About a week ago Jared and I were laying in bed talking and I said "Sing to me." Why I would even ask this is beyond me, if you know Jared at all he is so not into this type of thing, so at first of course he said "NO!". But then he did respond.........
Here's the contest.....
Ask your husband to sing to you and then leave a comment telling what happened. I'm just dying to see what other husbands do. Will he be sweet and serenade you, will he be silly or dirty, or will he just say "NO!"? This is a family blog, so use your best discretion when leaving comments.
Then I'll pick my favorite 2 answers and let you guys vote on who wins, AND I'll tell you how Jared responded.
Here's the PRIZE:
Your monogram in vinyl, or your favorite quote in vinyl-up to $25.***winner has to hold a contest on their own blog
Make your entry by Monday, I'll decide my favorite 2 on Monday night, Then we'll vote on Tuesday. Oh yeah, if you don't do this, I'll start leaving mean comments on your blog. I really will.
23 comments:
so are we suppose to leave our story in the comment section or email it to you... going to try it tonight, but if I know my husband I don't think it will be to family friendly;)
Leave your story in the comment section...everyone wants to know what happens!! Jared and I have already made predictions on what we think Justin will do. I can't wait to hear how it all goes down!!!
I think it's pretty funny that you and Jared have predictions!!! Don't you have anything better to do!?!?! :)
I pretty much felt like there was no way I was gonna win this so why try (I know bad attitude) So at this point I'm just hoping I'm the only one to respond, then I'll totally win!! :)Jerime sings to Brookie every night so I thought that he would also sing to me. I must admit that I felt kinda silly asking him to sing to me, especially cuz I don't go to bed at the same. So I read your blog and decided to give it a shot. I went into the bedroom and he was still awake, so I crawled into bed and started small talk. Then I said sing to me, I almost started laughing but didn't. He started singing "lullaby..." Ahhh how sweet I thought, THEN still in the lullabye melody he says "no way, you don't deserve it." I laughed, smacked him, and came back to the computer to blog hop. So there you go! I guess Brooklyn should feel very lucky her daddy sings to her every night...thanks Jess now I feel like a big turd on a log!
I mean a big turd on a BLOG!!!!
When I orginally posted this CONTEST it was right before I went to get my kids from school. While I was gone I had bloggers remorse, thinking: why do I do that, why would I come up with this stupid contest? No ones going to do it, and then no one will ever come back to my blog. I almost came home and deleted the whole deal. But Jennie, you just made the whole contest worth it!! I love that you had to hold back your giggles when you asked him (I would too, and probably everyone else), and that he sang "you don't deserve it" in the lulluby tune, hilarous!!! And you're not a big turd on a (B)log!!! I'm still smiling!!!
i'm going to enter, as soon as i see my husband, maybe i'll call him at work and ask him to sing to him...LOL THAT would be funny!
Okay, so I asked Ammon last night in the middle of a movie. It wasn't a matter of whether to sing, but rather what song I wanted. I muted the movie and let him choose a song. He sang, "What do you dream? What do you dream while you're sleep-ing? Do you dream in Yiddish or Spanish or of quantum physics? Oh, what do you dream when you're sleep-ing?"
I don't recall hearing the song before. He claims he sang it to me at Arches when we went hiking as friends several years ago. That got us started on a trip down memory lane. Fun times. Thanks for posting the contest just so I could see what Ammon would sing.
Okay, here it goes. For some reason all of our kids were asleep at 9:30 including Carly so it was perfect because I thought he wouldn't be to tired. Sooo, when we got in bed I snuggled up close to him and started talking about the kids then asked him "will you sing to me?" He said "NO!" I said why not, you sing to the kids all the time." "Well there little. What are you recording me or something?" (I had a really hard time not busting up laughing.) I said an immediate "no I just want to hear you sing." He just said "huh, well I need to take a shower I am sticky from chemical." (I think he thought I would be a sleep by the time he got out. but I just hopped on the computer to blog for a minute:) when I got out I tried one more time. I snuggled up and said "okay now will you sing to me?" He said "no, but I'll make out with you". Sooo, there you have it, boring horny old shane.
