“What Are You Thinking?”

“What Are You Thinking?”
5 posted on December 5, 2008
POSTED IN: Blog Posts, Family, Just For Fun

It’s the question that every husband dreads.

“Honey, what are you thinking?”

For some reason God created wives with this insatiable curiosity about what goes on between the ears of their husband. I’m pretty sure there was a 26th verse in Genesis chapter 2 that never made it into the final manuscript,

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

And Eve said to Adam, What therefore are you thinking?

Guys, if you’re married you’ve undoubtedly been asked this question before at least 50,000 times. And when our wives ask, they don’t let us off easy.

wife: Honey, what are you thinking?
husband: nothing.
wife: That’s not even possible. You have to be thinking about something.
husband: *sigh* Well, right now I’m thinking about this conversation I’m having with you.
wife: No, what were you thinking about before that?
husband: nothing.

I continue to try to convince Lisa that not only is it possible I’m actually thinking about nothing, it’s extremely likely. If women only knew how often men sat on the couch or laid in bed with their eyes closed thinking about…NOTHING!

Wives especially love to drop the ‘What Are You Thinking’ bomb on us when we’re in bed, usually just a fraction of a second before we drift off to sleep.

wife: What are you thinking?
husband: (mumbling into his pillow) Well, I was asleep…
wife: Well, you’re awake now. What are you thinking?

The WAYT question is the vicious black hole of all questions. On the occasion that I’m actually thinking about something and answer honestly it leads to more questions.

This was our conversation in bed this morning.

Lisa: What are you thinking?
Me: I was wondering when they’re going to deliver the Elliptical we just ordered.
Lisa: Why were you thinking that? Were you thinking that because you think I need to get on it and exercise?
Me: Yes, that’s TOTALLY what I was thinking? How did you know? I was just laying here thinking, I wish that Lisa would get off her butt and exercise! You completely read my mind!

So here’s my question for you.

Do you think it is possible for a guy to actually think about nothing?

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    1 y0mbo said:

    Mark Gungor talks about the “Nothing” box in which men live. Funny stuff from “Laugh you way to a better marriage”.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCwkOEG4628

    So, yes, we can think about nothing!



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    2 Aaron Jackson said:

    Sometimes it’s nice to drive home from work, no music playing, just silence, and not thinking about ANYTHING! I’m with you, bro!



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    3 Adam said:

    I think every married man has had the same exact conversation you had with Lisa this morning.

    The best is when I say what I am thinking and depending on how obsure it is I can tell the exact moment Karen checks out.



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    4 Lisa Ruggles said:

    Yes, we have watched the videos and laughed the whole way through it. Seriously, how can anyone think about nothing? :)

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    5 Brad Ruggles said:

    @y0mbo – I loved that marriage course! My parents gave it to us and Lisa and I cracked up through the whole thing. I didn’t know that clip was on YouTube. I’ll have to post it for a follow-up post.

    @Aaron – right on.

    @Adam – Yeah, I’ve had the occasions when Lisa asked me what I was thinking and it was actually about some computer code. She doesn’t find it all that interesting.



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    6 Ryan Detzel said:

    We call my wife the “Crime Dog”.

    She thinks it’s crucial to the well-being of this planet to figure out all things and “crack the case” on un-caseworthy items.

    I walk into the room and she asks me, “Hey, did you see what happened to the dog food container?”

    Me: “Uh, no.”

    Her: “Well it’s moved from it’s normal spot and now it’s over by the cabinet…did you move it?”

    Me: “No I didn’t move it…I just told you I didn’t know what happened to it.”

    Her: “Well, I left for work at around 9am and no one else was home all day. It was in the normal spot when I left…so…”

    Me: “I DIDN’T MOVE THE STUPID DOG FOOD THING!!”

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    7 ryan guard said:

    My wife and I settled this matter long before we were married. I used the bubble illustration.

    Women have lots of thought bubbles, men have one. Women can be accessing lots of bubbles all at once, giving each of them attention, worrying or enjoying each of them equally evenly. Men, just one. And men, unlike women, can focus on the empty bubble (which is really focusing on nothing at all), but this is completely impossible to women.

