Man Thoughts

Recently, I was talking to my good friend Jim about a mistake he made when shopping for his wife. It made me think of a "mistake" that I supposedly made with my college girlfriend, but I'm still not sure what I did wrong.

Apparently, Jim was trying to buy his wife some clothes for either a birthday or Mother's Day or something. Anyway, he knew she wanted to start working out again so he went to look for gym clothes. Not wanting to risk getting a size that would be too large or too small for her, he bought some that were expandable. He figured that these stretchy fabrics would cover a range of sizes. Unfortunately for Jim, he bought her a pair of maternity pants.

Jim had no idea why his wife would be upset about these pants. They looked warm and of sturdy material. They had a nice color pattern. They were affordable. Sometimes, men just have different thought patterns. I was with Jim on this one. His wife? Not so much.

I believe the swelling has gone down on his eye. By the way, this is a true story (except for the eye part).

Now, on to my own sorted tale.

Back in college I was dating Angie. Well, one day I asked her if she had two dollars and if she wanted to go play mini-golf. She said that she did on both counts. I said great and picked her up. When we got to the counter to purchase our games, the guy asked for $4. Angie gave the guy her two bucks and then I gave the guy a coupon for a buy-one-get-one-free round. Angie freaks out. She yells at me and says a lot of things I won't write in this blog. To this day, 30 years later, I still don't get it. I never told her that I had two bucks. I just asked her if she did. What difference did it make anyway? Most people that know me, know this story about the mini-golf and I've yet to find a soul that understands my side.

By the way, not long after that Angie broke up with me. WTF?

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