Day 64

Interesting way to start the day this morning.

The conversation started off well

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We were talking about what we would do for dinner this evening. After a few comments and suggestions and thoughts about cravings and what we had here to prepare, the conversation took an interesting turn.

After a pregnant pause between comments, I felt it.  I can sense when something is coming that I'm not going to be happy hearing. Maybe it's the look in his eyes.  Or the tone of his voice shifts ever so slightly.

After 56+ years of being with this man, I have become quite intuitive.

And then, he said it.

"You know, lately we haven't been eating as healthy as we should."

I looked at him and said nothing.  I wanted to let him go on to see what else he had to say.

The silence was a bit awkward, but I made no comment.  I just looked him straight in the face.

Foolishly, he went on to say that we probably should be including more salads and veggies in our daily diet.  He said that to ME, who has been in the kitchen preparing a meal every single night during this sweet period of rediscovery and togetherness.

Let me explain that his contribution to meals is simply coming to the table when I tell him the food is ready.

So, I smiled and said that I agreed. Then I went further to suggest that I would continue to prepare the main dish and sides and he could join me in the kitchen to prepare a salad  or/and some green vegetables. Now mind you, the veggies are frozen and need only to be micro-waved.  How hard is it to slice tomatoes and chop lettuce and dress the salad with a dressing I have already put together? Not difficult at all.

And then, he said it.

"I don't think so.  That's really not my cup of tea."

He should never have said that to a Sicilian woman. After all these years, he didn't know better?