So it's been a while . . . but lately things are striking me as pretty amusing so here I am again.
First and foremost on the list of "SILLY" would be coming from my favorite source, MEN.
And so we return to the world of the ludicrous and ridiculous. These alien creatures that walk the Earth with us are a constant supply of wonder. (I mean that not in the sense of "The wonders of the Earth" but more as "I wonder what he could possibly be thinking?")
On any given day at any given time I can be getting ready to leave the house at a specific time to make an appointment for which I can not be late. Whether it is getting to mass on time or making a doctor's appointment or trying to get to the movies before the show starts, the process is ALWAYS the same. The second I pick up my car keys and take two steps toward the door THE MAN starts a conversation.
Now the fact that we have been in the same house, in fact, the SAME ROOM for the past 48 months and have not had the need to get into an "in depth" discussion of anything other than what flavor ice cream we have in the fridge, does not alter the fact that SUDDENLY it is imperative to begin a huge discussion on the fate of the tsetse fly in South Africa or some other such life altering topic just as I am trying to leave the house.
This phenomenon is not specific to Dwayne. For 46 years with G the exact same thing happened. I pick up my car keys and The Man starts talking about something, anything to keep me from opening the door and making my escape. And perhaps that is exactly how they see it, I (we women) are breaking loose and leaving them (the men) alone with themselves. Something that I have come to discover is a horrific place for any man. The fact that they must entertain themselves ALONE for any amount of time apparently frightens the hell out of them. Thus the need for the delay tactic.
I guess the only answer for this is to escape in the middle of the night or when sports or Fox news is on because that is the only time they forget we exist. And even then it is possible that we will pick up our keys during a commercial when they are slightly distracted from the main show and be caught in the act.
