Disclaimer: This post was written by my husband, Dermo (yes, you heard me – “Dermo,” which makes us “Ado and Dermo”). I am not responsible for its contents.
My husband was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, where he lived in a two-up/two-down row house in the city with his parents and four brothers. When I met him, he was still living at home quite happily with his Mammy and Daddy, oh yes he was!
10 Things An Irish Husband Should Not Do
1. Feign interest in recycling (i.e., “reuse” balloons pilfered from the school fair and try to pass them off as thoughtful Mother’s Day decorations).
2. Compete with the American male on the quantity & organization of tools in their garage. Most Irishmen grew up in a home the size of an American garage and we don’t give a feck about garages because we don’t know what to do with them.
3. Expect that bringing home take-away from the local fish and chip shop will pass for a date night with the wife.
4. Refer to your beloved as the wife on her blog.
5. Hope that anyone in America will truly understand the ritual and reverence required to pull and drink a pint of Guinness.
6. Assume that irony will work with your wife’s Californian friends. I’m here to tell you: it won’t.
7. Say anything disparaging about Bono such as “Bono’s a gobshite,” or “Bono has to wear lifts in his shoes.” All American women think Bono is some kind of irresistable rock star. Irishmen think he is a gobshite.
8. Cook anything other than tinned soup, since cooking was always done by the Mammy.
9. Make helpful suggestions in response to a life crisis that one of your wife’s Californian friends is having, such as: “What they need is a good kick up the arse!”
10. Accompany your wife to the beach and try to get a tan.
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Loved this list! Numbers 2 and 10 cracked me up! And I can relate to number 3, all too well. OY
Twitter: tsonoda
I always imagined Ado as the kind of girl who would love date night dining take away from local chippy’s. My dreams are shattered!
Twitter: NorthWestMommy
I do love it but it does not count as date night! (-:
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Bwaaahaaahaa!!! I love the garage one. It made me laugh out loud. Also? I didn’t know that Irishmen didn’t care for Bono…learn something new everyday
Irishmen don’t really like any Irish person who “gets too big for his britches” – it’s a cultural thing I guess.
Cheers to your Irish husband for playing your bloggy games! Also I’m not a fan of Bono.
Twitter: momma23monkeys
Love the list, what a unique twist! I am not brave enough to give my husband a grip on my blog!
Twitter: SharonPfeiffer
My Irish boyfriend from a long time ago hated Bono. He loved some band called “That Petrol Emotion” instead. That band is long gone, and fat-bottomed Bono..well, he pretty much rules the world (in his own mind, anyway). I thought at the time that it was just George & his friends who hated Bono, but apparently not. I’m envious that you get to use the word gobshite, which is so perfectly descriptive but if I tried to use it I would simply sound like a totally pretentious wanker.
Twitter: mannahattamamma
Hahahahaha! PS: You do NOT sound like a pretentious wanker !
I need more Irish people in my life.
Twitter: AlisonSWLee
Oh, how I loved this one! Good to meet you, Dermo. And I always did envision Californians lacking a sense of irony, Ado excluded, of course. Thanks for the confirmation. Ellen
Twitter: SensibleMoms
Heh! Sorry I’m not letting him comment on the comments – that would be way too dangerous. He can read this though. (-: Thanks Ellen
My first pint was in Dublin, as tourist exploring the St. James Gate Brewery. I have the utmost respect for Guinness, the pull, the patience, the cascade, the … I’m sorry. I need to excuse myself.
Twitter: lenore_diane
Ha! I can tell – you sure do…! (-:
Irish husbands sound like fun! (Except for the fish and chips date night, ya gotta at least go out to the local pub!)
Super cool to get the Irish Man to post on your blog Ado. Love the list
Twitter: dominiquegoh
Thanks Dominique. (-:
Joyce, Beckett and…Dermo! So fecking funny. (from a post-midlife crisis Calfornian with no garage)
I love you Corey – post-midlife Californian or not. (-:
Awesome-ness! Cool bloggers have cool husbands.
Twitter: JenAnnHall
I’m afraid if he reads your comment it will all go to his head, and he’ll be like Bono. (-:
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OH HOW I LOVE THIS!!!!! Just for the record I do think Bono is a gobshite! So not ALL American women fall out over him. The recycled balloons had me giggling! And of course the tan had me laughing out loud. MY Irishman says he’s working on his ‘copper tone’ coloring. He says one day all of his freckles will have just grown together and he will have a nice copper sheen. Of course this is usually as I am applying aloe to his burns.
Twitter: batcrapcrazy
THat’s so funny about your Irishman’s freckles. My Irishman was in Rio once and he ventured out onto the beach and some local came running up to him telling him to apply sunscreen and cover up in case the sun burnt him to a crisp! (-:
*drooling* Bono … snaps out of it. I love this list. Reusing balloons as recycling! LOL
Twitter: utrend
I love love number 10. I have a quite a bit of the Irish blood in me. SPF 1000 just barely describes the level of protection my son and I need from the suns harmful
Oh, Dermo, take her to the damn chip shop next time! That qualifies as a date. And at our local one, it’s BYOB, so you can bring in your Guiness!
Twitter: notwifezilla
Ha! Well-said Jackie!
My husbands Irish heritage must be very strong because this could come directly from him. He feels very strongly about Bono and not in a good way. I of course, love him. The only thing that differs is that my husband loves to cook and is very good at it.
Twitter: bocafrau
LOL – Love this!!
And I so do know #5! And it happens to go fantastic with take away fish and chips! That’s a great night in my book!
Are my Irish Canadian roots showing?
Twitter: rorybore
Wow, I am gonna find myself an Irish husband. Are they all like that by the way, or it just some general observation.
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I love the posts that the husbands help out with! This was awesome and so funny, who needs an organized garage when you know the real art of how to pull and drink a pint of Guinness?!?! Kick up the arse was great as well, very nice post from Dermo!
Twitter: mommy_padawan
I’ve lived in Ireland and California. Some of us DO get irony. Most, actually. Oh, wait. You were in Southern California weren’t you? Yea they don’t get irony. Up north we do.
SOME people know how to pull and drink a pint of Guinness. At least some know when it’s not pulled correctly. But before you get all crazy about drinking habits and fine taste (besides that Guinness isn’t even Irish owned) I can’t tell you how many WARM BUD LIGHTS I’ve seen lads drinking in Irish pubs. WTFFFFFFFFFF.
And finally, no. You are not allowed on beaches. You’ll either be blindingly blue-white or you’ll be wearing black skinny jeans. I know you. Black shirt and black shoes too.
But Bono is a complete gobshite, you are absolutely right about that
Fine post
Tell us more. I’d like to know if you drive an SUV now. I used to date an Irishman from Kerry/Malahide. He wasn’t allowed on beaches either and he used to make fun of SUVs a great deal.
Twitter: thepishposh
I always get a kick out of your husbands visits to this space. Love his take on things, but mostly I took notes on his use of gobshite!! LOVE the lingo… he he Irish swears! -LV
Twitter: kindredadventur
It’s always useful to know how to be able to swear in several obscure languages. I can swear in Portuguese, French, Spanish, Pig Latin, and now: Irish. (-:
What the heck is a gobshite??? And what happens when he tries to get a tan??? I know so very little about Irish people.
Twitter: mommyslounge
Ah, for a pint at Doheny & Nesbitt…
I love Doheny & Nesbitt, and I don’t even drink pints! (-:
Love 7 & 9….and thanks for the “gobshite”. So lovely to hear some phrases from home!
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