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I will preface this by saying that my husband is an amazing husband and very involved and attentive father. We have a great partnership and I rarely feel like the “burden” of home life and parenting falls primarily on me (notice I did say “rarely”).
BUT….
How is it that the man can hear the click of the thermostat across the house and then question the need for the heat to be on at this time of year, but not hear the crying child in the room less then twenty steps from his head?
I am sitting on the couch down the hall–with three bedrooms and two closed doors between me and the kids’ room–and even I heard the crying. My first thought when I heard the crying was, “Good—he’s back there.”
Then when I continued to hear the crying, my thought was, “Good—he’s back there, but she must need her mommy.”
When I walked through our room to get to the kids’ room and saw that he was still asleep in bed, my thought was, “Are you f-ing kidding me?”
Of course, when I came out of the room after calming my four year old daughter down, who apparently had a bad dream, and told my nine year old step-daughter that it wasn’t even 7:00 a.m. yet and to try to go back to sleep, my husband was awake.
His reply: “Sorry, I was just totally out.”
Um, really? I didn’t notice. Not even the greatest actor could fake that one and pretend to sleep through the volume of wails from the kid next door.
Is there a genetic component to the male system that allows them this ability? Yes, it can be annoying, but honestly, at this point I am more jealous and in awe of this super hero power. With a new baby due in about six weeks I am thinking that this could be a skill that could come in handy.
However, after the episode this morning, I am thinking it’s going to come in handy for my husband and an annoyance to me.
Anyone else have this experience? Any other stories of amazing husband super powers that must come with a genetic predisposition that differs from the mommy abilities? Share, please!
P.S. My husband just read this and wanted it to made clear that part of the reason why I was surprised that he had slept through the crying is because it is very unlike him. Which is true. He also says it’s important to note that he was in a deep dream about our nine year old being an amateur paparazzi who was taking pictures of Spencer and Heidi. I am not even sure I know who these people are…
