Catsup

November 10, 2003

How did you train him, Regina? Goodness, I still cringe after 46 years of

marriage when my DH says " EYE-TALIAN " .....ugh! Since we moved to the

Pacific Northwest...his English has gone you know where in a handbasket! It

s going from bad to worse. I spent the first half of our marriage raising

and correcting kid's English and now, the second half, raising and

correcting his! At least he doesn't put catsup on steak of any sort or

pasta! The avocados, I just got used to..and look the other way.

Regards~

Jacque

Oh my gosh, my husband does that. When I make mac & cheese for the kids,

I do it when I know he won't be home for dinner that night. Can't stand

the thought of my kids witnessing that. He also said the word ricotta

like " ReKaatta " once when we were dating. Have to tell you, this Italian

girls head spun around like Blair's and put him in his place

quickly. First words out of my mouth were " My God, you really are

German aren't you " LOL Taught him how to say things correctly so as not

to insult my Italian relatives. He speaks better than I do now. Some

areas he was easily trainable in. As for the others....LOL

Regina

November 10, 2003

How did you train him, Regina? Goodness, I still cringe after 46 years

of

marriage when my DH says " EYE-TALIAN " .....ugh!

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Jacque:

Everytime he mispronounced something I would just flip my hand over and

say " whoops " and he would ask what that was and I would tell him that it

was my Italian father and grandfather flipping over in their graves

because of what he said. He finally got the message. It was my gentle

way of telling him that he was driving me crazy with that stuff. Hell,

he grew up thinking spaghetti was a side dish. When we were dating I

spent an entire day making homemade sauce, meatballs and sausage and

garlic bread with spaghetti. He looks at dinner and says " is this it? " I

almost fell on the floor. His mother used spaghetti as a side dish for

meatloaf. I'm sorry, just a culture thing and goes against every fiber

in my being. We went there for dinner one night and she actually served

fish sticks with spaghetti as a side dish. I politely excused myself

saying I wasn't feeling well due to " cramps " and needed to lay down. I

couldn't even look at what was on the table.

Otherwise, Tim is very well spoken and has a wonderful vocabulary and

speaks very well. Its just this Italian stuff with the little family I

have left that he has had to learn to deal with. He also smiles alot and

nods his head. Hell, my aunts don't give a crap as long as he eats and

boy does he eat. You bring a guy over to eat squngilli, calimari and

bacala and he asks for seconds, they wouldn't care if he was an Eskimo.

LOL

As for training him to help out with other things, oh brother. I need

help. He doesn't respond until I can't take it anymore and start crying

and/or yelling. Then he plays the dutiful husband for a few days and

then we're right back where we started. Looking forward to graduating

from school and getting a job so I can hire someone to take care of this

stuff. Pick and choose your battles. Not worth killing eachother over

it.

Regina

November 10, 2003

We're not a big catsup family. My DH prefers white gravy on his French

fries...Oh, God, please send him home safe, and I will make it by the gallon

for him. And chicken fried steak every night, if that is what he wants. I

can still have my broccoli and green beans. <VBG> Solo.

Jac

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