Exercise Part 2

She: All men are slime said the little bird. 

He: Said who? 

She: said the little bird. 

He: What little bird? 

She: It's just an expression I am using. 

He: Using for what? 

She: There is this exercise I am doing in creative writing and the story starter is 'All men are slime' 

He: What an obnoxious start that is. 

She: What do you mean? 

He: I mean how can one give a general statement like that. 

She: Well it does not mean that 100% of the men are slime... 

He: Well the all in there suggests just that. 

She: Hmmm... 

He: You don't agree? 

She: I think it suggests that there is a bit of slime in every man... 

He: Even that is an obnoxious statement. 

She: You don't think so? He: Of course I don't! 

She: Do you think that there is not a bit of err slime in every man...? 

He: So you think I am slime...! 

She: WHAT? 

He: Well if you think that there is a bit of slime in every single man on the planet then for sure you think the same about me. 

She: There is no need to take it so personally. 

He: Well there is no need to make such a sweeping generalization. 

She: Touchy, aren't we? 

He: Well I really do not like it when women tend to say negative things that encompass the whole of mankind... 

She: How do you know a woman made that statement?

 He: Yeah well I guess a bird did! It's so obvious. 

She: How so? 

He: Who else can hold men in such contempt. 

She: Don't you think we have a reason to? 

He: We are the protectors, providers, and whatnot. Yet we have to deal with drivel like this. 

She: Oh come on...so in return for your 'protection' and 'providence' we have to deal with your slime 

He: well there are bad eggs everywhere..does not mean the whole basket is rotten. 

She: Yes you are right, but still, I kinda agree with the statement. 

He: Explain to me please...how so? 

She: I think the basic nature of a man...when pushed to a limit they tend to turn to slime... 

He: You can't be serious 

She: Well isn't it a proven fact that the true nature of a man is revealed when he is put in a difficult situation...like a war for example which brings out the worst in us. 

He: Well that would apply to the whole of humankind now, won't it? Why just hand the privilege to us poor souls... 

She: Pour souls, yeah right! 

He: When did you become a feminist all of a sudden? 

She:After I got married to you maybe! 

He: BAH! 

She: Hahaha! 

 He: Women are so emotional! 

She: Who says that? 

He: The eagle. 

She: Looks who's generalizing now. 

He: Well we poor men don't have a choice now don't we? 

She: I know from when you became an MCP. 

He: When? 

She: From the time you were born!

Much ado about nothing....

He:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
She: Are you sleeping?
He: uhhh...?
She: Are you asleep yet?
He:...well..I was until a sec ago...
She:So you are not now, right?
He: Does not look like it.
She: Good! I didn't want to wake you up you know!
He: I know! What's up?
She: Nothing...
He: You wake me up midnight and tell me its nothing...
She: I did not wake you up.
He: huh?
She: You said you were already awake...
He: Right. I was.
She:
He: What's bothering you?
She: Why do you assume something is bothering me...
He: So you are good?
She: Yes, I am good.
He: Good....zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
She:
He:zzzzzzzzzzzz
She: Did you fall asleep again?
He: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
She: Honey...
He: zzz...huh??
She: I am sorry.
He: What time is it?
She: 12:10
He: Its only been 10 minutes?
She: Longest 10 mins of my life...
He: Ok I am sitting up now. What is it?
She: Nothing...
He: Whatever it is, please tell me and let me go back to sleep again.
She: All you care about is sleeping.
He: huh?
She: Here I am unable to get a wink of sleep and you keep snoring like there is no tomorrow.
He: Well my dear, there is and that is what I am getting ready for.
She: bah!
He: Out with it.
she: Do you really care?
He: What do you mean?
She: Are you asking because you care or because you want to get back to sleep?
He: Both.
She: Can't be both.
He: Well it is.
She: No!
He: OK! Now that you have decided what it is, why don't you tell me?
She: Tell you what?
He: Tell me whatever is bothering you
She: Nothing is bothering me.
He: OK! So you are waking me up like every 2 mins to tell me this?
She: First I am not waking you up..
He: Oh, so you are just talking to me in your sleep.
She: I was just trying to determine if you were awake or sleeping.
He: Well my dear I have news for you. If someone is lying in bed at 12 0'clock in the night and is not stirring and you can hear their heavy breathing and their eyes are closed, then voila! they are asleep!
She: You are being sarcastic now.
He: OK so what do you want me to be? Tell me!
She: You dont' care, do you?
He: Don't care about what?
She: About me!
He: WHAT?
She: boohoo
He: I know you have great deductive powers, but pray tell how did you come to this conclusion from a couple of words I said?
She: [sniff sniff]
He: ok ok I am sorry. But there is nothing much I can do unless you tell me what is going on.
She: Do you remember the time?
He: time to sleep you mean?
She: Not this time...
He: then Which time?
She: The time when you used to know everything that was going on in my head without me even saying a word about it.
He: Really? There was such a time...
She: You used to say that you could decipher everything that was bothering me by just looking at my eyes.
He: I did!
She: Yes you did. What happened?
He: Well we were simple souls then....
She: you mean I have gotten complicated?
He: We all grow up....change...
She: You mean I am getting old!
He: I meant I am getting old. So I am not able to be as..err..as intuitive as I used to be.
She: hmmmm...ok...
He:(phew!)
She: Still those were the days....
He: Agree with you.
She: So you are not happy now?
He: When did I say that?
She: You implied that the bygone days were better...
He: I was merely agreeing with you...
She: What happened to those days?
He: ummm... we got married?
She: WHAT?
He: hehe, just kidding dear.
She:bah
He: There, there! I am not at my sharpest this time of the night you know.
She: If you were, would you have known?
He: uh-oh!
She: ?
He: Yes, my dear, I would definitely have had a good guess.
She: You are lying!
He: Am I?
She: You are!
He: OK if you say so, since you seem to be on a high reading me better than myself.
She: That is the way it should be...
He: What?
She: The relationship.
He: Which relationshi?
She: Our relationship.
He: What's wrong with our relationship?
She: You are!
He: WOW!
She: Well you ARE!
He: And I guess you are the right one!
She: 99% of the time.
He: I thank you for bestowing that 1% of positivity on poor me.
She: Are you fighting with me now?
He: I am trying to defend myself.
She: Good Lord.
He: What?
She: Its 1am and you are fighting with me at this unearthly hour
He: ?????!!!
She: We have work tomorrow you know.
He: Finally! You realize that..a bit late..but better later than never!
She: Oh, right I don't.
He: Don't What?
She: Don't have work tomorrow. Some construction at office tomorrow. They asked us to stay home for the day.
He: @##@*$!!!^#
She: So that must be the reason...
He: #*@)#_@##-)@
She: That must be why I was not able to fall asleep.
He: @##@*$!!
She: Are you swearing at me now?
He: #$@#@##(@#_@#(#@@@$%$!!!
She: Go to sleep now, its really late. You have to get up earlier than I do. Don't know what it is with you that you have to take these matters up at this unearthly hour especially having to go out to work tomorrow.
He: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
She: How does he do it? How does he fall asleep in a sec. The words go to sleep weren't even out of my mouth yet....
He: [snore snore snore]
She: and he is snoring the next minute....
He: [SNORE SNORE SNORE]
She: Bah! MEN!

