I find the terms leave pass, “requesting permission from the CFO / SWMBO” pretty stupid, but look, someone’s put together a business around it! For only $25, plus gift card fees (don’t get me started on gift cards), you can have someone else ask your partner for permission for you to go do/buy stuff.
You receive a beautiful personalised card requesting a Leave Pass from your partner. It is designed to psychologically put you at a distinct advantage when asking the very tricky question. It comes in an envelope specifically designed to arouse the recipient.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks all that leave pass stuff is crap. A mate of mine looks after his kid for one day then thinks he has the right to go out with his mates and get shitfaced.
(Another one is dads who say they’re ‘babysitting’ - you’re their fucking father! But that’s another thread…)
After I have cooked dinner, washed the dishes, put a load of washing on, hung out the washing, vacuum and mop the floors, washed her car, cleaned the garage, weeded the garden, attended to the veggie garden etc.
Apparently my dad was too busy racing a triathlon to see me born. Mum dumped his arse, but the shame of having a triathlete father will never leave me.