Time: Sometime last week.
Location: Our sunroom
JerseyGranny: (pleased with what she was about to say)That ice cream was still on sale at the grocery store so I picked up a couple more containers. Know what, honey? I got you your favorite flavor. I really appreciated that you got me a container of my favortie flavor, so this time, I thought you should have your favorite flavor.
My Hero: (a bit challenging) What flavor did you get?
JerseyGranny: (a little put out) What do you mean what flavor? I got your favorite - butter pecan!
My Hero: (smugly) That's not my favorite.
JerseyGranny: (perplexed and a little more put out) Since when?! Butter pecan was always your favorite ice cream flavor!
My Hero: (more smug and challenging) Not anymore.
JerseyGranny: (agitated and sarcastic) Would you like to enlighten me, your wife, as to your favorite flavor then?
My Hero: (calm and thoughtful) Well, it's a couple different flavors: chocolate chip, cookies and cream.
JerseyGranny: (really annoyed) Thanks for letting me know! Here I am buying butter pecan, which I despise, just for you and you go and change your favorite flavor; then, don't even tell me! We've been married for twenty-eight years and you never tell me that your ice cream flavor changed!
My Hero: (a little scared) It's OK! I'll still eat it and I still like it!
Synopsis:
This is a funny, innocent example of how people can change during the course of a marriage. Many times it's more serious and life-altering than this. It's so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day activities of life and forget that wonderful person we married, isn't it?
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