One day, I was talking to a mother at school, who told me her husband was starting to go to work in an empty office. She said she was initially shocked that she wanted to help him with the kids at home, but realized that it was worth it for one important reason …
“We now have something to talk about in the evening,” she told me, the thrill of excitement in her voice. “Like, if he went on the subway, or maybe he saw a bird …”
It made me laugh a lot because the same goes for our apartment. Since we don’t see people or do much outside of the home, we don’t have much to report on at the end of each day. We still talk all the time, but the topics of our conversations are getting increasingly random (and funny).
For example, Alex and I began describing our dreams to each other (“So, it was our home but not like Our House … “), and last night I showed him how if I pulled my right hand with my left hand, my right wrist would break. Then I made him wait until I did it enough times for it to work.
So, I’m curious: Are you the same? What are you talking about these days with your roommates, significant others, your parents, or with whom you live? Are you heading to a random area? If you’d like to start the conversation, here’s a post we made (before the pandemic!) About it 12 questions to ask your partner for dinner. Or do you live alone? Or do you leave the house for work or other reasons? I’d love to hear …
Note The beginnings of the winter conversation, And the 8 things I learned about marriage.
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