Mom2legomaniacs Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 So, suppose you are minding your own business drying your hair in your bedroom. You have your head flipped upside down because that is the only way to get a little volume in your hair. Now, suppose the air purifier is running along with the exhaust fan in the bath. Remember the hair dryer is going. And I am off in my own little world, singing a song in my head. Lah dee dah. I turn the dryer off, flip my head back up, and turn around. SCREAM at the top of my lungs! Dh is standing right behind me. He thinks it is odd and funny that I react in this manner when he appears like this. I accused him of doing it on purpose. He repeatedly said he had no intention of scaring me like that. Uh, yeah, right.:glare: Finally he fessed up and said he saw an opportunity. Stinker! So they all (dh and ds and other ds) think it is totally hilarious to scare me, catch me unaware, so that I will scream bloody murder. Long and loud! If I don't show up here one day, you might want to check the news for the lady that had a heart attack due to being startled to death by her funny family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alenee Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 This sounds like something my 9yo dd would do. She has a habit of hiding in my 1/2 bath inside my bedroom and waiting until my back is turned to pop up out of nowhere. You're right! Stinker!:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Oh my! When I'm startled out of my wits, I scream first and then break down into tears. My family knows scaring me is a huge no-no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyboys Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I turn the dryer off, flip my head back up, and turn around. SCREAM at the top of my lungs! Dh is standing right behind me. He thinks it is odd and funny that I react in this manner when he appears like this. I accused him of doing it on purpose. He repeatedly said he had no intention of scaring me like that. Uh, yeah, right.:glare: Finally he fessed up and said he saw an opportunity. Stinker! that had a heart attack due to being startled to death by her funny family. and private moments together in the bathroom. But fwiw, I hope you don't have the heart attack. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 It must be a family thing, DH just did this to me tonight by sneaking up behind me while I was reading a bedtime story. DH and ds both thought it was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shanna Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Sounds sooooo like my family!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Oh no - SOOOOOOO not funny!!!! See, it's okay if I"M the one doing the scaring, but nobody had better do it to me! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I'm not the person to do this to. I actually knocked down a friend who did this to me in college! (I'm really high on the "fight" part of the fight-or-flight reflex). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 That is just so Funny! :lol: Dh and I love to do stuff like that to our dc! We're a bit twisted! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Dh and my boys do stuff like this to each other all the time. They've learned the hard way to leave me out of it. How, you ask? Twice dh sneaked up on me in an attempt to be funny, twice I punched/kicked him in a way he'll never forget. (I didn't waste all of those years sitting through tae kwon do lessons!) Short answer? Your dh was not funny, even if his intentions were good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Oh my! When I'm startled out of my wits, I scream first and then break down into tears. My family knows scaring me is a huge no-no! Startling me leads to me becoming extremely angry. DH knows I hate it... yet he tests his luck often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 So they all (dh and ds and other ds) think it is totally hilarious to scare me, catch me unaware, so that I will scream bloody murder. Long and loud! If I don't show up here one day, you might want to check the news for the lady that had a heart attack due to being startled to death by her funny family. In my experience, it's a guy thing. They love getting a reaction out of us girls because we're so...expressive - and we still love them afterwards. (Shhh....I found out what works to stop this though, with my dh. I cried. I went ahead and let my fear response hit the point where I was crying - at least a few tears - and he stopped scaring the bujeebers out of me on purpose. (:sneaky2:) He did not like it that his scaring me caused me to cry. Now I just have to deal with being poked, grabbed, tickled, and otherwise shown man-style affection.) Along this vein, I saw him honk at his mother once, when she was standing next to the vehicle, just to get her to jump. You should have seen the glare she gave him! He just cackled. I realized that this scene had been repeated in many different versions over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Wisc Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 but I find that if I do things they don't like in return, the number of incidents decreases. Do you have a lock on the door? When you dry your hair, make sure it is locked. If he doesn't like it, you get the opportunity to explain that you don't like it either, but it makes you feel safe and you will keep doing it. I've made the culprit make the next meal (if it were on of my boys). For hubby? I've gotten mad enough that I would not talk to him. He doesn't do it much any more! LOL! One day my boys stuffed a pair of jeans, shoes, and hooded sweatshirt with newspaper. They drew a face on a balloon and stuffed it into the hood. Then they set this "man" in the bathtub behind the shower curtain. It was meant for my daughter, but I was the one who found it. Do you know what the meaning of "scream" can be????? I got my house cleaned that time. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. at J.A. Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 That is just so Funny! :lol: Dh and I love to do stuff like that to our dc! We're a bit twisted! :D I have to admit, I'm in this camp as well. But, unfortunately, it has trained them to think similarly when opportunity arises. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. at J.A. Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 One day my boys stuffed a pair of jeans, shoes, and hooded sweatshirt with newspaper. They drew a face on a balloon and stuffed it into the hood. Then they set this "man" in the bathtub behind the shower curtain. It was meant for my daughter, but I was the one who found it. J Wow! How creative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 We all do this sort of thing to each other in this family:D Once when the oldest two kids were tiny, oldest probably just under 2 and youngest a few months, dh went overboard in scaring me. I was sitting on the floor on the other side of our dining room table, leaning up against our patio door. There was not much room between the table and the door, and looking up from the floor all I could see was the table and above it, not much past it. Dh was with the oldest in the other room, and I think I was sitting on the floor changing a diaper or something. I don't really remember why I was sitting there as what happened next pushed everything else out of my mind. Ds had a stuffed bear almost as large as him that he had wanted dressed in a pair of his footie pajamas. Dh came out from the other room to the opposite side of the table and simply said "Catch!" as he tossed the dressed bear over the table. My brain didn't have time to think and react rationally. I saw ds flying over the table and screamed while reaching out to catch him as visions of him flying through the sliding glass door or hitting the table played in my head. The bear landed in my lap and I broke down sobbing hysterically. Dh couldn't even figure out what was wrong with me at first. He had no idea I would think it was ds flying over the table. Why would he since he would never do that? I knew he wouldn't have done that, but I hadn't had time to think. I was so shook up that I couldn't stop crying for about half an hour. It wore me out so much emotionally that I had to go to bed early and I crashed hard when I did. Poor dh was left to wonder just what kind of crazy woman he had married.:lol: He's always been more careful since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 So, suppose you are minding your own business drying your hair in your bedroom. You have your head flipped upside down because that is the only way to get a little volume in your hair. Now, suppose the air purifier is running along with the exhaust fan in the bath. Remember the hair dryer is going. And I am off in my own little world, singing a song in my head. Lah dee dah. I turn the dryer off, flip my head back up, and turn around. SCREAM at the top of my lungs! Dh is standing right behind me. He thinks it is odd and funny that I react in this manner when he appears like this. I accused him of doing it on purpose. He repeatedly said he had no intention of scaring me like that. Uh, yeah, right.:glare: Finally he fessed up and said he saw an opportunity. Stinker! So they all (dh and ds and other ds) think it is totally hilarious to scare me, catch me unaware, so that I will scream bloody murder. Long and loud! If I don't show up here one day, you might want to check the news for the lady that had a heart attack due to being startled to death by her funny family. That sounds like my husband! :D He will come into the bedroom, when I am getting dressed in the closet and yell, "HONEY!" He walks so quietly and I never hear him. It scares the bejesus out of me. Every.Single.Time.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Sounds like my crew. When my oldest was about 9, she got up extra early, hid under a table by the hall & grabbed my leg as I stumbled out 1st thing in the morning. Can we say she was as scared as I was afterward!??!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmgconner Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I'm one of those on the fight or flight people - and I tend towards fight more often than not. My family loves to play jokes on one another, but they know that scaring Momma is a big no-no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jail warden Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Oh yeah! That happens here too! They love giving me worms, bugs, frogs, and snakes because I can't stand those! Funny story, just today, baby brings me something and puts it in my hand. I thought she said "Smartie" as in the candy, I looked down and realized she said "Wormie". Needless to say I screamed and dropped the worm. She bent down, saying "Wormie" trying to find it again! And this is the one who doesn't know that this makes mom scream! SO it must run it the blood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 So, suppose you are minding your own business drying your hair in your bedroom. You have your head flipped upside down because that is the only way to get a little volume in your hair. Now, suppose the air purifier is running along with the exhaust fan in the bath. Remember the hair dryer is going. And I am off in my own little world, singing a song in my head. Lah dee dah. I turn the dryer off, flip my head back up, and turn around. SCREAM at the top of my lungs! Dh is standing right behind me. He thinks it is odd and funny that I react in this manner when he appears like this. I accused him of doing it on purpose. He repeatedly said he had no intention of scaring me like that. Uh, yeah, right.:glare: Finally he fessed up and said he saw an opportunity. Stinker! So they all (dh and ds and other ds) think it is totally hilarious to scare me, catch me unaware, so that I will scream bloody murder. Long and loud! If I don't show up here one day, you might want to check the news for the lady that had a heart attack due to being startled to death by her funny family. both, dh and ds make it their business and compete with each other who can better scare Mom. Be prepared for anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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