Words that make my heart sink!

Haha😂 universal I’d say.
DP looks up worried when I say those same two things, and I grit my teeth when he says he’ll do something soon.

When DH says, “I’ve had an idea…” - time to run for the hills! 🤦‍♀️

Or the other one, “I’ve been thinking…” 🤦‍♀️

Where's my..? I hide quickly.
Well I didn't have it last. When he has lost something
Your better at this than I am.
I'm going to be asked to do something that will take ages
The DD's like talking to you better than me when he can't be bothered to communicate with them ,which after I have is followed with "Are you sure you've got it right?"

That made me laugh Lexisgranny - whenever I say the words 'I've been thinking...' Mr A gets a blank expression and I hear a very quiet 'Ooohhh noooo' 😄

When you get up from sitting down: While you’re up, would you just….
Come and look what the dog’s done
And most often: Have you seen my phone? (why do I have to look for it too?)

Can you do me a favour?
Will you be in tomorrow?
What are you doing next Wednesday?

"what have you done with my - blue jumper/ grey trousers/ favourite undercackers? " as if I've deliberately hidden it from him! He's supposed to have looked all over for it, I stop what I'm doing and within minutes I've found whatever he couldn't see under his nose

My heart sinker is "that'll do for now".

"I'll just give it a light prune"
Quickly followed by "you paid how much!?" when gazing at the resulting stump or the replacement bought to fill the hole.

DH groans when I say, ' I've put it in a safe place'.

Do you mind if I put you on hold?

2 seconds

Can I just ask you something?

We are very short staffed could you come in tomorrow? at the place where I volunteer

Heart-sinkers from...

OH: "I'm just going to do a bit of sanding upstairs" (after 'upstairs' has been cleaned and vacuumed...

NDN: "I'll pop round later and show you the photo's I took in the Lake District - this year" (which are almost identical to the photo's he took last year and the year before that).

Mr C pales when I say ‘I’ve been thinking’, especially first thing in the morning when I’ve had a night to ponder

I sigh loudly when I suggest a task and the response is ‘I’ll do it now in a minute’. Experience tells me I’d be better to do it myself!

My heart sank this morning when my helpers (Helpx volunteers who speak no English) asked via Google translate if they could stay an extra 3 days as their next host has let them down and another host can only take them at the end of next week. They made a cake which I presume was a peace offering.

'Please remember that we are doing our best for you' has prefaced two incidents where we have subsequently had disastrous evenings at the hands of event companies. One at the Eiffel Tower restaurant, which should have been a delightful dinner experience with our friends who had both reached sixty, but was an unmitigated disaster culminating in the waitress spilling hot greasy gravy down the back of my pink suede jacket. The other incident I cannot bear to think about still. I have only to hear that phrase uttered, and I run for the hills..

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That made me laugh Lexisgranny - whenever I say the words 'I've been thinking...' Mr A gets a blank expression and I hear a very quiet 'Ooohhh noooo' 😄

Lol, mine too 🤣

Where are we going for Christmas works night out?
Would you be able to drop me off.

When Mr P says 'how do you fancy this for a holiday' and then proceeds to enlighten me with details about a world cruise costing a great deal of cash or a very long haul flight which he knows I am not prepared to take any more due to medical issues.

"What do you want to do today?" Always has to be my decision..
"What shall we have for tea tonight" again my decision
The latest favourite words in my OH's repertoire that jangle in my head: "The bottom line is....." I'm beside myself in anticipation of what the bottom line is! Bless his cottons though.

My standard answer to "Oh, yes, I'll fix that " is "When?"

Years of marriage having taught me that a man and a woman's perception of time are two very different things, and that no man on earth understands that when a woman announces, "The sink is blocked, could you help, please" means that the sink requires unblocking RIGHT NOW; THIS VERY MINUTE!

I am not deeply thrilled by statements such as "Your cat has just brought in a bird"

Strange how they become "my cats" when they have been hunting!

Inevitably followed by "I didn't know you were afraid of birds"

If I have told him once in the donkey's years we have been married that I am not afraid of birds, I just don't like touching blackbirds, sparrows etc. but can cope, given a pair of suitably thick gloves far better with larger birds, and I deal competently with MICE I have told him a million times!

The one I hate is not so much a particular sentence but when some pesky neighbour tries to attract my attention. My response is a cheery wave and "sorry I dont have my hearing aid in."

The latter is the perfect truth as I dont have a hearing aid but people often expect older people to be a bit deaf. I use that to my advantage, as in:-

"Whatever your trying to sell me I dont buy at the door." Even though I know perfectly well they are not selling.

Right then makes me twitch

"My point is..." Yes, I know what your point is. You have repeated it at least 3 times. Using yet more words isn't going to make me more likely to agree.