leadership527
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ORIGINAL: foxling For example if asked to do something in no specific time frame, it's not happened yet, I think he's forgotten about it This happens ALL the time to me. I'm a focus guy so what's in front of me is what's on my mind. Carol on the other hand, carries to-do lists in her head that run for years with some items. So it is a commonplace occurrence that she'll pop up with the results of some command I'd given back in the dim recesses of the past. It's almost guaranteed that I had forgotten about it. So what? Obviously, since I didn't give a time limit on it, then I didn't have anything in particular in mind. If I did, in fact, want it soon-ish then it'll become apparent soon-ish that she isn't working on it which will cause me to say something like, "Hey, when were you planning on.....?" and then it'll have a specific date attached. Otherwise, I am simply relying on what I know to be true about her. I can, in large part, fire and forget and pretty much all commands will get done eventually. This is not a "test" moment between Carol and I. For us, it's just business as usual and everything went exactly according to everyone's expectations. For me, the simple answer to your question is, "You do it when you get around to it and then inform him that it's done -- preferably with a bare minimum of hand-wringing and melodrama." If you actually forgot a command, then I'd expect you to say something like, "Oh crap! I just remembered you asked me to ..... and I totally forgot about it." Unless that's a commonplace thing it goes right into the "shit happens" category in my head. The only really relevant questions to me are whether any issues have cropped up as a result of the delay -- process stops, late fees, etc. Depending on which of us is knowledgeable in whatever area the command was given I may expect her to do that legwork up front so that she's bringing me solutions, not problems.
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~Jeff I didn't so much "enslave" Carol as I did "enlove" her. - Me I want a joyous, loving, respectful relationship where the male is in charge and deserves to be. - DavanKael
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