Unspoken Rules

Tired out from a day of house cleaning and doing laundry, she was grumpy when he came home.

He hurriedly took off his working clothes, threw them on the bed, and darted to the kitchen.

The sight of this mess blew her top.

That night, he slept on the couch.
After 45 years of marriage, my mom and dad must have these "unspoken rules" etched in stone between the two of them. I have fun at times just watching them grow old together... like cat and dog. ~Dette

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