Men and Money!

She: Hey!
He: You are back?
She:Yes.
He: How'd it go?
She:Bad.
He: Yeah I can see it, pretty swollen.
She: I know(groan).
He: So all done?
She: No have an appointment next week.
He: How long is this going to go on?
She: What do you mean?
He: I mean is there an end to it?
She: End to dental cleanings? Give me a break.
He: No I meant...
She: I know what you meant.
He: What?
She: If you don't believe in getting something done, does not mean the whole world should follow your way.
He: I never said that.
She: Well you do have the knack of not saying anything and conveying a lot!
He: oh come on!
She: When was the last time you had a cleaning done?
He: You know me I believe in not disturbing things just because dentists want to earn more money.
She: You mean to say I brought this upon myself?
He: I never said that.
She: There is a lot you don't say. Maybe you should start saying something. Anyways I have to say something.
He: What?
She: I need some special treatment which the insurance does not cover.
He: Ulp!
She: What?
He: oh nothing! Go on.
She: So anyways the bill it going to be between 600-750 bucks.
He: Double ulp!
She: Sheesh
He: Is it absolutely neccessary?
She: Well the dentist thinks so.
He: Maybe you should get a second opinion?
She: I trust my dentist. I have been going to him for a while now.
He: The precise reason why I don't trust him. Fella has made thousands on us for sure.
She: What do you mean?
He: Nothing.
She: Yeah its nothing all over again. Why is it that when it comes to spending a few bucks on your wives, you men go crazy out of your minds.
He: When did I do that?
She: Like yesterday when I said I might need a new car and now today on my dentist bill!
He: I did not!
She: Well to me it seems like you did.
He: What are you saying?
She: I know what you are saying.
He: I didn't say anything.
She: Still I know what you are trying to say.
He: Well I can't help it if you conjure things up.
She: Bah!

(Next morning)
She: What are you doing?
He: Balancing the checkbook.
She: oh!
He: How much did you say the extra dentist bill would be?
She: uff!
He: What?

(A few mornings later)
He: So when is the appointment.
She: What appointment?
He: You know the one with the dentist which the insurance does not cover?
She: Do you have to drive that point across every day?
He: What point?
She: Sheesh!

(Still few mornings later)
He: Is the credit card bill in?
She: Yes, surprisingly low this time?
He: Really?
She: Yep. Nice.
He: Looks like the extra dentist charge that the insurance does not cover did not go through yet!
She: !

(A month later)
She: Bye.
He: Where are you off to?
She: Its my dentist appointment today.
He: Oh! Is it the same one where you need to get some stuff done which the insurance does not cover?
She: YES!
He: How much is it?
She: How much is what?
He: The amount...the insurance...
She: does not cover?
He: Yes!
She: Go to hell!
He: What did I say??!


