My wife saved me from making a very big mistake last night. I had 3 or 4 or 5 glasses of wine. I got up to tell them that they were all welcome to come to the USA and stay with us for as long as they wanted. She grabbed me and sat me down. I said what is the problem. She said if you invite them to our home, we must buy their tickets and pay for their entire trip. Everyone was still waiting for me to say something, so I just got up and thanked all of them again for coming and making me feel like a member of the family. So we all toasted to that and I kept my mouth shut the rest of the evening. LOL.
Apparently I have now turned my entire life over to her. She picks out my clothes adjusts them on me. Takes my shirt off and sews or does whatever needs to be done to it to make me presentable. The last two mornings she has done this. I asked her what was going on. She said before we were married it was my job to dress how I wanted. Now it is her job to make me presentable. What a relief. I love it this way. I always hated to pick out what to wear, so I always wore the same things until they wore out. then bought almost the same thing to replace them. So for me it is terrific. I can see why some guys might not like it. but I love it. This morning we went out sightseeing in Wuhan with her two best friends, the translator and me. we went to the lake here. It is beautiful then we went to her university where she and Lanlan graduated. Really very pretty. we went to a restaurant where they actually served good steak. So I had all of the bad things for me. Med Rare T bone, french Fries, corn soup, roll with butter and a big glass of Chocolate Milk Shake. I even had my unsweet ice tea. Which I have not been able to get so far. I was in hog heaven. now getting everything else was pretty easy. The tea was not. It is the mindset you see. I asked if they had iced tea, she said yes the do, i asked is it unsweet, she said no it has sugar in it. I said ok,do this. Just give me a pot of your regular tea, a large glass and a big bowl of ice. She asked me what I was going to do, (all this was done via the interpreter) I said take the ice and fill up the glass, take the hot tea and pour it over the ice to cool it down. The waitress said it will taste terrible that way, tea is supposed to be drunk hot. She said she could not do that she would get in trouble. now I am a pretty tolerant guy, but this set off the whistles in my head. I asked now why in the world would you get in trouble. She said her boss would think she is not doing her job right. I said Ok, give me your boss. She did not want to do that. I told her finally then just give me what I asked for. She said she would get in trouble. now i didnt want that, but I wanted my ice tea. So I remembered the scene in "Five Easy Pieces". I said ok, just give me hot tea. She said great. She brought me the tea. I turned to her and said now my water is not cold enough please bring me some ice. Her eyes got big. I said do not worry it is for my water. She smiled and said ok. I told her I wanted a large bowl of ice as I like very cold water. That was OK.
She brings the ice and leaves. I grab an empty glass pour the hot tea over the ice and let it set there until it got cold enough to drink. When she got back I had already drank the tea. I asked for more ice. She happily went and got it. So twice more I had her get me ice and she was happy. This is something i will remember for a very long time. I then told the girl what i had done. I said now you have learned a very valuable life lesson. It is all in how you look at something on whether it seems right to you or not. I dont know if she understood or not. I hope she did.
On the way back to the hotel, my wife says that I am going back to the hotel. I said ok, where are you going, she said Lanlan and I are going shopping. I know you do no like it so you go to the hotel, watch a movie and take a nap, by the time you wake up, I will be back. DO YOU SEE WHY I LOVE THIS WOMAN? I HATE SHOPPING.
