Scarey Stories of Domestic Bliss.

[swestrup]

You know you've been married a while when you manage to have the following conversation:

swestrup: That reminds me: I wonder if the thingy-whatsit is whatsit-thingy?
taxlady: It is. I saw that they had emptied the recycling bin when I got back from shopping.
swestrup: *amazed look* YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT???!!!

Comments

[talyesin.livejournal.com]

Dude... you don't even need to be married. When I worked at the bank, after a month my supervisor and I could have the following conversation:

"Pass me the thing."

"The thing with the thing?"

"No, the thing what's his name wanted."

"Oh, that thing."

(Translated from the French, of course.)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

L and I have exactly the same type of conversation every day. It's very fun.

"Hey, did you do that thing I gave you?"

"What, the thing from yesterday?"

"No, the thing with the thing that I left on your desk."

"Oh, right. Yeah, I did it and left it with that other thing in your inbox."

"Great, thanks."

[mousme.livejournal.com]

My parents and I also have similar conversations, in French.

"Veux-tu me passer le machin pendant que t'es debout?"

"Absolumment."

At which point most people look at us funny. ;)