Seb and I have this ongoing battle because his car is spotless and mine isn't. Easy enough if you don't have to haul around kids and if your driveway isn't a mud pit. We have two kinds of mud--black mud that if you touch it you have to scrub your hands with a brush and this green mud thats all limey and full of sand. Both are impossible to clean and everywhere in the yard. The kids are constantly attracted to it because they know it's a way to drive me nuts.
I wash my car every week and then vacuum maybe once a month. Seb washes his car every week and polishes it AND vacuums it. He's so anal about it. I refuse to even drive it because if something happens I don't want to hear about it for the rest of my life. Besides it's a giant tank of a grandpa car.
The kids have to take off their shoes before they get in his car. In mine they can usually find an extra pair if they need to. You get the idea.
My friend Gwyn sent me this video which about sums it up.
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Haha! Spot on! Sadly my husband and I have to share the car!
OK. My husband and I are officially hillbillies.... We only clean the cars when it's embarrassing to drive them around in the state they're in...
This is all leading up to my sexual frustration post. We spend far too much time worrying about this.
We still have the winter jackets in the trunk from our trip to Maine in March. It's not like I need them here ;)
OMG! Our situation exactly. Joe's car is pristine and the kids aren't allowed to eat in there (although they are allowed shoes). He gets on my case ALL THE TIME about the state of my car.
HAHAHA! I didn't have time to watch the clip but I get you on the car thing. What is it about men and their cars????
Mine is a total dump. I can't believe you wash and vacuum yours that often! Mine gets washed a few times a year. When my husband takes it to the car wash!!! He never bugs me about it though. He just offers when my car is so filthy he can't take it anymore. He has his washed inside and out by a professional and the guy complains when G shows up with my car because it's always such a mess.
The best line in this post was the bit about your kids having to take their shoes off before they get in your husband's car!!! I almost fell off my chair. That is so funny. But no way am I telling my husband. He's probably think it was a great idea.
Looking forward to the sexual frustration post...
If that video weren't so true, it would be hilarious.
If it helps, my husband hadn't washed his car in more than a year - it's red color had black grime all over it and the inside was disgusting. I wash mine every 3-4 months at most, though it stays reasonably clean. I washed both cars one day and our neighbors asked him if he got a new car. It looked totally different!
I don't think I'd want him to be as anal as Seb, but I wouldn't mind a little more car cleanliness....
Us too!
I guess we just live in a dirty place. If you don't wash your car every few weeks here you won't see the paint anymore! Everyone around here washes their car nearly each week...
which brings me back to my sexual frustration post.
LOL
I do not remember the last time we washed the car. I think it was last summer?
I live on a busy street exiting Brantome (route de Perigueux) and my car is parked on same street. within minutes of washing, it is again covered in dust. we won't even talk about the ongoing effects from our renovation.
I'd try the old 'if you really loved me, you'd take care of my car too ...' !!!
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