"Julia Altshuler" <jaltshuler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Sky wrote:
>>
>> Now you should get some of those attachments ;) I had to get (well,
not
>> really <G>) the shredder/slicer, meat grinder, and ice-cream maker
>> attachments.
>
>
> Heh. For 2 weeks, we talked about how we didn't need a mixer. Jim was
> fixated on looking for one on ebay anyway. For 2 days, he kept asking
me
> if he should buy the one on Craig's List. My answer was variations on
the
> same: that I didn't mind if he bought it if he wanted it, that I didn't
> think we needed it, that it would mean sacrificing counter space. He'd
> nod, agree, go in the other room, then ask if he should buy the mixer.
I
> finally got irritated. "I'm not here to give you permission. If you
want
> it, buy it, but I don't think we need it, and we don't have the counter
> space!" (Funny how the same words have different meaning spoken between
> clenched teeth.)
>
>
> I don't think he wanted permission. He wanted my blessing. He wanted
me
> to take responsibility for the purchase, or at least share the
> responsibility. He knew we didn't need it, but who could pass up the
> bargain? (I could.)
>
>
> So now you're telling me we need attachments. Again I say, heh.
>
>
> --Lia
Your husband was using a technique taught to me by an imp a long time ago.
Imps know how to drive people insane, and the simplest technique they use
is
to keep repeating the same thing over and over again. Even if you're
forewarned about what the imp is trying to do to you, it's very, very hard
not to respond in a different way after giving the same response enough
times. Eventually you just run out of sensible responses and start making
nonsensical ones, which is part of the criteria for insanity. Glad your
husband let up on you before that happened. :-)
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