave half an avocado for me...)
There have been several times that I have left sticky notes on Trey's desk. One of them was because I was going out of town and left and note saying goodbye. Another time I wrote him a little note saying "glad youre my roomie". Another time I left him a little present and a note purely stating "present". Trey has saved all of these notes. They are hanging in a row over his desk.
I noticed them one day.
Mallory: Trey, you don't have to save my sticky-notes to you.
Trey: I know. I want to.
Oh. Aw. Wow. It really is the little things with boys that show they care, they don't need to tell you every day.
Additional Note: To be fair, Kyle has saved a "feel better" card and all the little presents that I have given him over the last few months. They are on the top left hand corner of his desk. I am not sure if this is because he is "saving" them or if that is just where he has left them after receiving and has just not cleaned his room.
I would say out of my roommates Trey is the least affectionate. Not that Kyle is affectionate (But.. he every now and then will tell me he enjoys our conversations or does something like leave half an avocado for me...)
There have been several times that I have left sticky notes on Trey's desk. One of them was because I was going out of town and left and note saying goodbye. Another time I wrote him a little note saying "glad youre my roomie". Another time I left him a little present and a note purely stating "present". Trey has saved all of these notes. They are hanging in a row over his desk.
I noticed them one day.
Mallory: Trey, you don't have to save my sticky-notes to you.
Trey: I know. I want to.
Oh. Aw. Wow. It really is the little things with boys that show they care, they don't need to tell you every day.
Additional Note: To be fair, Kyle has saved a "feel better" card and all the little presents that I have given him over the last few months. They are on the top left hand corner of his desk. I am not sure if this is because he is "saving" them or if that is just where he has left them after receiving and has just not cleaned his room.
10/15/09
29. Boys don't emphasize meaningless words
I was writing a post and trey was frustrated that I inaccurately emphasized one of the words. I had quoted Trey as saying "He is SUCH an idiot." (see post 26)
Trey: The post is good, except for that one line. That's not what I said.
Mallory: Yea you did! Or something to that effect...
Trey: I didn't say "SUCH an idiot". That is such a girl thing to say.
Mallory: I mean, you said something like that.
Trey: I probably said "such and IDIOT".
Mallory: That's basically the same thing. What is the difference between emphasizing SUCH and emphasizing IDIOT.
Trey: Because "idiot" is the point.
I never noticed this before. Girls say "that was SO awesome." Boys says "that was AWESOME." How does emphasizing words make one girly? I don't know. Guess you learn something new everyday.
Trey: The post is good, except for that one line. That's not what I said.
Mallory: Yea you did! Or something to that effect...
Trey: I didn't say "SUCH an idiot". That is such a girl thing to say.
Mallory: I mean, you said something like that.
Trey: I probably said "such and IDIOT".
Mallory: That's basically the same thing. What is the difference between emphasizing SUCH and emphasizing IDIOT.
Trey: Because "idiot" is the point.
I never noticed this before. Girls say "that was SO awesome." Boys says "that was AWESOME." How does emphasizing words make one girly? I don't know. Guess you learn something new everyday.
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