{"id":118,"date":"2014-11-19T13:54:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T19:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevebriscoe.wordpress.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2026-10-31T22:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:11:34","slug":"how-can-this-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justal.net\/loqui\/how-can-this-be\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can This Be\u2026???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes wonder by what process my wife thinks.<\/p>\n<p>My wife sent me a text and asked me to stop on the way home from work and pick up a few things.\u00a0 Like a good, caring husband I responded with an affirmative, but asked what was in it for me.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like I can do something like this for free; you understand I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n<p>She responded and said, \u201cWhatever your heart desires\u2026\u201d I took that as an open door so I asked for a third motorcycle. I need a third one because I only have two and I feel a third one would come in handy from time to time; again, I\u2019m sure you can understand my premise.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine my surprise when she promptly returned a text and told me,\u00a0\u201cHas to be within reason\u2026 no greed.\u201d See, she keeps changing the rules and that is just not right. How is it they can make an open statement then, when things don\u2019t measure up to their pre-determined expectations, they change the rules and add delimiters to the equation.<\/p>\n<p>I think I am a reasonable person and possess an above average level of intelligence and reasoning ability, but this is just beyond me.<\/p>\n<p>Help me out here\u2026 am I wrong?<\/p>\n<p>Signed<br \/>\nConfused<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes wonder by what process my wife thinks. 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