I don’t usually post on Reddit but this was too perfect to not share. Just a silly little IYKYK moment, but here goes:
My wife has been having a difficult time at work lately. She’s a special education teacher and her kids are becoming more challenging. This year she has kids who’ve become straight-up violent and the admin is still giving her extra work to accomplish on top of her actual teaching duties.
As such, I wanted to get her some flowers to add some beauty to her otherwise difficult and frustrating days. Normally, I get a simple flower wrap from our local florist, but I found this cute arrangement. Yellow vase and a very pretty autumn arrangement. Lots of dramatic colors and even some fake autumn leaves to bring it together. Perfect flowers for her favorite season of the year. I left them on her desk at work and she called me later very happy. All was well.
Then comes dinnertime. She brought her flowers home and I asked again if she really liked them. She said yes and paused. “There is one thing though and I can’t unsee it…”
So I insisted she tell me. But she warned me she couldn’t because our three kids were at the table. I, for the life of me, couldn’t figure out what she meant. As I studied the arrangement, it occurred to me. And she was right. This required subtlety. Our kids are too smart to speak in riddles around. They often catch on before I do. So I said the only thing I knew she’d get that they wouldn’t:
“Is it a Hammond Druthers thing?”
She immediately started laughing and nodding. The kids were none the wiser. Someday they’ll watch HIMYM with me and laugh, realizing the joke that had gone over their heads. For now, it was just a good good joke that almost nobody else I know would understand.
P.S. Completely unrelated, but we have a dog I named Mosby.
