'Dear Spouses or Spouse-ish Type People,
We know you value your time with your partner, who has been deployed, delayed, tasked, on course, on exercise, on stand-by, and many other things that have repeatedly taken him or her away from you for the last (13) years.
We also assume that you have no idea what your partner does because communication is a lost art and when have you had any time to take an active interest or even ask, what with all that time away?
To honour this time apart and the frankly poor level of data retention on your part, we are hosting a "What do you even DO, really?" event.
On a Saturday.
There's, like, 52 of those in a year so you will happily spare one to come and be talked at for a polite 5 hour lecture on how to ask your spouse where all this money has been coming from every two weeks for the last 13 years, and maybe get an explanation of why their clothes all match.
Plus, there's a lunch! It won't be as nice as the brunch you had reservations for at that place you love. You know, the one that does the eggs that way? Call and cancel because we have cold sandwiches and instant coffee!
To ensure your willing attendance we're going to give your partner a rare weekend off. This way YOU get to feel what it's like to sit in a drafty hangar while your partner does alone all the many things you had planned to do together.
Unless he's a section head. Those guys have oodles of spare time on the weekends. That guy will be in to work FOR SURE. And what better way to spend some quality time together. Really, it's like we have to plan your marriage for you.
Honestly, if you both just took the time to ask a few basic questions about what goes on all day, or had bothered to come to any of the last 13 years worth of family day tours, we wouldn't find ourselves in this situation.
Annually. Because, good news, we're probably going to host one of these every year!
Sincerely,
Your Partner's Boss, so...no pressure.'
Bonum enim est ex familia! ~ For the good of the family!
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