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Situation: You've just ruined/broken/drowned a piece of electronic equipment.
Tea Time: Before any drastic measures are taken, like dissembling the item or running away (if it's not yours), take a moment to brew a nice relaxing cup of tea to contemplate your next move.
Tea Type: Something calming, like chamomile or a green tea. I chose Jasmine Green, as it was on hand. And while a nip of something alcoholic might seem like a good idea, it's not. You want a clear head.
"Hi sweetie, I'm glad you're home! I have good news, and better news!"
"Yeah...?" (he's so suspicious when I'm nice, I have no idea why)
"I got a bunch of laundry done, and I really think you're right, we should buy you a new MP3 player. And a new set of headphones. Doesn't that sound good?"
"...what did you do?"
Now, technically I'm not entirely sure if it even is his MP3 player. It may or may not be mine. You see, what happened is that he got this MP3 player, then I got an MP3 player, but mine was better, so we had to switch. Then he broke my/his MP3 player and took his/my MP3 player back. So ownership is slightly in question. Either he broke mine and I broke his, or we broke our own, or he broke both because he left it in the weird cargo pocket of his shorts that were on the floor, and I'm doing good to check the regular pockets in his clothes because, hello, my clothes don't even HAVE pockets (the sad thing is that I DID check the pockets, but only the two normal ones, and with all the extra flaps and buttons the shorts are all heavy and bulky and I didn't notice).
It's sitting in a jar of rice right now, and my washer is an HE model that uses very little water, but I don't really have any hope. It's only $75 to replace it, and it did last quite a few years, so it's done better than a lot of our things.
The only big problem is that to buy one, we're going to end up going to an electronics store. And there he'll try to parlay my guilt into not only a new MP3 player and headphones (those are more than the MP3 player, sadly), but also a tablet computer, which he's been bugging me for. *sigh* I think I need another cup of tea.
Tea Time: Before any drastic measures are taken, like dissembling the item or running away (if it's not yours), take a moment to brew a nice relaxing cup of tea to contemplate your next move.
Tea Type: Something calming, like chamomile or a green tea. I chose Jasmine Green, as it was on hand. And while a nip of something alcoholic might seem like a good idea, it's not. You want a clear head.
"Hi sweetie, I'm glad you're home! I have good news, and better news!"
"Yeah...?" (he's so suspicious when I'm nice, I have no idea why)
"I got a bunch of laundry done, and I really think you're right, we should buy you a new MP3 player. And a new set of headphones. Doesn't that sound good?"
"...what did you do?"
Now, technically I'm not entirely sure if it even is his MP3 player. It may or may not be mine. You see, what happened is that he got this MP3 player, then I got an MP3 player, but mine was better, so we had to switch. Then he broke my/his MP3 player and took his/my MP3 player back. So ownership is slightly in question. Either he broke mine and I broke his, or we broke our own, or he broke both because he left it in the weird cargo pocket of his shorts that were on the floor, and I'm doing good to check the regular pockets in his clothes because, hello, my clothes don't even HAVE pockets (the sad thing is that I DID check the pockets, but only the two normal ones, and with all the extra flaps and buttons the shorts are all heavy and bulky and I didn't notice).
It's sitting in a jar of rice right now, and my washer is an HE model that uses very little water, but I don't really have any hope. It's only $75 to replace it, and it did last quite a few years, so it's done better than a lot of our things.
The only big problem is that to buy one, we're going to end up going to an electronics store. And there he'll try to parlay my guilt into not only a new MP3 player and headphones (those are more than the MP3 player, sadly), but also a tablet computer, which he's been bugging me for. *sigh* I think I need another cup of tea.
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