We have so many repeat conversations it’s actually shocking.
My favorite market is actually a back extension of the huge Burmese market in town. We park on a side road in the back and walk down through my favorite vegetable ladies that sell good vegetables at really good prices. We then continue to further, past an area with lots of pools of fresh fish, to get to other vegetable stands and find whatever the ladies didn’t have. When we pass the fish pools, we have this conversation:
S: “Oh, look. That makes me feel a lot better about the fish sitting out in the sun in the other market.”
[silent stare as I contemplate if this is really happening, again]
S: “What? I’m thinking they have buy the fish fresh here and resell them over there, so maybe they’re not sitting out all day, necessarily.”
K: “Oh, I understand the thought process. I just can’t believe we’re having this same conversation. Again.”
S: “What do you mean?”
K: “We just had this conversation last week when we came to the market. Almost verbatim. Same conversation.”
This continues for a few minutes as he tries to recall and cannot. I usually end the conversation offering to allow this conversation to happen every week at the market if we can let my memory stand as fact in arguments. 🙂
And, really, it’s not just the fish ponds. In Sherwood, we re-discovered the Fedex Kinkos on McCain about eight times. We’d be driving and Stephen would say, “Oh! I didn’t know there was a Fedex Kinkos there! I love Fedex Kinkos.” And again, it usually was followed by a stare, to which he explained, “That would be helpful if…[insert time-applicable scenario].”
And since he’s just twenty-three, I think we’ll have fun getting old. He just won’t remember it.
This was sooooo funny! Cindy and I have been having these “conversations” for 30+ years. Unfortunately it gets worse with age! The only time it’s a problem is if I’m convinced we didn’t have the conversation before. Then it has the potential to become more than a conversation…
I’m glad marriage is agreeing with you. =o)
Love you!
Hilarious. I was about to tell you to ask Mom if she’s had any moments like this…and then I saw Dad’s comment.
Uh…yeah. This is pretty much my life. 🙂 I don’t know how many times we passed Marcy’s Pizza in Washington and Dad said, “Did I EVER tell you that this is where my sister Judy took me for my very first pizza?”
Great post. It will get even funnier as you get older!
That is so funny. That sounds a lot like our conversations. It really is good when you can watch movies and tv and never see a rerun. HaHA We got our internet fixed. Yeah
This is SO britton and me!!!!! We have the same conversations all the time.
Hey guys! I’m so glad to have found out about this blog. This one made me laugh so much, I sent it to Greg and the Cartwrights. We’re praying for you all!
OMG!!! I just laughed until I cried. The only problem is I’m at work and the other nurse in the room probably now thinks I’m crazy. I must say this has never happened to me but I think it would be really funny to witness.
Too funny! I must say that I am guilty of that, too.