I give more problems to my wife

than she knows what to do with

she complains that I don't hear

and I won't listen

she gives me firm direction

yet I do my own thing

she tells me what she wants from the store

and I bring home something else

she tells me Not to operate the washer

but I do still do

she tells me to stay out of the kitchen

but I don't

I find instructions hard to follow

my attention tends to drift

somehow though

she still loves me

despite all the negatives

there is one positive

I am the one

who always takes out the trash

such is love

when you get old.