Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Double Bind

Conversation in my household tonight:

Me: Here's a quote from Oscar Wilde: A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.

Him: (Laughter - a good belly laugh.)

Me: Do you love me?

Him: (Silence.)


9 comments:

Pax Romano said...

!

mommanator said...

thats him!

secret agent woman said...

A bit of an impossible question at that point! Although, of course, any sensible person would say, "Yes! So Wilde missed the boat on that one!"

Virginia Gal said...

Make him sleep with Mutley I say!

Sid said...

He didn't reply??? Ouch

Anonymous said...

forget making him sleep with the poor dog, make him sleep with the ex....

Joe Tornatore said...

wow, guess I got a lot of catching up to do on this blog...

Diane said...

Harsh. Reminds me of that old song... if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife...

Merci said...

Thanks, all. It's OK. It was fun to trip him up with a double bind. It's hard to catch him out.