In One Ear and then to Outer Space
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
I feel like I’ve had the following conversation with my husband a zillion times.
The situation: We are meeting at 1 p.m. on Thursday at our son’s school for a parent teacher conference. I need to BART from my job in San Francisco to the school in Oakland. My husband works out of our home in Oakland.
The conversation begins on Tuesday:
Me: I’ll have to meet you at school on Thursday, the day of the conference. I’ll probably just make it in time. It’s going to be a tough day for me to take time off work.
My husband: OK.
The conversation continues on Thursday:
Me: Tomorrow is the parent teacher conference. I’ll meet you at school. I won’t have time to come home first.
Husband: OK, I’ll meet you there.
I think the conversation wraps up Friday morning. My husband is still in bed when I leave for work. I kiss his cheek.
Me: I’ll see you at school at 1.
Husband: OK.
Around 10:30, I check voice mail messages. My husband’s voice: Uh, so I guess you’ll come home first and then we’ll go to school together? Is that what we’re doing?
Aaagh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Marianne Lonsdale
ABOUT THIS AUTHOR
Marianne Lonsdale lives with her husband, Michael, and son, Nicholas, in Oakland, California. She's had a variety of jobs as a Human Resources professional. She writes personal essays and short stories. Her writing teacher and mentor is Charlotte Cook, an Oakland teacher, writer and publisher.
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you must have installed a hidden camera in my house! it is amazing.
Do we have the same husband?
-MC
Aaagh! Ditto for me.I think I need to record all my conversations so I can playback when needed, because sometimes its just too much!
TM
My husband’s favorite is to act alarmed “is that today?” just to freak me out even if he remembered! Or he would just parrot back what I just said without paying attention. Now I make him repeat back to me the information in different words.