It is surprising how well we tune in to specific sounds. Some women can hear the very faint sounds of their babies stirring in a crib. Some merchants can hear a door open to their business even without a bell ringing announcing a customer. Some mechanics can identify exactly what needs adjusting by the pure sound of an engine running.
Me, I can hear when my husband is raiding the pantry. Half the time I can be dead a sleep on a weekend morning and I can hear the number of times the pantry door opens (followed by the crinkling of food wrappers). No, I am not monitoring my honey. Ok, at times he needs a little supervision . Now that he is training for another marathon he believes he can inhale whatever he wishes no matter the calorie, salt or sugar intake.
I am the breakfast person in the house, so if I want my honey to eat something with substance for breakfast I need to drag myself out of bed early to cook before he can justify to himself the number of fruit bars he can eat. So far he's confessed to a number as high as 3!
Some evenings when I am preparing dinner very late; I can hear my husband purposely trampling thru the living room in the most comedic way the minute HE hears something resembling the sound of a snack being consumed without him. I have teased him numerous times telling him he reminds me of a cat running in to the kitchen at the sound of an electric can opener. In a flash he is standing in front of me and honestly I have begun to expect him to MEOW..
Sorry, but when I hear the sound of a bag of chips being opened, I just want to be in the same room. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh God, I do this too. My wife opens something - anything - and the first thing I ask is, "What, you weren't going to ask if *I* wanted any?"
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