04-01-2017, 03:20 PM
(04-01-2017, 07:40 AM)CTcard link Wrote:[quote author=Mick link=topic=16738.msg190934#msg190934 date=1490914683]
At the dinner table one night when my eldest was 15, I was preoccupied and not really following the conversation and he said "Dad, what's your dream job," and I replied "Bartender in Maui," absolutely without thinking about it. He laughed and I looked up to find out what I'd missed to find myself face to face with my furious bride. "Can I talk with you for a minute?" she said. Let's just say I didn't do any talking.
At reasonably frequent intervals I get in trouble with my wife for saying things to the kid that she doesn't like. Still, for the life of me I cannot see that she would have any problem whatsoever with me stating that a dream job is bartender in Maui.
... of course that could be why I get in trouble from time to time.
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...because it was in front of my impressionable 15 year old and Mrs. Mick wanted him to get into a good college and not toss it all for a permanent Maui vacation when he graduated from high school...
Audaces fortuna iuvat