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Mild Epiphanies & Random Revelations #16
A wife can “Nope” a husband but a husband can’t “Nope” a wife.
Epiphany: A wife can “Nope” a husband but a husband can’t “Nope” a wife.
This just happened…
My daughter brought her friend along after school. The girls have hockey camp later this evening, and my wife had let me know the schedule, when they needed to be at the rink, and when they needed to have supper.
While I was busy making supper, the two hyenas screeched, laughed, gaggle-screamed, and shrieked while playing Nintendo (Classic, we don’t have PSanything) in the front room.
Besides growing longer bones, teens, perhaps especially girls, also increase their lung capacity. The lunatics are LOUD.
Our usually calm and quiet home was now a thunder dome of hysteria. It was unraveling the Missus, and I was well on my way to an aneurism.
My wife’s trademark rapid-fire requests came flying at me.
“Can you tell your daughter to rein it in? Can I eat before them? OMG, they’re giving me a headache. Can you get me some ice water? I’m going to go hide after I eat, can you make me some tea and bring it to me? You’re taking them to the camp, right? If you love…
