Joel wrote this earlier this week. It's mostly true...
My wife and I come from very different backgrounds. We were both American, and Mormon, but she grew up in a female-dominated household, while I grew up in a male-dominated household. She was taught to love BYU and hate Utah. We were taught to hate BYU and we lived in Utah. Her family was realist. Mine was idealist. Her family grew up on beans. Mine grew up on rice.
This last difference has been the biggest source of contention in our home. We grew up on entirely different menus. Besides her being a water drinker, and me strictly juice—dessert has been the major challenge. My wife’s desserts are chocolate, peanut butter, and marshmallow treats: cakes, brownies, bars. My desserts are fruity. Pies, primarily.
Rather than divorce, we decided to form a Treaty of Treats, in which she’d explain her dessert preferences and I’d explain mine. Ironically, she did so with a bar chart, and I did so with a pie chart. We had a good laugh over this, and have enjoyed trying each others desserts ever since.
The two charts have become apart of our family history. They hang on the wall in our kitchen. There is one other chart important to my understanding of my wife. It hangs in our bathroom, and explains how periods work. And, of course, it’s a flow chart.
7 comments:
haha. I saw this on Facebook. You two are hilarious!
Hilarious Joel. But wait just a minute! What makes you say that Jamie grew up in a female-dominated home. What . . . exactly . . . are you saying? Because at last count, our family male/female score is exactly even. So is there some implication you're making about the dominance of the female members of our family, hmmm?
That's exactly what I was screamin as Boyd read it to me. By numbers we're equal but otherwise...I think he might be right.
Oh. I forgot to say that I really like the charts. I don't know which one I like better though . . . bar or pie . . . I choose both! But the flow chart is also particularly enchanting.
It's MOSTLY true people. MOSTLY. This gave me a good chuckle.
Jamie-- So, after the flow chart, did you have to use a Venn diagram to explain to Joel where babies come from?
I will understand if you delete this comment.
Awright Joel, I wanted to give you a chance. And I did. But female dominated? Read my regression to the mean chart: you are hereby challenged to a bare-knuckle fist- fight.
Just let me ask Maren when would be a good time for me.
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