Well I suppose more for standing up for myself as
not being a tosser, I suppose, which meant remonstrating with my
husband. Because it was he who called me one.
So to keep it short and so that any new readers
don't get the wrong idea, we do have a very good relationship, we don't really do
much name calling, he will tell me to fuck off sometimes, I will call him
a wanker sometimes, without any offence either side. I know that might not
seem normal but hey, who wants normal, and we don't do that in public or
mean it offensively, it is fun talk. But 'tosser' is something I have never been
called.
This all came about because P was exasperated with
me for not being able to transfer some stuff from my laptop and google drive to
WhatsApp to send to our son. I'm not good with tech stuff, I mean I can get
along with basics but I didn't even know I had a google drive (I do now) or how
to get into it. Anyway P was working on something completely different and I
kept interrupting him. He gave me answers but the answers only raised further
questions because I couldn't find the menus he was telling me to find. In the
end he just said 'bring it over here then' and told me to stay by his side while
he did it for me. That was when he mumbled half under his breath 'tosser'. Oh I
heard it alright but I didn't say anything, just let him get on with what I
needed doing then went back to my seat after thanking him grudgingly. I hadn't
even recorded what he'd done, I was incensed at being called a
tosser.
I sent my WhatsApp then googled tosser and got
the following:-
1. (Britain, slang, pejorative, vulgar) A male who masturbates.
(Britain, slang) An objectionable male, often somewhat obnoxious in
demeanour.
2. Cambrige Eng Dictionaty: tosser definition: a stupid or unpleasant person: . Learn more.
2. Cambrige Eng Dictionaty: tosser definition: a stupid or unpleasant person: . Learn more.
I am neither of those, well I better not be. I was
angry and I just chirped up "And I'm not a fucking tosser." It would have
sounded funny to a fly on the wall, coming out of the blue. His head looked up
and round straight away, it got his attention. He asked me who said I was
and I told him he had, I'd heard him distinctly when I was next to him.
He said oh that was just him muttering to himself while he was
concentrating on more than one thing. That didn't wash with me and I told him
so. I also told him what google said tossers were and asked him which one I
was supposed to be just because I wasn't as tech savvy as him. He didn't
answer, he just wanted to get on with his work. "Well?" I demanded.
"Look let's not get this out of proportion,"
he said, "you should have known how to do that or at least have been able to
follow my excellent instructions. You'll fall behind with that sort of stuff as
you get older and senile if you don't stay up with things."
Oh that was really tactful, P, guaranteed to
placate me. Not. I told him I was perfectly well up with things, as he put it,
not senile and not a tosser.
At that my husband must have decided best to
nip this in the bud before it escalated. He got up from the dining table
where he'd been working and marched across the room, moved my laptop off
the sofa and sat down heavily next to me. I made to get up because I
knew what he was going to do and I didn't want it, I hadn't manipulated it, I
wanted an explanation and an apology not a spanking. He took hold of me before I
was even standing straight and directed me across his lap. I tried to lash my
arm out, I also tried to wriggle off his lap onto the floor
but he had me tight around the waist with his left arm as he pulled my shorts
down with his right.
"Don't spank me! Don't fucking spank me after what
you've just said! I want to talk! I'm serious P!"
SPANK! SPANK! SPANK!
"I'll talk and you can listen and listen properly
and I'll ceratinly 'fucking' spank you as hard and as long as I
think you need it to calm things down..."
SPANK! SPANK! SPANK!
"...and you'll do well to listen instead of
mouthing off and getting all offended and aggressive for no good
reason."
So he lectured me and spanked me and I at first
struggled and objected like hell but ended up accepting I'm no match for
his strength and continuing only got me spanked harder. Ten minutes or so is a
long time in spanking terms especially when it's not play and there are harsh
words to go with it. By the end I was snivelling, still mad with him but not
prepared to say anything more to piss him off. He eased me off his lap and
told me to pull my shorts up and let that be an end to it, he had work to do
which he had to finish. And he went back to the dining table leaving me red
faced and sore arsed. I pulled up my shorts turning sideways from him so that he
couldn't see either my privates or what he'd done to my bottom, not that he was
even looking, and went upstairs to our bedroom. I didn't want to be in the same
room at that time and I used my ipad in the bedroom.
Half an hour or so later he must have finished his
work because I got an email saying he knew I wasn't senile, he hadn't meant to
suggest that and he was sorry he'd used the word. I emailed back 'what
about tosser?' I didn't get a reply.
When I went downstairs later he was
putting some links into my bookmarks for google drive, docs, photos
and stuff to make finding things easier. He looked up and told me he
hadn't said I was a tosser, he'd just mumbled the word to himself, it was
often used among blokes, it wasn't meant to be offensive just an
expression. It was an apology without actually saying it and I knew it and
graciously accepted it by letting it go.
