"Hey," I ask, as I occasionally do about assorted things, "can I buy [this wicked expensive thing I really want but absolutely do not need in the slightest]?"
"Of course," Top Management replies, as she always does. Perhaps because she knows I virtually never actually do buy the thing in question, no matter what the thing is this time. (Although it's pretty much always musical gear.)
I shake my head. "You're an enabler."
She shrugs. "You're more realistic and sensible with money than I am, so I figure, if you think it's a good idea, then it probably is."
We look at each other for a long moment.
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because I thought you were the one who was realistic and sensible with money."
We stare at each other in mounting horror.
"Well, the good news is, I think I just figured out where we've been going wrong all these years."
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