On Wednesday, as I was walking to my seat on the airplane, I passed through the first class section (as one does), and I heard a man and a woman arguing. I couldn't tell how serious they were, but my best guess at tone was that they were trying to sound unserious about something that they were both kinda annoyed\/upset about.<\/p>\n
It went like this (not exact quotes, but close):<\/p>\n
\nHer<\/b>: It's worth it.<\/p>\n
Him<\/b>: But it's really expensive.<\/p>\n
Her<\/b>: Nobody asked you.<\/p>\n
Him<\/b>: You asked me to pay for it.<\/p>\n
Her<\/b>: At least I don't buy a thousand dollars worth of clothes every month. [I think the implication was that some other women would ask him to buy them a lot of expensive clothing, and that at least she didn't do that.]<\/p>\n
Him<\/b>: [Something I didn't quite catch, about her buying a bunch of non-clothing stuff.]<\/p>\n
Her<\/b>: [Something else I didn't quite catch.]<\/p>\n
Him<\/b>: But that does kind of undermine your argument.<\/p>\n
Her<\/b>: No it doesn't.<\/p>\n
Him<\/b>: Yes it does.<\/p>\n
Her<\/b>: No it doesn't.<\/p>\n
Him<\/b>: Yes it does.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
...and then I was out of earshot, so I don't know how many times they repeated the No\/Yes thing.<\/p>\n
At the time, I assumed the “it” that was worth it was some kind of electronic gadget or something—I vaguely think I caught a glimpse of the couple and that she was holding a tablet, and my impression was that they were both geeks. But in retrospect, I wonder if “it” was flying first class.<\/p>\n
I feel like there was some interesting stuff going on in that argument, but I'm too groggy this morning to unpack it, so I'm presenting it without comment.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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