The Husband

Old Sayings Can be Tricky

by Lisa Creech Bledsoe · 7 comments

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The Maker and I were having lunch together and I was telling him this fairly long, drawn-out story about how his father and I are so different. He was utterly still and listening to my every word.

I explained how I was the bubbly social one and his dad was the reserved, quiet one (rock bands notwithstanding — c’mon, he’s the bass player, that counts as reserved). I recounted numerous examples then closed my rambling monologue with pithy sentiment tired old cliché:

“And that’s why they say,” I finished triumphantly, “‘Opposites attract’!”

The Maker considered this a moment, then crinkled up his brow. “Oh,” he commented. “I thought it was ‘No taxation without representation.”

I feel like I probably deserved that.

Image by dwulff (Awesome photo, huh? Cracks me all up.)

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