Lisa and Mike are looking at the calendar for the next few months trying to fit together all the pieces for February and March. London (Lisa). Malawi (Mike). Indonesia & Cambodia (Lisa):
Lisa: “March 24th is the day the workshops finish in Cambodia. If I leave the next day I could be home on my birthday. We’ve never been together on my birthday yet.”
Mike: “After 24 hours in the air you’ll be the happiest birthday girl ever.”
Lisa: “Not.”
Mike (leaping up from the table with a look of sudden horror): “Oh, crap. Birthdays! Presents! I’m taking back that nice scarf I bought you from my last trip. Where is it? I’m taking it back right now and I’m going to wrap it up.”
Lisa: “I’m going to put this on facebook. It’ll be one of the few things that make you look like a bastard instead of me.”
Mike: “Can’t we take a truce on birthday presents this year?”
Lisa: “No, it’s not setting good precedent. We’re still in the ‘setting patterns’ phase of our relationship.”
Mike: “Exactly, think how much easier it will make birthdays if we don’t have to think about presents from here on out.”
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[…] and I have a long-standing debate, starting last year about birthday presents. He holds that we should not be expected to give them (and also not expect to receive them). I hold […]
[…] and I have a long-standing debate, starting last year, about birthday presents. He holds that we should not be expected to give them (and also not expect to receive them). I hold […]
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