Late Night Conversation

Me: Hey, are you awake?

Chris: Yes.

Me: I was just thinking that if we won the lottery, we could renew our vows in Las Vegas and pay for everyone to fly out there for a few days, I mean everyone we want and not our parents’ friends who we had to invite to our real wedding reception. But then I wouldn’t want to invite people without their kids, you know, because I’d want it to be like a mini-vacation for them. But at the same time, I don’t want the kids at the actual wedding renewal part. Only how do you get babysitters you can trust out in Vegas for something like this?

Chris: (silence)

Me: Are you awake?

Chris: Yes.

Me: Did you hear what I just said?

Chris: Yes.

Me: Oh, because you didn’t say anything after I finished talking.

Chris: I thought only a second’s gone by.

Me: No, I said a big long thing and then you said nothing.

Chris: (genuinely upset) Oh no, I thought it was only a second and now I missed the big long thing! Tell me again.

Me: I was just thinking that if we won the lottery, we could renew our vows in Las Vegas… (etc.)

Chris: (in a rational tone of voice that suggests he has solved the problem) Well, you’ll just need to use the medium size.

Me: What?

Chris: I don’t know, I’m asleep. It made sense in my head though.

Me: (silence)

Chris: (comfortingly) But at least I heard everything you said this time.

Posted by: Supersonic Jane | February 6, 2009 | 11:22 am
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