By the way this was funn!!!
I was holding Sienna when I got on and saw your contest. Juan had Amara in the room with him. He has been in bed the past 2 days b/c he pulled his back out. Day 1- I was thinking he was faking, and when he asked for help, I was pretty bratty. Today was day 2 of him being down, and I have tried being nicer- but still need to work on it. Anyway, I went into the room and laid down by him and Amara and said "Hun, will you sing to me?" He gave me this look like "Are you serious... and said- "what are you talking about" and I said, "I'd just like you to sing to me" - trying my hardest not to smile. He rolled onto his side and didn't say anything. I kept quiet for a minute- and then I hear "I love my wife, she is so inter-es-ting, I love my wife, and I am glad she chose me in her life". Then he said "The end- written and sung by your man". So i thanked him and said that it was a really nice song he just sang. Then he goes "What's with you- you are in a really good mood right now, are you feeling good?" I just laughed and said, "yeah- I guess so". I really didn't think he would sing anything. About 5 minutes ago, he yelled from the room- "Hey Sus! Thanks for having such a good attitude today". That makes me laugh becuase I really have been a whining bratty tired wife all day... Jess- this was fun. Thanks for the idea! And no- I am not gonna tell him why I asked him to sing- especially b/c he thinks I genuinely wanted him to. :)
He hasn't sung for me yet....but before I ask him, a quick story. My sister told me about a poem her husband had written her (this was 6 years ago or so) So I asked Rick one night to write me a poem, and gave him a minute to come up with it. In my imagination it was going to be sweet and romantic (or atleast try, since we were already in bed). A little bit later he says, "Okay, ready?" "yep!"
The car was on fire,
because of a liar
and no one could put it out.
He wanted to blame her,
the poor little flamer,
but all he could do was pout.
I was shocked! I said, "are you serious?" He replied, "Its a limerick!" Totally proud of himself! I was unimpressed by the lack of expressions of love. But it has made me laugh ever since.
I'll try the singing tonight (but he might be on to me since I just asked him how to spell "limerick".
Funny stuff Jess!
So I just asked him. And in a deep "oklahoma" show tunes voice he sings, "You have blessed me...with beautiful children!" Then stops. I said, "that' it?" And with a smirk and an eyebrow pump he says, "Yyyes?"
Then he picked a sleeping 3 year old up off of the couch and carried him off to bed. So I am still sitting here on the couch with my laptop commenting. Good night ladies, maybe I'll get more singing later.
Len was at the father/son campout last night. I'll ask tonight! I have a feeling I know how he will interpret this request....
I asked Nils this afternoon to sing to me. He looked at me like I was psychotic for a millisecond before breaking out "Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top..." He sang it nicely once, then plugged his nose and sang it again, focusing on the demented parts like "when the bow breaks the cradle will fall, then down will come baby, cradle and all." Then he goes, "What's a baby doing in a tree anyway? What the HELL does that mean?" Picture Nils swearing- it's hilarious. My goodly husband saying hell. I nearly peed my pants.
jess,
after my husband woke up this morning, i popped the question 'will you sing to me?"...well, i guess i asked him at the wrong time, because his response was far from the romantic response i expected, (see he has work 14 hour days for the last 4 weeks and he reached his deadline last night at midnight). So the first thing out of his mouth without even a hint of hesitation, in a falsetto voice was, "HALLELUJAH." So much for timing, charma and romance! Arrgg!
PS I read him the other comments, and they cracked him up, he especially liked the one that said, "no, but i'll make out with ya." He's kicking himself that he didn't think of that!
Okay Jess,
So I wasn't going to do this, already knowing what Keith would say. Then I came to your blog just now and he just happened to be walking into the kitchen, so I asked him to sing to me.
He started laughing with an immediate 'NO'. Then he asked what I was reading. I told him I was just catching up with some friends. So then I not only asked once, I asked twice for him to sing to me. Then he proceeded to ask me to go poop my pants.
