While I was growing up, there are two adages that my mother used repeatedly when talking about marriage:
- Marriage is compromise
- Marriage n'est pas badinage (Marriage is no joke).
Today, I demonstrated my commitment to No. 1.
We went to see Watchmen.
"You're very quiet," said Fluffy Bear, as we were driving to the car park Exit after the film.
And yes, I was. Because I knew he enjoyed it, and those kinds of movies are important to him.
Here are all the things I wanted to say:
- I am quiet, Honey, because my brain is baked from boredom
- Darling, I can never get those three hours of my life back, you know...
- Do you think the film's editor, when his thousandth request for a cut was denied, quit his job?
Of course, every cloud has a silver lining. I can now tell people, without word of a lie, that I was once in a dark room for three hours and the only thing I found vaguely interesting during that time was a big blue schlong.