He had been washing dishes, there was a crash, a tinkle of broken china in the sink, when he appeared in the doorway of the room holding what was left of his favourite coffee mug. The handle separated from the cup, we couldn’t repair it… it was also the last of the set.
This wasn’t a good thing, lately the shelf life on our mugs has been limited to those few we could fit into the cupboard, and the cupboard was starting to look bare.
So we started the mugging, and I knew that it would be a long process. Almost as long as it took to find the perfect easy chair for the living room. Two people with two totally different needs, wants, and styles try to go shopping for coffee mugs… you can stop laughing now.
Of course we don’t see eye to eye, or mug to mug.
I like pretty, nice shaped, and attractive… he likes something that he can put his man hand around without fear of breaking it. And it had better be durable too, because he loads the dishwasher… those babies take a beating.
I live by the quote “have nothing in your house that you do not find beautiful” so I paraphrased it, too bad.
He lives by, it’s a mug, it’s functional, and if it doesn’t leak, then it’s perfect.
Three stores later… we are the new owners of two boring white, functional, and very durable mugs… now only a few more stores to check.
What do you mean no more stores?
This is how women shop.
“These are backup mugs, these are not “the” mugs, they are only to replace the broken ones temporarily in case we can’t find the perfect ones today.”
“How about these? What do you mean you don’t like polka dots, I love polka dots… no they are not too floofy.”
Polka dots remind you of the circus, and clowns… [we both have a very leery, hands off dislike of clowns]
Right, these won’t do, good point.
Now we are the owners of two boring, white, functional, and very durable mugs…
Can’t wait for those babies to break.
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