An “Hour Shower”

A quick nod to Maurice Sendak:

 “And now somewhere beautiful where fantasy and reality are one, I think the wild rumpus has begun…” Where the Wild Things Are…One of my favorite books.

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We are invited to a young couple’s “Hour Shower” which means each couple attending is given an hour that their gift should reflect.

WE were given 1:00am.

Imagine a conversation between a husband and wife, who have been married a pretty long time (23 years), about the kind of gift appropriate for that hour of day.

Husband: Well, it’ll definitely have something to do with sex, don’t you think?

Wife: Now, why would that be?

H: Because they’re newlyweds. Everything is about that. And what else would they be doing at 1:00am?

W:  Welllllll… They’d probably still be out with their friends. Maybe they’re watching a movie or TV. OR how about, they’re asleep!!!!

H: Doubt it.

W: Oh. Come. On! Why is it always about that?

H: Because it’s true!

W: We aren’t getting them his and her lingerie. We can’t get them anything having to do with S#X either. That’s totally inappropriate.

H: Well, how about a bottle of tequila and some glasses. (Smirk)

W: Absolutely not! That’s way too tacky and also not appropriate. Who are you? 

H: That’s what I’d want or something fun like that.  You know about tequila? It makes clothes fall off.  I know that for a fact.

I rolled my eyes and ran my fingers through my hair giving a good hard tug. Sometimes you’re an enigma to me. (Or quite possibly just a healthy, red-blooded man?)

W: To be newlyweds again….

H: I know.

Gift suggestions are encouraged and appreciated!

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Trifecta Writing Challenge

enig·ma noun \i-ˈnig-mə, e-\

1: an obscure speech or writing
2: something hard to understand or explain
3: an inscrutable or mysterious person