Hubby and I have an ongoing argument that can leave both of us drained and grumpy for
days ....
This argument always happens in front of strangers and usually in the television aisle of the local Sears or Best Buy.
It starts with hubby standing slack jawed in front of the plasmas, hand reaching slowly for his credit card like a distracted gunslinger.
Me - "Ok, we just have to get that USB plug."
Hubby - *crickets*
Me- trying new tactic "Wait, is Van Halen's new
ALBUM out?"
This catches hubby's attention but also causes the salesperson who has been totally ignoring us to take notice- surprised either by the unfamiliar term or startled by a sudden realization that we must be borderline elderly and easy marks.
Salesperson - "Some amazing sales today"
At this point hubby may actually start to drool a bit - he could not care less about sales, but knows this may be something that catches my attention. It doesn't. We all stare at the episode of COPS glaring at us from 20 different screens.
Hubby - (you need to picture one of those 'thought' bubbles here) hmmm, sale- she loves sales
Me - (another thought bubble) is that wallpaper in the perp's house on COPS- I thought you were safe if you didn't have wood paneling ...
Salesperson - (you need to picture the Peanuts sound when the grown-ups talk) WAH, WAH, Dolby, WAH, Surround Sound, WAH, WAH
This scene always turns into a argument - with me declaring that spending our money on something like this is making a statement that tv is very important to us and hubby asserting -
EXACTLY.
I have often offered the compromise of getting a bigger screen for the livingroom if I can take the tv out of our bedroom, but he stubbornly refuses to sleep with just me and not Letterman, so here we are arguing about this ... again ....
Hoping everyone has a wonderful Labor Day - UGH - the last offical summer weekend (don't worry I'm sure the thermometer will climb back up into the 90's as soon as we put away our summer duds).