Now just a minute ago he comes out singing That Lovin' Feeling (Top Gun). I must say that I have never heard him sing to me in the 10+ years I have known him. After he sung, he said okay there you go...now poop your pants. What a dork.
Now he is dying to know why I asked him to sing to me and who is having me do silly things like that. He also said to take it and lock it up in a box becuase he will probably not do it again. Then it brought on a whole converstaion that he thinks he can't sing good...and really it sounded quite nice.
Thanks for the challenge-it made us crack up laughing and I just had a first with him. It has been a long time since I can say that this is the first time Keith did ______.
So I am so disappointed bc Justin saw this post and spoiled it. So now I can't really know what his reaction would be:( I really wanted to find out what he would do. Oh well can't wait to vote there have been some funny ones!
Ok, I know not many people know me, but Jess said I have to post what Joe did. However, it's sort of in the process... so I'll have to tell some now, and some later. We were watching tv when I asked him to sing to me and he said, "Yeah, sure." So I was thinking, 'Oh great. This is gonna be boring.' But then he says, "Sometime." So I sit and ask and ask, and so he begins to read a book. I keep asking and he finally puts the book down. He says, "Yes, I'll sing to you..... When we're alone." So I say, "Ok, here." And I muted the tv... All of a sudden he busts up laughing and says, "You're really weird....ing me out, hun." SO, apparently I'm weird. Nice catch on that one Joe. Oh well, we'll have to wait and see later what he does!
Ok. Last night before bed Leonard was making his bed on the couch (baby kicked him out again) :) and I asked him. He practically BOUNDED into the bedroom thinking, of course, that the singing was my dumb way of asking for "lovin'".
Me: Well, sing to me already
Len: Rudy (silly nickname)...why? (insert cheezy grin from a man who thinks he's about to get lucky)
Me: Just because (chuckle, chuckle)
Len: Are you trying to bring back the good ol' days?
(I seriously used to make him sing Disney songs on our trips to and from Pullman in college. I said I couldn't marry a man who didn't know Disney songs...I know. Silly)
Me: No...I just want you to sing
Len: Hmmm....Let's see...ok...
He busts out the first line of the song from Aladin...
Len: "I can show you the world...."
LOOOOONG pause...
Len: Huh, that's all I remember. So...what now?
Hahaha good one Sunny!
Ok, so I have the second half of my story. I went back downstairs and after a while asked Joe to sing again. He told me that I wasn't normal. That asking him to sing wasn't normal and again told me that I was weirding him out. He then told me that it was embarassing. I'm like, "What? You've never been embarassed to sing in front of me before." So, with the raised eyebrow look, he says, "Ok.... how about a little Michael Nezsmith?".............. I had no idea who that was. So we both bust up laughing and he proceeds to sing:
"I want to watch the moon rise,
Over the Rio Grande.
Stand in contemplation,
Hand in gentle hand.
Breathing the constant beauty,
Of the pink and purple land.
High on the inspiration,
Of the moon,...over the Rio Grande."
It was pretty sweet.
I hope someone knows of this song...
Jess, I actually have been waiting for the right moment to ask Jared over the weekend. I have truly enjoyed reading everybody's comments. What a fun contest Jess!
So, I don't know if mine is "family-friendly." Feel free to delete after you read this.
Laying in bed, I asked Jared, "Will you sing to me?"
Jared: "Have you been watching a gay One Tree Hill?" (confession: sometimes I watch One Tree Hill)
Me: "No, I just want you to sing to me."
Jared: "Okay." pause. "Let's talk about sex baby, let's talk about you and me, let's talk about all the good times and the bad times that will be, let's talk about sex."
I'm laughing.
Then he says, "I've got another one. I want to sex you up."
One-track mind. Again, feel free to delete.
WOW! this is turning into a fun contest!
Jess--am I too late to enter, even if I can't compete with the Nikster? I swallowed my pride and popped the question on a drive on Saturday down the 101. First, Dan stared at me dumbfounded: "You want me to do WHAT?" But when I persisted he finally said "can't sing, but I can whistle!" and then he proceeded to whistle "California Dreamin'" I never thought that would come from the lips of that Kentucky boy!
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