It is not odd for my wife to send me pictures of things she wants to buy. Among some of the things she has sent: the theme for the baby’s nursery, gift ideas for the boys, gift ideas for her, possible places to vacation, and things for the house. Just the other day, she was talking about going to Menard’s to look at some holiday decorations for the house, so it was not odd to get one of those pictures tonight.
The text message I get includes this picture with “This is super cute! I need this for the porch door!”
My response, “I like that.” Then I start thinking, “It’s a branch. I could probably go out and make one like that.” Then I see the price and think, “It must be off a pretty rare tree or something.”
She responds with: “So can I buy it??”
She does all the decorating. She knows what she likes. She also knows the finances. So I respond by telling her “If you want it, and we can afford it, go ahead.” Christmas is her favorite holiday and she loves to decorate, so why not, right?!
She then throws me for a loop and says, “You know…you weren’t supposed to agree with me….”
So now I start to freak. “OMG, I just told her I liked this. She must hate it and was being sarcastic. What a dope!”
My response to her: “Why? You don’t like it?”
She then lets me in on the joke: “No…it was a stupid Facebook prank thing and everyone else’s husband said funny things and you just agreed like a good husband.”
I then let her know I was actually thinking “I could just get a branch…” and she said, “That’s what everyone else said!”
Now I am feeling dumb! “God, I failed the husband test!” I told her.
She let’s me off the hook, though by saying, “No! You won the test. It means that no matter how ugly it is, you would let me do whatever to make me happy…..even spend $100 on a branch!”
I then shared this whole thing with the people I work with and we were all laughing at it.
My wife then made sure to tell me: “Just know this… I refuse to EVER spend $100 on a branch!”
This is just one of the many reasons I love her!!!
She was Lucy and I was gullible Charlie Brown ready to kick the football…..
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 
Ohh that’s a real find!
That branch is actually from a very rare Uckayucka Tree. Small branches like the one pictured usually go for 5 times as much.
Of course you have to have a special permit to even own such a treasure. 😉
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HA!! That obviously explains the price!!!!
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LOL…first thing I thought was…hey…it’s a branch. I’m about to ebay the hell out of some string and branches.
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Right?!
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