Do you understand your partner?

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My partner and I do not understand each other. Honestly some days I don’t know how we’ve managed to muddle through what must be almost 18 years together! Luckily we seem to understand each other regarding the really big questions (at least eventually we work it out) but on a daily basis there is often a lot of confusion. Take today for example. Lunch time came and we were deciding what to have for lunch. We have a whole lot of eggs at the moment, and we had some sausage rolls in the fridge. He suggested scrambled eggs and I reminded them about the sausage rolls, so Little One said she would like scrambled eggs on toast with baked beans. He agreed to make them, and asked if the rest of us would like eggs and beans too. Big One said she would like a small amount of eggs and beans with a sausage roll, and I said the same. A few minutes later he shouted from the kitchen to ask whether anyone would like the last sausage roll. I thought he meant that there was still one left after everyone had had what they wanted, so I said no thanks. Then another few minutes later he served Little One her eggs on toast with beans, then asked the other two of us to come into the kitchen to choose how much of the scrambled egg we would like on our toast. I said I didn’t want toast thanks, because I was having a sausage roll. I got one out of the fridge - it was the last in the pack - and asked if this was the one for me; he gave an exasperated sigh and said ‘If I’d known you wanted one I would have heated it up along with the one for Big One, but when I asked if anyone wanted the last one you said no!’ Well that was because I thought the last one would be one extra after we’d all had one… Aargh. After some shouting we all got what we’d asked for, with extra toast, and nothing left over, so that was OK, it was just one of those times when you wonder how a simple meal can cause so much confusion! And that was after we had an even more confusing conversation earlier regarding the heating thermostats. Sometimes he gets exasperated at work because his team can’t seem to understand his simple instructions…. but I’m starting to wonder if perhaps his instructions are not that easy to understand? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2021.