Night Talk

A few nights ago, I was trying to fall asleep when something occurred to me.

“Chris,” I said, “if something happened to the dogs or someone in our family, and you were away on a business trip, would you rather I tell you about it right away, or wait until your trip is over?”

I often come up with these sort of ideas suddenly, but in this particular case, I had been inspired by a scene in “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”. I don’t especially follow this show, but I happened to be in the room when Chris watched a scene between two characters arguing over whether to give a friend some bad news right away or wait until later.

Chris didn’t reply immediately, so I said, “Is this too much to think about this late at night?”

He said, “No, I was thinking.”

“I’d want to know right away, ” I said. “But it’s different for me because my business trips don’t involve me making money, so I can turn around and fly back home immediately. Your trips involve clients and making deals.”

Chris said decisively, “I think I’d move to something small.”

I paused. He paused.

“I think I’m having a different conversation in my head,” he said.

Posted by: ssjane | June 18, 2007 | 4:21 pm
Posted in: This Life