1.) Describe a moment when you realized you and your spouse were SO different.
Driving.
me: Do you think animals have the capability of feeling worried??
pat: No.
me: Why NOT??
pat: because they’re animals.
me: So you don’t think they have feelings at all??
pat: nope.
me: I do.
pat: How do you figure?
me: Well they’ve shown elephants actually mourn over the body of another dead elephant and sometimes bury the bones….and what about lions…when they’re separated from their babies they actually call out to each other and look distressed.
pat: Yeah, but I think that’s more instinct than anything. They have an instinct to protect in order to raise their offspring.
me: I don’t think so…I think they love their babies…You know that lady with the blog with the baby in the hospital who’s having heart problems?
pat: I guess.
me: Well I belong to a group on Facebook that was started by a friend of hers and she sent out an email encouraging all of us to donate one dollar…if all 1600 of those Facebook friends donate a dollar than the mom would be able to spend more nights at the hotel next to the hospital instead of sleeping in a conference room and having to leave every morning at 6am.
pat: what if it’s a scam…
me: (thinking)…well….then…I guess I just got screwed out of a dollar.
pat: (laughing) It’s probably a scam.
me: You know…how are we even married?? I don’t get it. When it comes to discussions of religion and God you are like the most feeling person I know…but when it comes to people around you and actual LIFE you are like the most skeptical UNfeeling person…
pat: Yeah you’re right. I think about that sometimes.
me: I think an elephant would donate a dollar before you would.
pat: Yeah you’re probably right….and you would probably drain our savings for some guy in Africa who claims to be down on his luck but is really just preying on shmucks like you to send him money.
me: (blink blink) Why would a guy who is down on his luck be preying on me in Africa??
pat: Sigh. Never mind Kat.
Sometimes being different isn’t such a bad thing…I donate dollars and adopt stray cats while Pat keeps us from going bankrupt. A dynamic duo if you ask me.
The Prompts:
1.) Describe a moment when you realized you and your spouse were SO different.
2.) What is your role in the household?
3.) Write about how you felt when you discovered you were lied to.
4.) Describe a hard time you gave a teacher…what would you say to them today?
5.) What is an unpleasant experience you had eating? Write a poem, paragraph, or something else about the experience.