I have been married to Billy for over 13 years now, together for 6 before that. He is really my other half, I think we balance each other as well as we possibly could. I talk too much, he is really quiet unless the topic is necessary. I laugh out loud. And often. When I say "wasn't that funny?!" He always responds with, "yeah, I'm laughing inside." (who does that?!) But our conversations at night always reaffirm this ying and yang thing we have...
Me: So why are some guys so hairy?
Billy: (long pause) Well, you know that everyone is in a different generational phase, right?
Me: Maybe it's for warmth...
Billy: See, every one is different. I'm in a different generation than you are....
Me: (cutting in) Oh Lord, this isn't going to turn into some physics conversation about black holes or the "Singularity", is it? SNORE... (umm, Google it if you need to, I couldn't really explain it here)
Billy: The Singularity?!?! No, this is nothing like that. Please, I was thinking about Mitochondrial DNA."
Me: Of course you were... I was afraid we were going to have to start talking about that. That's worse than that movie you made me watch about the black hole...
Billy: "Dark Matter".... I still say that scene with the Asian kid selling make up to Meryl Streep should have been award winning. It's as good as "I drink your milkshake".
Me: Whatever... Nobody saw your stupid Dark Matter movie and the scene was not anything like "I drink your milkshake." Cannot compare...
Billy: You didn't even see the milkshake scene, you fell asleep.
Me: I saw it, they replayed it on tv a lot during award season.
See, that's the ying and the yang......
That was too funny to read. My husband is a math/science guy and I am an arts/history kind of gal, so I totally relate.
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