[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Being an eight

[Lee Kaiwen]

> Mary Ann:
> 
> *vbg* In defense of *my* gender, I've been married for 12 years and am
> still waiting for the day when my husband stops expecting *me* to mind-
> read.


To be honest, I think my wife sometimes feels the same way about me. 
Not, however, because I drop hints or rely on subtle bodily signals, but 
simply because my replies to questions general tend toward minimalist. 
She complains our conversations often run along these lines:

Her: What're you reading?
Me: A book.
Her: What kind of book?
Me: An English book.
Her: What *kind* of English book?
Me: A fantasy novel.
...

I'm not really *that* bad, but I can't say the above bears no 
resemblance to reality :-)

In my defense, however, my wife has also been known on occasion to lose 
patience in the middle of my longer answers.

Her: What're you reading.
Me: Well, it's a fantasy novel involving a people in a mythical land 
resembling Scandinavia whose existence is threatened by the presence of 
monstrous creatures--
Her <eyes glazing over>: Ah, a fantasy novel. I see. I'm going shopping 
now...

CJ