Buddy's Hierarchy of Wants

Let’s get one thing straight………………I love my wife. Sometimes I worry that love just isn’t strong enough! I wish I could do more than just love her. She is the best wife ever (BWE, in case you were wondering). As much as I want to make her happy 100% of the time, sometimes I fall short. Very short. Yesterday I made her mad. Again, I want to stress how much I love my wife. I would never do anything demeaning to her on purpose. Nor would I understate her equality, even jokingly. But yesterday that is exactly what I did. It happened when God’s favorite university (a thank you to our pastor for referring to the Mighty Longhorns in this manner) was playing a football game. She said something (I’m not sure what) and I said, “QUIET!” It wasn’t “Shhhh” or “wait a minute” but “QUIET!” Maybe not uncalled for, but demeaning and very wrong. It certainly isn’t reflective of the way I feel about her and the respect I have for her. For saying this, especially in the way it must have sounded, I am truly sorry. There is no excuse for this type of behavior. Now, that said, let me tell you my excuse.


Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology, proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper A Theory of Human Motivation.[2] Maslow subsequently extended the idea to include his observations of humans' innate curiosity. His theories parallel many other theories of human developmental psychology, all of which focus on describing the stages of growth in humans. (Wikipedia)










Buddy’s hierarchy of wants is an attempt at an excuse for sometimes boar-ish man behavior proposed by Buddy in a 2011 apology. This idea included lame assed excuses for paying more attention to a football game than his very attractive and intelligent wife. This theory may sound like many Man-therories all which try to excuse animal-like behavior during three months in the fall when all the stars (fishing, hunting, football, along with the end of baseball season) align. (Buddy)






In my defense, Longhorn Football is ranked very high (along with hunting and fishing). She was wanting to find out information concerning the Texas Ranger Baseball game. While a beautiful woman caring about sports is hot in most cases, in my very weak man mind I couldn't comprehend why there was background noise during a Longhorn game. Texas Ranger Baseball, while the most acceptable of all baseball is ranked only above all other baseball and talking about our feelings. It does not matter if I said, “QUIET!” or “quiet” it was still unacceptable.
So you know what happens when my wife is mad at me? She cleans the house. Again, I will be the first to admit that I do not understand women, but she cleaned the house! She did the laundry. She even scrubbed the toilets and swept the kitchen floor!! (Do you know how hard it was not to make the “where you going” comment when she had the broom in her hand?! I wasn’t about to push anything). Looking back on things, this reminds me of Alf (my mom) when she used to get mad at me (and she had ample opportunities). My mom would distract herself by doing chores, most notably the dishes usually done to the sounds of her mumbling under her breath and the accompaniment of crashing dishes. I guess what I’m saying here is my wife reminds me of my mother. I really can’t give her a higher compliment.