I've noticed that, over time, the conversations between husbands and wives can morph into a new language of sorts. You hear about this phenomena among twins, but I haven’t given much thought to it's relevance to those who have been elbowing for room at the bathroom sink for over 10 years. I can't imagine 9 months in utero would have anything on them.
If you had been surreptitiously following us over the past week, you may have overheard, and been perplexed by conversations such as these:
Situation 1: Driving in the car, running errands
Him: "I've decided you are never getting a new car. Ever."
Me: "What ever happened to you keeping me in the manner in which I was planning to become accustomed to?"
Him: "You mean in which you were accustomed?"
Me: "No."
What you don’t know: We have fallen into a stupid habit of making up things while driving and the other seamlessly responds as if it were true. For example, when driving by a new office building under construction, my husband might say: "See that building? I just bought it." and I will respond with thoughts on decorating it, or strategies for leasing it, or advising him that it has been condemned to preserve the historic foundation of a 1820 farmhouse it was built on top of.
Situation 2: Getting Ready for Work with TV Blaring
Him: "…Powerball…(garbled)…Wisconsin…(garbled)…Tell (nanny)."
Me: "What?! The winning Powerball ticket was sold on Wisconsin Avenue???" (becoming agitated and devastated that a winning $250M lottery ticket was sold so close to me, even though the last time I bought a Powerball ticket in DC was over two years ago)
Him: "No, I said we have to tell (nanny) that a Volcano erupted in her homeland."
Me: (impatiently brushing him off) "But what about the PowerBall on Wisconsin Avenue???"
Him: "Do you hear yourself? Anyway, I said the ticket was sold IN WISCONSIN."
Me: "Oh. I thought you said Wisconsin Avenue."
What you don’t know: I have no excuse on this one.
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4 comments:
Oh goodness this is SO true! In fact me and Chief (husband) had a funky conversation this morning.
I swear some times I need a copy of the updated husband translator. LOL
So true - we talk endless about what we would do with our lottery winnings. However, we have never bought a ticket. Go figure.
How do you do the label thing?
Think I might have lost my first reply!
Marriage - an interesting thing. We talk about how we would spend our lottery winnings ... but we don't buy tickets.
How do you do that label thing?
variety is the spice of life
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