My wife was talking about the adolescent stage of development. She described it as a point in life where a person is very ego-centric but fails to accept responsibility for their own actions. It is the “everything happens to me” stage in life. She used her students as an example:
Student: Mrs. V., you gave me [...]

I am laying on the bed, staring absently at the ceiling. My wife is sitting on the edge of the bed with her laptop,
Me: Tricia.
Tricia: Yes.
Me: I was just wondering…
Tricia: Yes.
Me: …If you should give me a full body massage.
Tricia: Well let me tell you. That ain’t gonna happen.
Me (under my breath): What the hell [...]

I was singing The National Anthem.
Loudly.
Why? Because it’s the National freaking Anthem!
“Please stop.” My wife said. “I have a headache and you’re singing too loudly. You’re making it worse.” “Silly wife.” I said, “Once again you’re confusing singing loudly with blowin’. I wasn’t giving you a headache because clearly, I can blow!” “No you can’t.”, [...]

Even though I didn’t need to get up yet, I had to. It was 5:49 AM, time for my wife to get ready for school. In fact she was running a bit late. She tapped me on the leg, motioning for me to follow her to the bathroom while she got ready. That’s sort of [...]

I have just decided, I’m not all that impressed with monks. Like most folks, there was a time when they had my utmost respect. Oooh they are so devout. Wow they are soooo pious. Ooooh look at their…robes.
Now I’m like, “Yeah. Whatever the f*ck ever.”
A few weeks ago I was talking to my wife about [...]