Conversations we have

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IAN: I like Ovaltine.
LIS: [Reading on the computer, and in a long-suffering tone] I love you.
IAN: That was a very odd exchange.
LIS: [looking up for the first time] What did you say? I wasn't listening.
IAN: I said, "I like Ovaltine," and you said, "I love you" in a long-suffering tone.
LIS: I did? Oh -- was I supposed to be paying attention to you or something?

Comments

[sarianna.livejournal.com]

This post is a good sign you've been looking at scripts too often. ;)

[cheshyre]

Now to be scrupulously fair, there have been numerous times that Ian's told me he hasn't been listening to me, either.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I like traffic lights, but only when they're green.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

The charming non-sequitur is the hallmark of a long and stable relationship. (-:

[mitchellf.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly agree. :-)

It happens to me and Vekson all the time:

Me: (in bathroom, rifling through linen closet)Are we out of toilet paper?
V: (tooling on his computer--only one room away) I love you,too.
Me: What?
V: Didn't you say "I love you?"
Me: No, I asked if we had any toilet paper.

See? You don't even have to say anything that remotely *sounds* like "I love you." *That* conversation happened this past Sunday. Of course, Vekson seems to constantly complain that I mumble....;-)

[deerdancer22.livejournal.com]

We've been married almost 20 years and we have the same conversations. I think it is the computers to blame!:>}

[marquisedea.livejournal.com]

wow, do I know what that's like.