A Family Stare off Competition (standard:humor, 901 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jul 06 2020	Views/Reads: 1279/907	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Whatever you do to others has a way of coming back on you.

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When I sat down in my chair, I tried to figure out once more why I got
up and went to the kitchen. I know I got her some cookies, but why did 
I want to go there in the first place? 

I don't often have brilliant ideas that strike me. But suddenly, I had
such a euphoric experience. My wife was playing me, and I did not know 
it. She was trying to see how much she could get me to do for her 
without knowing what I was doing. 

I kept my thoughts to myself and thought about how I could catch her.
Obviously she's been about this for a long time. 

When the next commercial came, she got up to go to the bathroom, and I
said to her, “While you're up, could you get me some more coffee?” 

She stopped in her tracks, turned around and stared at me as I've never
been stared at before. 

“What did you say?” 

At moments like this, it is very difficult for me not to break out in
hilarious laughter. I held my cool and said, “While you're up...” 

She interrupted my conversation and said, “You figured me out, didn't
you?” 

We had a little staring contest for a moment, and then simultaneously,
we broke out into laughter. 

She went to the bathroom and then to the kitchen and brought me back a
fresh cup of coffee. Then she said, “Let's call a truce and just enjoy 
the rest of the evening together.” 

It's rare that I catch on to her schemes, but I try to enjoy it when I
do. 

I thought of what Solomon wrote, “Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall
therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him” 
(Proverbs 26:27) 

Whatever you do to others has a way of coming back on you.


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