This Marriage Is Not Dead
home, Louisiana, Pineville, Silly, Spouses & Partners, USA | Romantic | February 16, 2018
(I’m listening to a movie as I’m sewing. Right as a creature in the movie lets out a blood-curdling scream, I get a video call from my husband. I answer and tell him to hang on a second while I find the remote so that I can turn off the movie. After I’ve turned off the movie, I hold up the phone to apologize and notice my husband’s horrified expression.)
Me: *sheepishly* “Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you! The remote was on the other side of the room.”
Husband: *wide-eyed* “What was that god-awful sound?”
Me: “It was one of the creatures on Evil Dead II. I figured since [Son] is asleep I’d watch something that wasn’t a kids’ movie or show.”
Husband: *visibly relieved* “Oh, good. For a minute there, I thought I called you while you were in the middle of murdering someone!” *pause* “For the record, if you had been, I’d have just hung up and called back when it was more convenient.”
Me: *laughs* “You wouldn’t have tried to contact the proper authorities?”
Husband: *scoffs* “No. But I might have given you a few suggestions of who to off next.”
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