{"id":2063,"date":"2010-12-26T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/26\/marital-communication-in-the-modern-age"},"modified":"2010-12-26T18:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T18:27:00","slug":"marital-communication-in-the-modern-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2010\/12\/26\/marital-communication-in-the-modern-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Marital Communication in the Modern Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben, like most men, is terrible at finding things.  I have been enjoying back posts of <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com\/\">Hyperbole and a Half<\/a> over the holiday.\u00a0 There was one in particular that was JUST LIKE US and I filed it away for future sharing.\u00a0 It came into use faster than I expected.<\/p>\n<p>When Ben announced he was going to water Brian&#8217;s lemon tree and check on Zoe the cat, I asked if he had the key.\u00a0 Not yet, he said.\u00a0 I watched him look in the tiny basket by the door.\u00a0 I watched him look in the basket on the bureau.\u00a0 Then he looked at me and shrugged &#8220;I can&#8217;t find it.&#8221;\u00a0 I shrugged.\u00a0 He stared at me.\u00a0 I let out a major sigh, put my laptop on the couch, and dug the keys out the basket on the bureau in, like, 4 seconds.\u00a0 But before I let him have them I picked up my computer and <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/i-find.html\">retrieved this comic:<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8d722-findthingscouchboyfriend.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8d722-findthingscouchboyfriend.png?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b3f98-findthings2.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b3f98-findthings2.png?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/96fa8-findthings3.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/96fa8-findthings3.png?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/457f3-findthing4.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/457f3-findthing4.png?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1ebbb-findthingsgirl.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1ebbb-findthingsgirl.png?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b5d72-findthingsgirl2.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b5d72-findthingsgirl2.png?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/a3d81-findingthingsboyfriendyay.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/a3d81-findingthingsboyfriendyay.png?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>He called me snarky and snatched the keys off the couch.\u00a0 I chased him to the door and demanded he also see this part:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/f8f19-findthingsgraph.png\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/f8f19-findthingsgraph.png?w=300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>He said I was being super snarky and left.\u00a0 I settled back on the couch with my smugness, sure that I had taught Ben an important life lesson about looking harder for things.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Later this morning, Ben im&#8217;ed a link to me and demanded instant viewing of said link:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd422-ga3gr.png\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd422-ga3gr.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Touche. <\/p>\n<p>PS Ben will probably berate me for the style I chose to post H and H&#8217;s comic.<br \/>PPS Why am I bald?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben, like most men, is terrible at finding things. I have been enjoying back posts of Hyperbole and a Half over the holiday.\u00a0 There was one in particular that was JUST LIKE US and I filed it away for future sharing.\u00a0 It came into use faster than I expected. 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