If your husband gave you a calculator for your birthday, you might seethe about it. Tiffanie Wong dealt by writing a hilarious blog post on her site, "My Husband Is Annoying."Speaking for married women everywhere, Wong's tally of how often husband Mark Joyella wears a hideous green sweater or peppers conversations with bathroom humor is an endearing look at coupledom.
Married in March, much of their relationship prior to their wedding was spent long distance, making wedded bliss an adventure for Wong in learning to appreciate fart jokes while mastering highly technical electronic devices such as the remote control.
We caught up with the Brooklyn Heights resider to ask how a couple of newlywed media types (Wong's a producer at CNN, Joyella's an Emmy Award-winning reporter who teaches classes for MediaBistro) manage to annoy the pants off of each other.
Click Next to read why Tiffanie says she started the site.
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Friday 21 August
By JollyRogers
I am now taking bets that this marriage will be over by this time next year.
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Friday 21 August
By lizzystarr
hahahaha "jollyroger" twenty bucks it lasts at least another year :P they're both weird so im banking they'll be together for a while :]
Friday 21 August
By Sabrina
Some people are meant to haggle , that is their way they relate to each other...She hates his sweater? Buy him a new one . Easy fix....
Friday 21 August
By renee mcallister
I doubt it will even make it to next year.
Friday 21 August
By Giny
Don't count on it. No one is more set in their ways than a thirty something who has worn a military uniform all his life. I once threw away his "favorite jacket" because it was so ragged I was ashamed of it. He climbed into a dumpster on a military base housing to retrieve it so I wrote on its back with a felt pen, "this is my dig-in-the-dumpster jacket". I would not repeat what I found written on my nightgown the following evening! We are still laughing at it more than 50 years later!
Thursday 03 September
By Jagk.
Im with you on that one.
Friday 21 August
By ggg
cool
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Friday 21 August
By Penfishingrods
It doesn't matter how quirky they are or how close. We cannot change what 2.9 million years of evolution has done to Homo Sapiens. Their relationship will not last just like any other relationship. Man suffers from copluative imperative. That's the uncontrollable urge for a man to spread his seed & move on to the next mate. Even if two consenting adults make it to the 10 year mark, they're faking it. :)
M.D., President & CEO
Penfishingrods.com
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Friday 21 August
By Nikki
Your statements are highly untrue and ridiculous for most, however not all. There is relationships that are healthy and full of love. My great grandmother, grandmother have 50 plus years. My mother however just around the 25th mark. Everyone gets what they make of things, that's the bottom line. You want to find love, be loving! However you sound a little to bitter.
Friday 21 August
By Ruby
I completely agree. The majority of marriages out there that last more then 10 years are "faking it". There is a very small percentage of couples that are married because they truly do love each other. Love and wanting to be with that person is not the case. they stay together for the kids, money and what would the neighbors think. oh, and the guilt or not making the marriage work. they stay together out of convenience.... almost a business arrangement. So, for this couple, I hope the very best for them. Seeing that he is already annoying her this early in the marriage and we are here blogging about it.
Friday 21 August
By donald k. donald
you are wrong about relationships not lasting..
god has loved us since he created us,and I have been married 44 years,and counting.
you still have a lot to learn,sonny boy!
Friday 21 August
By Victoria Reid
Not always true, my husband and I have been faithfully together for eleven years. I know several people who have happily made it past the ten year mark---just because you are miserable doesn't mean we all are.
Friday 21 August
By Sandra
Wow you are really optomistic about marriage I see. There are couples that make it their entire lives. I was telling someone on August 20, 2009, that it was my cousins wedding anniversary. She got married when I was 9 years old, I attended her wedding in New York, where my mother was from. They have been married for 41 years. My mom and dad were married for 23 years until my mother passed away. Maybe your marriage didn't work because you were too busy sowing your seed, as you put it. HUMMMM, go figure.
Friday 21 August
By Renee
Arent you the marraige sour puss. Ive been married 23 years and granted not everyday is full of sunshine, heck Ive even wish for him to be hit by lightning once or twice. But we are pretty happy most of the time and that makes the bad times worth the effort.
Friday 21 August
By jw
Sad to find out who runs Penn, I really love my Penn fishing equipment, I am still using a real I purchased 40 yrs ago, but sadly I am going home and burn all my Penn fishing equipment because the CEO is such a jerk. Uses women talks about stealing as much as you can get away with. What a jerk, I hope he gets a treble hook caught in his throat.
Friday 21 August
By stacy zuidema
I feel sorry for you - you are very ignorant. I have been married to my husband for 13 years, and been in love with him for 16 years. I cannot imagine my life without him. There have been normal ups and downs, but they have made us stronger. We respect each other's thoughts and opinions, even if we don't agree or it "annoys" us. I think it is very good to be honest about your thoughts, as long as it isn't hurtful. I look forward to seeing my spouse daily and he feels the same way. Too bad you will grow old to know none of these wonderful and safe feelings. I see geriatric married couples holding hands and hope that will be me someday with my husband.
Friday 21 August
By Jessica-Alyse
Everyone is entitled to there own opinion but I must ask you this: Have you ever seen a married couple? What about the ones that have been together 55 + years? My grandpa has dymensia, there are days when he doesnt eat, sleep or even participate in day to day activities. However, everyday my grandma takes care of him... they have been married going on 57 years. I asked why she wouldnt put him in a home and her response: because I cant live with out him. I love him. He has been there for me through 6 kids (2 of which died in the 1st year of life) and lots of hardships. Its not so bad. God is with me to help me out when I feel I cant take anymore." You may never know a love like that but dont knock it. Not all men are like that. Some are decent, kind and care about their spouse. Im sorry that you dont know a love as strong as a woman who cares. Im also sorry that you dont care about a woman so much that you dont want to be with out her.
Friday 21 August
By allen
Another evolutionist assuming they know everything. You just sound stupid and bitter. My grandparents have been together for over 20 years and they are still IN love. If you cannot find that kind of love, perhaps because you have only created a barrier in your head that you are living by. Science cannot disprove love.
Saturday 22 August
By Shannon
I beg to differ with you. Tow of my sisters have been married for more than 20 years, one for 27 and the other just celebrated her 25th anniversary. Both couples are more in love than when they married, which is as it should be. If I had found my current husband 32 years ago, we'd be clelbrating our 33rd anniversary instead of our 3rd, and if God is good to us, then we'll live to celebrate at least 20. I'm soory that you have such a bleak outlook on marriage. When it's done right, it can and does last a life-time.
Sunday 23 August
By Sue Hancock
Mr. Md & CEO/penfishingrods.com:
Are you married or in a relationship? Did you make those comments to "get everyones goat" or do you actually believe what you preach??? Please reply again...because as you see already--you have a lot of responses and we want to hear back from you!!