My colleague disagreed. <\/p>\n
\n Not if you ask my wife. Whenever we go out to eat, she’ll ask me what I’m having, and then she’ll say “Oh, rats. I was thinking of having that. Now I’ll have to order something else.” <\/p>\n
I’ll say, “You can order it too, that’s okay. Or I’ll change my order, no big deal.” <\/p>\n
But she’ll say, “No, that’s okay. I’ll just find something else.” <\/p>\n
I’ve tried many times without success to convince her that it’s okay for two people to have the same thing to eat. Now I just accept it. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Update<\/b>: A few months later, I received an update from my colleague. <\/p>\n The other night, my wife and I went out to dinner, and my wife really wanted<\/i> the same that I had already said that I was going to order. But instead of switching to something else, she ordered it anyway<\/i>. I think this is the first time this has ever happened. And you know what? The world did not end. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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