re: #252 Guanxi88

Conversation with the wife:

Hey, where’s my knocking-around coat?

That big ugly green one?

Yeah, that’s the one.

Chucked it out.

Why?

‘Cause it’s older than I am, was made in a country that no longer exists, and makes you look like an illegal Bulgarian immigrant.

But it’s warm and waterproof!

Hello… YEAH!

I suppose we should take it as a sign of affection that they want to groom us and all, but hey, some of that stuff has been through a lot with me.

When she complains at me not throwing out perfectly functional and beloved old things I point out to her that a woman ought to like that her man still loves things even if they get a little old. Then she tries to hit me.