Man Law Prevails….Finally

I finally got to have an overwhelmingly satisfyingly result to a situation. In our household we don’t have much here that resembles the residence of any male species. Being the only guy in the house, things are quite frilly and pink most of the time. I live with a wife three daughters, and three pets, all of which up to a couple of years ago were also all female. We now have one male dog, but he just lies around and so I don’t count him. Needless to say the masculine motif is non-existent and I am constantly being bombarded with Barbies, Little Petshops, and princesses being pushed into my face being asked to play. What would any normal loving father do, well he gives in and plays as long as he can stand it. There is so much female going on in this house that I think I am starting to grow boobs, or maybe it’s just because I haven’t had time or the health to go to the gym for a while. Either way, I live in an estrogen filled oasis and am dreading the fact that my oldest is almost a teen. “Heaven Help Me!”

So my wife and I have been married well into the double digits and when we got married I inherited a 13” T.V. that my wife had. This was affectionately placed on our dresser in our bedroom and has there sat for all these years. We hook up the DirecTv to it and use it to watch in the bedroom while falling asleep. I came home from work late the other night and realized that I couldn’t take it anymore. We are probably the only house on the planet that doesn’t own a Flat Screen T.V., or even have anything that has the words HD in it. We are not ones to go out and buy the latest and greatest until the old and dilapidated fall apart. But lying in bed the other night, I had had enough. 13” of screen is just not enough to lie in bed and be able to focus on what is happening. I can’t even make out the words on the DirecTv menu because it is so small. I woke up yesterday and told my wife we are getting a new T.V. for the bedroom. The argument went something like…

• Wife: We don’t need it, the other one works fine.
• Me: I’m getting dressed and going to go get one.
• Wife: But I have to go to the store later, I’ll take a look and see what they look like.
• Me: Either you bring back a 22” T.V. for the bedroom or I’m going to get one right now.
• Wife: Let’s check into the brands and look at what is out there for comparison.
• Me: Bye, I’m going to get one.
• Wife: Fine, I’ll pick one up when I go.

And she did! There was that sigh of defeat when she said the final words; I don’t think I have ever seen that sigh of defeat before in my house. It was like “Holy Crap did that just really happen?” type of moment. For those that are married you know that a marriage requires give and take, in a house full of girls there is more giving than taking for the single male and it’s nice to come out on top with some improved “Manhood” in the house. I’m sure the wife’s perspective is different, I can’t wait.

For those that don't know what it's like being a guy in a house full of women: