Through Your Eyes

The longer I'm married, the more I realize the differences between men and women.  Okay, okay, it's only been 3 1/2 months, but I still have new insights.  :)  Maybe I should say, the differences between Chris and I, versus men and women.  Generalizing all women by my own thoughts and all men by Chris' thoughts may not be fair, but regardless, it's interesting how we see different things in the same setting.

Have you ever noticed how important getting clear television channels is to men?  I've lived (what I considered to be a great life) for the last eight years without cable or satellite T.V.  So, yes, I get three or four channels, but who needs more?  I can watch Oprah, the Today Show, and the Biggest Loser.  I'm not a big T.V. watching; my life is complete.  Well, it is football season, in case you weren't sure, and my poor husband is having a rough time with our T.V. selection.  Frustrated is an understatement when the poor guy is trying to watch a football game on Sunday afternoon, Survivor on Wednesday night, or the Amazing Race and the channel through our digital converter box gets lines across it and the sound starts to sound like chipmunks with hiccups.  I cringe as he covers his face in frustration knowing that he is screaming internally and would really like to externally.  He went as far as to consider placing a ladder on the uneven roof (with me holding the bottom) to try to get up to the antennae so that he could try to change the direction of the antennae in order to watch the game. 

So, you may be thinking, that's not a big deal!  Watch the shows and games you want to watch online.  Well....that would work, but the same is true of our internet service.  Chris spent the extra money during the last few years to get 20GB of speed from his wireless internet provider in the Wisconsin.  It was awesome.  He watched T.V., movies, videos, and surfed the net with no problems at all.  Well, now that we are living here in Michigan, we are getting a great deal from a local internet provider, but let's just say, the speed isn't 20GB. In fact, my patient husband has taken to running speed tests throughout the day (as a form of entertainment perhaps?) and consistently gets .4-.8 GB of speed.  Please notice the decimal point before those numbers.  Needless to say, downloading even a You Tube video takes forever and you are interrupted a bunch of times watching the video in 15 second increments. 

Now here's what is so intriguing to me....I have lived like this for the last eight years and thought NOTHING of it.  But, during the last five weeks, I've thought about it a lot.  In fact, I'm feeling a bit inferior...our service isn't good enough.  It's interesting to consider our home through Chris' eyes when all I notice is whether the bed has been made or not!  :)

~Kari