(Later that evening)
He: Done?
She:
He: How do you feel?
She:
He: So how much did the bill end up to be?
She:
He: 1000 bucks you said, didn't you?
She:
He: You should have told the dentist he should apply to insurance and see what happens.
She:
He: For all you know they might just cover it.
she:
He: You are not talking. Looks like the procedure was tough. Well I hope it was worth it, since the insurance is not covering it.
She: GET OUT!
He: oh you can speak!! So maybe the procedure wasn't that tough eh?
She:
He: Definitely not worth the amount that the insurance did not cover for sure.
She: aargh!

One Mistake

He: One mistake. One mistake and you are ruined? How could life be so cruel?
She: WHAT?
He: Huh?
She: What did you say?
He: I did not realize you were listening.
She: Well...I was!
He: It's not what you are thinking.
She: What do you think I am thinking?
He: You know what I think you are thinking.
She: Well, tell me then.
He: You know, jumping to conclusions.
She: What conclusion?
He: I change my statement. I have no clue what you are thinking.
She: Well you never have.
He: Oh come on now!
She: Well its the truth. You can never understand what's going through my mind.
He: Well that goes for every man in the world, now, doesn't it?
She: I am not talking about all the men in the world. I am talking about you!
He: Well I belong to that genus too!
She: Well you belong to me too!
He: Yes I do.
She: And that I believe is the root cause of your conversation starter.
He: 2 things here. I was not starting a conversation and I was definitely not implying anything.
She: Then what were you implying.
He: I was talking about the mistake that...
She: Well if it was your mistake, it was more mine.
He: Will you let me finish.
She: No!
He: What?
She: I don't want to hear the end of it. You have hurt me enough already.
He: Jesus Christ!
She: boo hoo hoo
He: My dearest, I was not referring to you.
She: Yeah, you were referring to the mistake you made in marrying me.
He: HAHAHA!
She: And now you are laughing when I am in tears. How insensitive can you be?
He: Oh please!
She: Boo hoo hoo hoo
He: All out!
She: What?
He: The Pakistani team, they are all out!
She: I am crying my eye balls here, and you are more worried about the Pakistani team being all out. It is not even your own team for crying out loud.
He: Well, how many times have I told you cricket should be watched for the game, not for the team.
She: Bah!
He: One mistake.
She: WHAT?
He: Afridi.
She: Afridi Who?
He: Goodness Gracious. Afridi, the Pakistani cricket captain, made the mistake of trying to slog and got out and that might have cost Pakistan the match.
She: oh!
He: What were you thinking?
She: umm...
He: I know what you were thinking!
She: No you don't!
He: Believe me, my love, after all these years I know exactly how your mind works.
She: haha
He: One sad thing though...
She: ?
He: You have no clue how mine works.
She: I do know how it works!
He: How?
She: Giving more importance to cricket than to your wife.
He: errr....well its the world cup after all you know.
She: I know!
He: Hee hee!
She: Bah!

A conversation...

She: What are you upto?
He: eh?
She: Are you busy?
He: well...
She: If it's taking you that long to answer you must not be.
He: lll....
She: Can we talk?
He: err...
She: Or you don't have time for me?
He: It's...
She: what?
He: Nothing.
She: You have time for me or no?
He: well...
She: Quit talking in monosyllables.
He: ok.
She: Stop it.
He: What?
She: Talking in monosyllables.
He:
She: Say something.
He:
She: Why are you not saying anything?
He:
She: Bah. You are so difficult.
He: oh come on now! You asked me not to speak
She: In monosyllables I said.
He: Well that's what I could get in when I talk to you.
She:(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh)
He:(uh-oh)
She:(aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhh)
He: (uh-oh-oh)
She: I expect an apology from you right now.
He: Sorry.
She: There you go.
He: What?
She: Back to your monsyllables again.
He: Uff!
She: harumph! I am not talking with you ever again.
He: (woohoo)
She: And I mean ever, ever, ever again.
He: Now come on...
She: And never going to ever bother you again..or ask you anything..or tell you anything...or discuss anything with you...
He: (hoo boy!)
She: Why do I bother to even make a conversation with you is beyond me.
He: me too..
She: WHAT?
He: Nothing!
She: Yeah that's how much I mean to you.
He: I never said that!
She: Well you say a lot without saying anything.
He: I do?
She: Of course you do. Your monosyllables convey more meaning than my tirades.
He: Then why do you complain about them?
She: Uff
He: Hee hee
She: This is the last time I have tried to make a conversation with you. Expect never to hear me address you ever again.
He: (hoo boy!)
She: Make merry now I am going to leave you alone for ever.
He: Come on now...
She: Bye....this is what I get after years of marriage and devotion..not even a few minutes to give attention to what I am saying. I will never ever speak to him ever again. NEVER!

(10 mins later)
She: What are you upto?