Women - you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em

[jim]

My wife is working in an orphanage in Mexico this week on a church trip, and we can only occasionally send emails. No phones. Watching lots of baseball, drinking too much beer, staying up too late, keeping the house too messy.

I miss her terribly.

[StatmanCrothers]

i know how ya feel, buddy. Mrs Statman goes out of town on business now and then, and it can be rough. One thing that helps just a bit: No pants!

[jim]

I'm a homebody. I had to work in Switzerland last year and they joined me for a little vacation after I was done. Seeing her and my son in the hotel lobby a half a world apart was one of the top 5 events in my life.

This really sucks because I can't even call her. It would be so much better if I could just talk to her.

[thrill]

Really? No Mrs. Jim appearance yet?


Stay strong, Jim. You can get through this.

[Leroy]

I don't understand. She won't stop calling me.

[mikechamp]

I don't understand. She won't stop calling me.

One of the best posts evar.

[mikechamp]

jim:

It's actually easier if she's gone more frequently. When your spouse is gone for only 1-2 weeks, it can seem like the time goes by slowly.

My wife works out of town quite a bit (Mon.-Thurs.). Probably works out to about 20 weeks or more a year. I've gotten used to only seeing her 3.5 days a week.

It makes you value your time together more.

[jim]

I did laugh at Leroy's post. Mike - it's not so much being away it's that I'm worried about her, and I can't talk to her on the phone. She is in some remote place in Mexico, and not being able to hear her voice is really difficult.

[StatmanCrothers]

I did laugh at Leroy's post. Mike - it's not so much being away it's that I'm worried about her, and I can't talk to her on the phone. She is in some remote place in Mexico, and not being able to hear her voice is really difficult.

next time, have her record some of her greatest hits, and play the CD while she's gone.

"i TOLD you that already. it's on the calendar!"
"were you done with this?"
"it's freezing in here"
"why is that dog always sniffing your butt?"

etc.

edit: i forgot

"you wish! what if someone walked in?"

[cardinalkarp]

I'm assuming since you said its a remote location that cell phones won't work there?