I've been married for 34 yrs now and I can be busy and he will call out "The Dogs have to go outside" my favorite one is "One of the dogs is throwing up"! Sometimes it gets on my nerves but then I stop and think they are my dogs and he was nice enough to let me have three.
Hang in there it's bound to get better.
LuLu Belle, Bosley Beamer, & Baby Zoey's Mommy