You May be Right

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author

DAILY PROMPT: Drawing a Blank

When was the last time you walked away from a discussion, only to think of The Perfect Comeback hours later? Recreate the scene for us, and use your winning line.

Don’t you just hate that vague, empty feeling? You have all your thoughts together and your fighting gloves on (metaphorically speaking) and then nothing.  It happens every time my husband, and I disagree.

Before we sit down to discuss the situation, I practice my lines and make notes of the last time we had the same discussion (you know the kind); I’m ready. Then he gets in the first word and my brain farts.brain_thinking_lg_clr

Yep, my mind goes blank, and all I can think is, I did not say that. I mean, where in the hell is the recorder when you need it?

For the life of me, I can never get the best of him. But, I have a secret weapon that never fails to calm the situation down.

I reply, “You may be right.”

He isn’t, but I’ve gotten in the last word. What else can he say?

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19 thoughts on “You May be Right”

  1. I like the way you add the word MAY in there, as if it’s only a remote possibility. I have been right once or twice in our 41 years of marriage, but Connie can’t seem to recall either of those occasions. It must be something in the water.

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  2. If I say that to my husband then he says, “Oh stop patronizing me!” That’s his “go-to” line. So I just say, “I must go away and ponder this.” This statement leaves everything up in the air, and for the most part will stop the conversation…for a while, long enough for everyone to calm down, and pick their words wisely.

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  3. Great post. Sometimes I have the opposite problem where the smart-ass response jumps out of my mouth before my brain has a chance to stop it. Luckily, many people think I’m saying these things jokingly, but, unfortunately for them, I’m usually not.

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