The truth is Larry and Michael are my two FAVORITE guys in the world. I love them both more than I can say. (LOVE, LOVE LOVE!) The other truth is that sometimes I'm this close to dropping both of them off at the pound (or maybe g, it's closer). Let me explain. For some reason the SECOND I get on the computer the two of them get unbearably pissy and suddenly want my full attention. (And it doesn't make any difference if I've given them my undivided attention for the last four hours leading up to the computer time.) Larry will literally park himself on the edge of the bed right next to where my newly painted desk sits and MEOW (no, SCREAM!) at the top of his lungs OVER and OVER and OVER again. Similarly, Michael will start getting increasing huffy and start complaining about how I'm always "ignoring him" and how he doesn't know why he even bothers coming over -- IF I'm anywhere near the computer. So naturally I feel guilty and stop what I'm doing. But then what do they do? The SECOND I get off the computer they suddenly want NOTHING to do with me. If I try to pet Larry, he walks into the kitchen and lies on the floor staring in the other direction. If I start to pay attention to Michael he'll immediately go back to watching a baseball game or some crap on VH1 I have no interest in and ignore me.
What is up with people (and pets!) and computers? Why is it that if two people are sitting in front of a television that's considered "doing something" together. But if one person is doing something they like (say, watching a ball game) and the other person is reading articles on the Internet, somehow that doesn't cut it. Are you having the same problem with your loved ones?
As an experiment, I tried moving my computer into the kitchen to see if Larry would react the same way if I wasn't sitting in the same place that bothers him so. I didn't even have a wireless connection, but I was curious to see how he'd respond to my change of scenery. (The crying begins IMMEDIATELY in the bedroom, so I figured I'd be able to gauge things pretty quickly.) Much to my relief he was TOTALLY OK with my being out there -- on the computer. (Don't be fooled by these photos; 99 percent of the time he was in the other room ignoring me. He's just a ham and I DON'T KNOW WHERE he gets it.) So happy was I that I went out and got a wireless router and am blogging from my kitchen table right this second. I'm not sure how long this "trick" is going to last, but I'm just praying it works on Michael, too. :-)
"The bedroom is awful, but the kitchen is FUN!"
9 comments:
I had the same problem. Couldn't sit at the computer in the home office because boyfriend or pet would get upset. The moment I bought a laptop and a wi-fi router and started using it in the living room the problems vanished. Go figure...
This saga is adorable. I think you should write a gay kid's book about it. I'm serious. It must include pictures.
Isn't domestic life fun? I don't have a cat to compare with Larry's catitude. But I do have a lover, and we live together. I'm much more of a TV person than he is, so we actually like to do different things in the apt. But that could be just a symptom of living together. We both like our "me" time and don't get offended when one or the other is distracted. Maybe you and Michael should move in together!
I have the same problem. The second my butt hits the chair in front of the computer Clyde (my cat) starts having a hissy fit. If I get off the computer he walks away, bored.
WTF
P.S. my verification word below is "Hymen" again, WTF
Please pull the comforter down a little more...then take the photo...please?
OMG!
I have the same situation. The husband (of 30 years!) thinks that if we watch TV, sitting next to each other, that we are "doing something together", but if he is watching TV & I am 15 feet away on the computer, than he is being snubbed/ignored & feels lonely.
I don't get it... he knows that I made a pact with myself to do a blog post every day... & you know it is not always easy!
Daily reader of your blog, Kenneth.
The BF & feline are adorable...I see why they are loved. I have a canine named Larry.
I have to comment about the last pictures:
It's probably one of the few times a gay man will get pussy sprawled out on the kitchen table! ;-)Sorry it just had to be said! Cheers!
Wow - I thought I was the only one with the boyfriend issue. We HAVE to watch TV together... and I have to stay awake... and if he runs in the other room to smoke (he only smokes out the kitchen window) or go to the bathroom, I can only go on the computer until the moment he gets back and is ready to resume our regularly scheduled program. Control issues, do you think?
GoToHell Kitty doesn't mind my computer time... as long as I make room for her on the chair behind me. It kills my back to sit on the edge of the seat, but she'happy... and not trying to walk across the keyboard.
I've been on that date!
"Put the computer away and come watch TV with me."
"Uhhh..."
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