Comments on: Lesson 7: Tubthumped

By: celine

celine — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:51:00 +0000

I do rather enjoy tubthumping and I do welcome it — especially in public spaces. I like to sit back and view the possible reactions to a good tubthump from exchanging bodily contact with a stranger. Sometimes I recieve the occassional “whoops, sorry” or the quiet but meaningful “excuse me…” but I always look foward to the “oh no you di’int!” with a swift thrusting of the upper body, including the head and neck area into my personal space and hopefully a finger swooshing in front, as I calmly continue on my journey. I think maybe we just want to be noticed.

By: phil

phil — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:47:00 +0000

I think Baldemort is on the right track with a woman’s spatial perception, I don’t think they have problems because of size of body. I think the real problem is they are oblivious to others’ space. I find that my wife will often mozy down the center of ailes is stores without a thought of other people trying to get by. I think sometimes the only thing that awakens them to the reality of someone else in the area is a tubthumping or an excuse me. Either way in their minds you are the one in their way.

By: P

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:52:00 +0000

Lets see…What would you call it if you didn’t get bumped into, but get clubed on the side of the face and sat on? Lets just say some people are not that graceful I am not sure if it is a spatial thing, female thing, or what. My wife will go to put her hand on my face and it is meant to be a soft touch, but ends up feeling like I just got smacked in the face. When I am sitting down my wife will sit down beside me, but will land on the coach or me without trying to slow her motion down at all. I have requested that she try to be more graceful, which usually gets me the ummph or you knew who I was when you married me.

By: celine

celine — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:47:00 +0000

insecure

By: The Donkey

The Donkey — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:31:00 +0000

oh, and Lord Baldemort will be single. Have you seen his hair recently? All hope is lost

By: The Donkey

The Donkey — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:30:00 +0000

I don’t think we are insecure. I think most men are larger than their wives, so that is a moot point. The issue is that we don’t enjoy being tubthumped! Pay attention to where you are going so we aren’t forced to say something stupid

By: patsy33

patsy33 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:56:00 +0000

Well Baldemort, it sounds like you’ll stay single with an attitude like that. I think if you boys are that insecure about being on the smaller side you shouldn’t take it out on your wives or women. Go to the gym and bulk up.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:53:00 +0000

Dan’s 140 lbs. but he’s 5’11″ so he’s taller than I by 3 or 4 inches. Still, I empathize with Nancy that I’ll probably always weigh more than my husband. I can’t empathize though with having it rubbed into my face; Chris manages to squeeze discussion of Nan’s weight into most of his wife advice columns. Silly boy. He is a good writer though…

By: Lord Baldemort

Lord Baldemort — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:32:00 +0000

I am not married but have experienced a tubthumping by various women. Allow me to offer my perspective on why it is usually the womans fault. The problem is two fold.
1. Women are not as spatially gifted as males. Just as they have trouble driving and parking cars, they have trouble driving and parking their bodies
2. They don't realize where the widest point of thier body is. My shoulders are they widest part of my body, nice and close to my line of vision. Usually a woman's hips are the widest point of her body.
So men, a tubthumping is usually a womans fault but give them a break. Imagine being a weeble wobble trying to navigate through tight spaces

By: Lord Baldemort

Lord Baldemort — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:14:00 +0000

Donkey–if she kicks you out of the house you can stay with me.