Don’t Always Understand Your Wife? Meet Aaron Traister!

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Don't Always Understand Your Wife? Meet Aaron Traister!Let me introduce you to a funny guy if you don’t already know him. Meet Aaron Traister. He says what husbands are thinking – in a way that wives will recognize. Take his article regarding what he learned about women on Pinterest, for instance. Most guys can sum up their confusion about what the big draw there is with a shrug, dismissive wave, or a sentence shorter than ‘blah, blah, blah’. Not Aaron. He took the opportunity to explore that alien venue and learn things about the opposite sex – and as a blogger and columnist for Redbook magazine, he is happy to be a voice for other men and share his discoveries so women may be enlightened about what they’re thinking! Here are 5 of those lessons he learned about women on Pinterest.

Husbands Meet Aaron TraisterOn designer baby pictures: The quest for the most unusual baby photo is your white whale. I don’t ever remember walking into any of my friends’ houses when I was young and seeing framed pictures of them as newborns nestled inside a worn leather baseball glove or sleeping on a mossy rock in a beautiful field. This is a weird new phenomenon, and I wonder, why are women into it? The Pinterest baby-photography thing looks like ads for small humans. Who wouldn’t want this baby that sleeps in a catcher’s mitt?! It’s the perfect baby for the sporty guy in your life! Am I saying I never posed my baby in an empty pizza box or on top of the sleeping dog? Of course not—I’m just saying it was a daddy/baby moment, and I didn’t need a professional to capture it.

Husbands Meet Aaron TraisterOn inspirational affirmations:  Am I alone in finding all the quotes and inspirational messages depressing? We can all use a pep talk from time to time, but when you realize that someone has pinned 40 affirmations—”A strong woman is one who is able to smile this morning like she wasn’t crying last night”—in three hours, suddenly it feels a little too personal for social media.

 Husbands Meet Aaron TraisterOn what’s cooking: It’s all about chicken dinners “made easy.” I argued with my editor about this. I maintain that chicken dinners aren’t that hard; I make roast chicken once a week. My editor said that easy chicken dinners are boring and women like her seek new ones. With all due respect, boss, a roast chicken is never boring, because you never roast the same chicken twice.

Husbands Meet Aaron TraisterOn hair trends: I will never know what a “bob” is. You can show me one hundred pins of a woman’s bobbed hair and I will still have no clue what exactly is going on. Dudes are generally blind to hairstyles, so cut us some slack when you say “curly bob” and we think you’re talking about some guy from the office.

Husbands Meet Aaron TraisterOn the perfect gift: Vintage photography is for lovers. Apparently, shooting photos in black and white automatically makes them romantic. This is good to know, since the only current photo of my wife, Karel, and me is from a cousin’s wedding and we’re both stuffing our faces. I’m gonna slap a black-and-white filter on that bad boy and it will magically transform into a whimsical, French-looking meditation on true love.

 For the rest of his candid observations about what’s going on with women at Pinterest, read his article 12 Things I Learned About Women on Pinterest.

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  • LOL… He’s pretty funny. Thanks for sharing him. I like his point of view. I’m with him on hairstyles. I have trouble figuring them out.

    • Shel Harrington

      I liked the ‘clean barn’ points. It looks good in pictures, but who’s hauling all that stuff out there? And are those barns air-conditioned for those summer weddngs?

  • how fun to hear from another point of view…lol!

    • Shel Harrington

      That’s what I thought, too, Lin – he sure has me looking at serial affirmations differently!!

  • He’s a funny guy, Shel. I love his perfect gift comment.
    I have to admit, I tend to agree with him about Pinterest…I’m sure I’ll get some “boos” for that. 🙂 To me, it’s another distraction.

    • I’m with him and Jill W – I have a pinterest account which I use sporadically – but most of the stuff I see kind of makes me cringe just the teeniest bit 🙂

      • Shel Harrington

        I have been able to ignore what wasn’t of interest prior, but after reading his article every streamer-strung barn and vegetable-wrapped posed infant jumps off the stream. Get back, junk – I’ve got books I’m planning to read (as evidenced by my “Someday Reading” board!

    • Nope, I’m with you Jill 🙂

    • Shel Harrington

      I got a little crazy with it at first – all the colors, ideas, such creativity! And like everything else that starts out new and shiny, the novelty wore off. Now it is a tool – a way to gather specific info, get out info I want dispersed, and – one of my favorite uses – a gathering spot for pictures/articles/ideas for a WIP. But after reading his article, I’ll never look at it the same. I guess seeing bulk affirmations does seem desperate and sad. He cracks me up!

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