    I get the question ALL THE TIME. For those times when she was thinking about something and didn’t want to tell me I invented a “coupon” system. We would each get one coupon that was good for one free “What are you thinking about?” and the other person had to share. You wouldn’t get another coupon until the other person had used theirs. I used that to my advantage, waiting to use mine for weeks sometimes.

    It’s a pretty elaborate system!

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    8 Brad Ruggles said:

    @RyanDetzel – that’s hilarious.

    @RyanGuard – Dude, that’s a pretty elaborate, well-thought-out system.



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    9 Patty Lundy said:

    LOL The funny thing is that my husband asks ME what I’m thinking sometimes, and I truly sometimes am thinking about nothing. My famous question though is “How are you?” ;-)



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    10 Steve Gwilt said:

    Got the T-shirt, baby:

    * “Notice anything different?

    * “Do you like this (dress, shirt, coat, shade of lipstick)?”
    (men – if you get asked that question, change the subject quickly, because the next question wil be…)

    * “Does this (dress, shirt, coat, shade of lipstick) make me look fat?”

    * “Honey, do you love me?”
    (That question will probably be followed by something expensive, probably about a car accident.)

    * “Were you looking at that girl?”
    (That question will probably be followed by an accident, too. A simple “No” is never going to cut it. If you say, “No”, her response will be, “If you weren’t looking at her, how do you know which girl I meant?”)

    Got sveral T-shirts, actually. Loved every mad minute of it, too.



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    11 Starwoodgal said:

    After 27 years of marriage, I don’t need to know what he’s thinking about. If it is important, he’ll tell me. Otherwise, I really don’t care because it is probably something only guys would understand or about going fishing.

    Besides, after 27 years – I pretty much know him well enough to read his mind anyway. :)

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    12 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Starwoodgal – That’s what scare me…the mind reading! I know Lisa is developing those powers and hasn’t told me yet. :-)



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    13 Starwoodgal said:

    @BradRuggles – this is why God gave women the gift of “women’s intuition”. :)

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    14 Ladybird said:

    I automatically assume that if the husband is not talking…then he is not thinking. He assumes that if I am not talking, I am mad. Maybe I talk to much! :)

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    15 evan courtney said:

    i think about nothing.
    a lot.

    on the other ask.
    i can ask my wife.
    “what’s wrong?” – and she replies with “nothing”

    but if i ask
    “what are you thinking?”
    then its a total different ball game.

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    16 bryan a said:

    yeah, i was going to reference the mark gungor thing, but someone beat me to it.

    funny thing is, i’m probably more of a thinker than my wife is. i think too much sometimes. but when I’m thinking of nothing, i’m thinking of NOTHING.

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    17 Lynse Leanne said:

    I am a girl and i think about nothing. it is my cool off time. it is usually when i am listening to music and my mind is just off.

    i HATE the “what are you thinking” question. i had a friend that i could predict when should would ask me that. it is probably the only question that irks me and disarms me at the same time.

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    18 Terrace Crawford said:

    You mean that line isn’t in the scriptures?

    LoL. Great post.
    *sigh* marriage is going to be … fun.

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    19 Joseph said:

    @BradRuggles Yes she is developing the mind reading thing. My wife had the power when we got married 13 years ago.
    It has now developed and is getting stronger by the day.
    I liken it to a character from Hero’s that absorbs the power of others around him.
    I swear, my wife is not only reading my mind, but our friends to.
    Oh no, got to go…I think she thinks I am typing this.

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    20 Cherith said:

    When BJ and I first got married that was a question I asked on a regular basis to him. It was and still is shocking to me that he will think about nothing. But we have come to terms when one or the other person says we’re thinking about nothing. We BELIEVE it then move on.

    I use to argue with Bj about how can he not be thinking anything. (especially if a big issue has been lingering around) But us woman never stop… thinking that is. I just gave up and knew he would talk to me if needed. And he does. But I speak my mind.. often. Thank goodness he’s a good listener! LOL

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    21 alece said:

    i ask niel that question all the time. thanks for shedding some light on the blank stares i’m often met with in response!

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