Subtext:
Wife: "does this dress make my ass look big?" Husband: "no, you look fine" Subtext:"no, but your huge ass does"
Wife: "I won't be a minute" Husband: "Okay, I'll warm up the car" Subtext: "No, you'll be an hour, I'll go listen to sports radio"
Husband: "Is it all right if I go golfing" Wife: "Sure honey, do whatever you want" Subtext: "As long as you don't want to have sex for three months."
deriding phatic conversation,
Paul
_________________ [insert pithy quote here] Paul Stone pas@xxxxxxxx Leamington, ON. Canada
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