Conversations at home

[cjsmith]

Background: My sister-in-law knits. I do not.

Rob: [looking at mail] You got some kind of envelope or something.
Me: Um, that certainly narrows it down.
Rob: It's handwritten. It's from a person, not a company.
Me: I got mail from a person? Huh...
Rob: It's one of those yellow padded envelopes.
Me: ... OH I KNOW what that is! It's YARN!!
Rob: Like we really needed some of THAT.
Me: It's pretty. I'm going to give it to Rosemary.
Rob: [relieved] Oh, okay.

Heh. He had exactly the stereotypical reaction to yarn coming into the house... and he's not even partnered to a knitter. I could hear his eyes rolling from the next room. He and my brother should chat. :-)

Comments

[juverna.livejournal.com]

*laughing* This post, plus the comments, says it all. Awesome. :)

In my house, the big Problem Purchase seems to be shoes. Girly shoes. Which, again -- so stereotypical (on both sides) that I'm a little embarrassed to even allude to it here.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*laughter* I'm spared the Girly Shoes issue myself, but I hear ya! It's a good thing we (on both sides of whichever issue) love our partners, isn't it? :-)

And now, for some reason, I'm reminded of a quote from Lance Armstrong's autobiography. He'd tell his then-wife not to do something-or-other stereotypically female, and she'd look back and say "Lance, marry a man." Perfect. :-)