Mike (using his laptop on the bed) – “We really need one of those pillows with the arm rests that you put behind your back.”
Kristen – “You mean a husband?”
Mike – “I hate calling them that. How weird would it have sounded if I had said, ‘We really need a husband?'”
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That’s hilarious.
That cracks me up! Bob has ALWAYS hated that those pillows are called husbands. Though I know he’s glad we have one because he kneels on it to give Caleb baths and me leg rubs in bed :).
Tell Mike that in some parts of the US people call them “sit-up pillows.” Or maybe that was just my family, LOL. At any rate, it sounds a little more decent than hearing your husband ask for a husband — very odd that.
D calls it a husband, I call it a chair pillow. I have always felt weird saying it is a husband.
The walmart here recently had them on clearance…the sign said “overstuffed husbands $7.00”
What a great sign! That would make a nice blog picture.
I’ve heard them called both husbands and boyfriend pillows – though I guess either one would sound particularly odd from your hubby!
Wow – the things I learn on this blog. I never knew they were called husbands…really!! I just described them like Mike did. Kristin, you are too funny!
I recently read a book in which one roommate asked another roommate, “Would you mind if I slept with your husband?” The owner of the husband didn’t realize that’s what they were called. hehe.