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Have you ever said exactly the wrong thing but in total innocence?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46813points) October 6th, 2012

Sometimes it seems like there is some evil force out there driving my quips.

Rick went out to the land to pick up the trailer and the mower.
A while after that, my son, Chris, then wanted me to see what he had done around the house that day, so he came and picked me up (our other car has a flat tire.)
As Chris was bringing me back home we met Rick on the return trip at a residential intersection. He had someone with him. We rolled down the windows and I jokingly yelled, “I’m leaving you! I’m moving in with Chris! Besides, I see that you already have another wife! Who is that?”
His friend, Kent, a heavy, bearded guy, leaned forward and I squealed, “Oh Rick! That’s one ugly woman! Oh well! Good BYE!!” It’s standard for Kent and me to trade barbs. It’s what we do. It barely registered that he didn’t have a snappy come back like he usually does.
So, ha ha. We part.
Rick gets home not longer after me. Said for me to come out on the deck, he had something to tell me.
He had gone to Kent’s to borrow his air bubble because the trailer had a flat. Kent wasn’t there. Their daughter said, “He doesn’t live here any more.”
Last Saturday his wife filed for a divorce, after 35 years. He’s living in a bare rental now.

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And here I was, 15 minutes earlier, joking about leaving Rick….does this happen to you very often? :(

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