Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Pleasantry

Despite the fact that Duke won the championship last night (GROSS) in a game that was painfully, heartbreakingly close (ARGH that half-court shot, it was SO BEAUTIFUL and SO CLOSE), I'm feeling satisfied these days. Just... generally pleased with things, my life.

Even though a lot is in flux right now with Torsten's new company, our tight budget, knowing we want to have a baby soon, and so on, I feel good about where we are now. Looking forward to where we will be, sure, but waking up feeling peaceful and happy and going to bed the same way. And the time in between waking up and going back to sleep is pretty nice too.

Maybe it's the weather? And work is going well, and I love being able to spend so much time outside, and I feel healthy and cheerful, and my sister is happily married and had a great honeymoon, and Torsten's company is progressing nicely, and Montana never ceases to be adorable, and I love our house.

(Even though, as an aside, about the house, I think we are in that reality-hits phase where it suddenly feels like the house is crumbling around us. A pipe below the bathtub is leaking, and when we run the sink we hear a suspicious dripping sound in the basement ceiling which we are hoping and praying is within a pipe--and yes, we have called a plumber about both of these issues--and a piece of siding on the house came loose in the wind, and then yesterday the dishwasher made some strange noises? But now seems to be back to normal? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let it be back to normal.)

Oh and also, I signed up for The Knot when I was engaged, and then after our wedding I automatically got subscribed to their married-people newsletter, The Nest. And I never read it, ever, even once, but yesterday I got an email with the subject line, "Is Your Guy Masturbating Too Much?"

I consider myself to be a relatively frank and open person, but I was grossed out by that. I mean, really, I'm all for honest talk of potential marital problems--and I assume that they wouldn't be writing about this issue if it weren't a marital problem for some--but there has to be a more tasteful subject line. There must be a less tacky way of presenting the issue.

And also, the teaser text in the newsletter itself grossed me out. It was along the lines of, "You might not have been worrying about how often your husband masturbates. But MAYBE YOU SHOULD." Like, we know that you as wives have Lists of Grievances, and they might be getting too short, so here is something frivolous to put on your list and start complaining to your husband about.

Plus, the story below the masturbation story was about healthy recipes for Easter brunch. This newsletter showed up in my inbox YESTERDAY, the day AFTER Easter. I'm just saying.

But! On the plus side! The ridiculousness of this email was the reminder push I needed to finally unsubscribe from that damn newsletter.

Huh. Maybe THAT'S why I'm feeling so happy now.

22 comments:

  1. Ha ha, I just got that email newsletter and was like WTF? That's the subject line of the email? Too funny.

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  2. I actually like Duke! But I was cheering for Butler too because how could you NOT?! What an awesome game.

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  3. Ha. I got that newsletter yesterday too. I need to unsubscribe, too.

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  4. Oh man. That email newsletter subject line? Wow. Although one of my former coworkers used to complain about her husband doing it too much, so maybe it is an issue. (This same husband also kept a bowl of cut-off tags from shirts next to the couch so he could "relax" by running his fingers through them, so maybe he was just a weirdo.)

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  5. Lol at the Nest newsletter. I unsubscribed from everything - even places I shop - in December for a Spam free 2010. It didn't work, but my inbox is more manageable at 4:50 am. Lol.

    And I'm glad you're feeling healthy and happy! And your house issues sound like my parents' - just the age of the neighborhood but rest assured that the houses are solid!

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  6. Yes, this and victoria secret email list have subject lines that are kinda uncalled for...

    lol

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  7. That newsletter? Um, interesting. Can you imagine your boss telling you that you had to write that article? Gah.

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  8. Ooh I need to do a big ole unsubscribe as well. I hate how much stupid spam email I get but I haven't come across something like that subject line!

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  9. HAAAAA that's awesome. i wonder how the legwork for researching that article was conducted. :-)

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  10. GOOD LUCK unsubscribing from the freaking Nest. Seriously. I CANNOT MAKE THE STUPID EMAILS STOP. I got the same one and was like "WTH? Am I REALLY supposed to worry about this?"

    And somehow they knew that I had a baby (I suspect Babies R Us and their registry, because oh my hell do I get lots of random stuff I never signed up for) and now they send me a newsletter called THE POOP.

    Seriously. THE POOP. Because apparently... that's all babies do?

    It is just as asinine as you would expect from that site, and no matter how many times I click "unsubscribe" it stubbornly keeps showing.

    /rant.

    I am also really sad about Butler. I loved them and really wanted them to win!

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  11. I was annoyed with The Knot the minute I signed up for it. I'm pretty sure I removed myself from all their mailing lists pretty immediately. Ugh. Awful.

    Also? Always wear hiking boots for hikes. You live in the mountains now, girl! =)

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  12. I received that too and was mortified. I just hit delete but next time I should unsubscribe.

    And I'm laughing at pp about The Poop. Thank goodness I didn't get signed up for that one!

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  13. Wow, I don't even know what to say about that newsletter. I find it creepy to even hear about, I can only imagine the ick factor finding that in your inbox!

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  14. I love seasons of life where I wake and go to bed feeling peaceful and happy.

    I can't remember... is your house and older house? We live in an old house, and I love it (LOVE IT) but I definitely have days where everything seems... old and gross, I guess is the way to describe it. Mostly I find it charming, but sometimes... I totally hear ya!

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  15. Too funny!

    My pet peeve is that when I actually DO unsubscribe it doesn't always seem to take. I know that most places say wait 10 days before unsubscribing again but I swear that places just wait a couple months and then start e-mailing again.

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  16. Wow! Could you imagine getting an e-mail like that at work when people were around? I mean The Knot seems like such a benign, work friendly subscription, but that subject line is totally out of line with that.

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  17. Hilarious!

    So glad you're happy and content these days. I'm feeling that way, too, and it's wonderful.

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  18. Oh. My God. That Nest email was madness-- and I feel like they're all like that! I may sound super uptight saying this, but I use a chat client at work that's tied to my personal IM contacts and email account as well as work people, and there was definitely a coworker standing near me when the notification popped up asking me, "DOES YOUR HUSBAND MASTURBATE TOO MUCH?" Good thing the people I work with are a laid-back bunch.

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  19. Just wait til you start getting "The Poop" emails about babies. I cannot get them to unsubscribe me.

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  20. Personally I think how much a person masturbates is their own business, married or not, and not subject matter to be discussed in a newsletter.

    Yick.

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  21. I had the same response to that ridiculous newsletter from The Nest. I, too, need to unsubscribe.

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