Member-only story
Conversation Interrupted
My wife and I were grabbing a snack after the movies.
Wife: Don’t forget John and Linda are coming over Saturday.
Me: What? I don’t like John. He’s loud, obnoxious and drinks up all my booze! I don’t want them over.
Wife: I TOLD YOU DAYS AGO! YOU SAID YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I ALREADY TOLD LINDA YOU SAID YEAH. DON’T DO THIS TO ME!
Me: Don’t shout at me! We’re in a public pla
My screen dimmed.
The battery icon showed depleted.
My phone was dead.
I couldn’t finish what I was saying.
I showed my dead phone to my wife.
Shaking her head, she closed the Facebook Messenger app on her phone.
Silence ensued while she contemplated the problem.
Wife: [Clears her throat. Begins speaking.] I guess we’ll have to argue the old-fashioned way. [Raises voice] You already agreed, so…
