It’s a silly one.
My wife doesn’t online bank. She doesn’t trust computer and web security. Mind you, she will shop online, no probs.
I am at my computer. To my left is a small bowl of pumpkin and sunflower seeds with almonds, cashews, and pistachio nuts. Unsalted and raw, these are my safe snack.
My wife said, “Can you login and check my credit card statement please? I want to make sure the vacation house payment was charged.”
We’d rented a place on the Oregon coast with two other couples. There was half up front with the rest paid thirty days later. It was decided my wife and I would front the costs and the others would reimburse us. I was the one who paid for it, because it was online, but I used the Visa account. Technically in both of our names as a joint account, we refer to this as ‘her’ account. The MasterCard is ‘my’ account. Yet, when it came time to set up the vacation home payments, I did it, using ‘her’ credit card. We did this by agreement because my card had several grand on it for my recent dental work — three implants, a biopsy, and a bone graft.
“Sure,” I said. “I’ll do it in a minute. Let me finish eating my nuts first.”
Laughter burst out of me and my wife. We’re so immature.
Told you it was silly.
Michael Seidel, writer 