Then I asked him to show me what he'd added to my
machine and he said 'sit down then, if you can, and I will'. I blushed
but sat next to him, close enough to feel the heat from his body, and while he
explained and clicked away all I really waned to do was snuggle
against him.
Ronnie
xx
12 comments:
Ronnie,
I am cracking up that you looked the word "tosser" up. I was pretty sure I knew what it meant, but got the affirmation at Definition #1. I did laugh when you said you didn't know you had a Google drive because I learned that as well not too long ago and I can almost NEVER find where something got downloaded to..... until Storm helps me. And, if he doesn't immediately know the answer, I get impatient with him! LOL
Glad your story worked out in the end.... although I still don't see why you were in trouble in the first place as I think your anger was justified.... but if you're happy at the end, then I am happy for you as well.
Loved your story. Blog land is half dead lately, so maybe your post will liven everybody up a bit.
Hugs,
Windy (Hopefully not a Wanker or a Tosser, but as Storm just used the words, "A chippie," when I asked him what he was eating last night, I do not know what English/New Zealand lingo he will use next.)
Yikes! ... you're a better woman than me, Ronnie ... I think that would have really pissed me off ... not sure how well I'd have handled the end result (pun intended ;)) ... but then I've got a ways to go to catch up you all ... Hope you got your snuggle by the end of the day ... nj
Hi Ronnie, why can't they just help us without making us feel like idiots !!
love Jan, xx
Hi Ronnie,
I suspected the second definition for 'tosser' but had no idea about the first one (which you definitely are NOT!) Not a word I hear every day, except on BBC. Anyway, it wasn't very nice of P to call you names for not knowing how to do something. I have used Google Drive once, and have never been near WhatsApp, so you are way ahead of me!
Hugs,
Hermione
I'm glad you included the definition as I'd never heard the word before. I could tell you felt insulted and that was enough for me. Not sure you deserved a spanking, but at least he knows you're listening and he knows his words can hurt you. I think he'll think about what he says from now on. So however you got there, sounds like you're in a good place now.
Good on you, Ronnie! I could almost feel how angry you were. And I am the same with anything tech.
When this happens with Sam, my face goes red with anger and the tears spring to my eyes. Then I say all sorts of horrid things in my head and refuse to speak to him at all.
This is what used to lead to weeks of silence around here. The last time it happened, I was not going to let him spank me, and I kept telling him, "This is not fair! This is not fair!" He did finally apologize after quite a long spanking as he held me tight. Don't like it one bit, but at least the silence doesn't haunt us anymore.
Hugs Across the Pond,
Ella
Hi Ronnie -
Interesting story as I would have done the exact same as P and nipped it in the bud as well regardless of it being "fair" or not. And to reference Ella's comment, this solution is way better than weeks of silent treatment. You seemed content with the outcome, but I wonder if others outside of this blogosphere would have a hard time understanding these relationship dynamics.
Best,
Enzo
Windy - Thanks. All happy again. I really am hopless with all tech stuff. Sometimes when P tell me tech stuff it goes in one ear and out of the other. A chippy is also a carpenter:)
Nora Jean - These little blips happen, we wouldnt be normal if they didn't. Thanks.
Jan - I second that:) Thanks.
Hermione - No it wasn't a nice but all pased. I use WhatsApp for messages thanks to son putting it on my phone. I wouldn't have had any idea. Thanks.
PK - I don't think I deserved the spanking but hey all's good now. Thanks,
Ella - The other day, I overseard a colleague talking to another about how upset she was with her husband (didn't say what abaout) and that she hasn't spoken to him for two days. Thank goodness for TTWD. Thanks.
Enzo - All was well. I doubt they would understand. Thanks.
Love,
Ronnie
xx
The fact that you looked up the word. Priceless.
Also, I think depending on what stress level I'm at, if this happened to me it could have worked out the way it did for you or I could have gotten really hurt and frustrated and broken down in snivelly tears. It's happened before. I'm not proud of it. But it has.
Oh my Ronnie, You totally got me with your last line. I believe I've teared up! After such a day, I know exactly how it feels to just want to be inside my husbands arms.
Amy
I have a problem with my laptop. Harry rattled off the solution. I looked blank. He’s going to help but I’m still waiting.
Sorry you and P got in a tangle. Good to know all is well now.
Rosie xx
As much as P was wrong (this one time), his solution was better than you and him having more words and being angry longer in the day and possibly the evening.
Spankings solve tiffs, no matter who is wrong, and you enjoy being spanked, (eventually) even when you feel you are in the right. If you could spank P, then he would have been spanked, but that is not part of your relationship.
Glad the spanking and pseudo apology solve dhte problem
bottoms up
Red
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