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Tue, 10 Jan 2012

Him: "How was your weekend?"

Me: "It was great. I read a lot. I slept a lot. Really refreshing."

Him: "WHAT? So the whole weekend was worthless?"

Me: "Uh, no..."

Him: "Well, I suppose there's nothing you can do outside. There's no snow, so there's nothing to shovel. You can't plow your driveway. And it's still winter so there's no yardwork or anything. I guess you might as well just call it a wash and let your whole weekend be a complete waste of time."

A little while later, I hear him talking to a woman about how she's planning to take a trip to Mexico.

Him: "You can't do that!"

Her: "Why not?"

Him: "Because it isn't safe!"

Her: "I'm going to be at a resort on the beach drinking margaritas. Besides, nowhere is safe."

Him: "Minnesota is safe. And if you do that, you'll just end up hating yourself."

Her: ...

Him: "Trust me. Laying around doing nothing. It won't be long before you'll be finding little jobs to do. Just to feel productive again."

Her: ...

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