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December 6 2007

Marriage in the Morning

Me: "So, what do you want to listen to?"
Him: "I don't care."
Me:" Diana Krall?"
Him: "No."
Me: "KD Lang?"
Him: "No."
Me: "Just pick one for dawg's sake."

A variation of this conversation occurs in Casa Taming each and every morning. If I'm feeling somewhat pissy (or if the conversation goes on too long), I end up donning my headphones and leaving him on his own.

Like most couples, we have unwritten rules that govern this sort of thing. Ron has control over the TiVO remote, but has to let me direct the choices for at least an hour after dinner. I have control over the music system, but he gets to chose the first album/CD/audio file of the morning.

I wish I could say that I remain gracious throughout the negotiating process, but I don't. It could be worse. He could be addicted to Survivor and I could want all U2 all the time, I suppose. Or they could de-invent headphones and our second TV could disappear.

This morning we are listening to the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss recording "Raising Sand". Ron believes he made the choice.