Sunday, March 1, 2009

No Such Thing as Happily Ever After....

In reality, married life is fraught with pain and strife:

DEAR ABBY: Please help my husband and me settle an argument. He hates when I step out of the shower onto the bath mat to dry off, leaving it wet. I think that's what the bath mat is for. Who's right? -- LISA IN LEXINGTON, S.C.

DEAR LISA: You are. The alternative would be to step out of the shower onto a tile floor -- which could cause a slip and fall, or onto carpet, which would become moldy. After you have finished drying off, however, the bath mat should be hung up to dry.

Oh PUH-LEEEEZE. I am the queen of getting unreasonably upset about minor, ridiculous things, and even I think this is absurd. I wish Abby had said as much, rather than granting this woman the triumph of being "right," and thus validating that there is even something to argue about here.

2 comments:

KayJee said...

hey, its kristina.
i am in complete agreement with the originial poster to dear abby. one of my biggggest pet peeves in life is a wet bathmat. it completely grosses me out. Personally, I turn the water off in the shower, grab my towel while i am still standing in the tub and dry off. The mat gets a little wet but not sopping like it would be if you drip all over it. I do however agree with you in saying that abby should have told these fuckers to get a life, but i understan this woman's plight...

Becky said...

Hey you!

Thanks for reading! And thank you, as always, for putting my thoughts into blunter, even more straightforward terms.