What’s Pete Got to Do with Anything? (standard:humor, 907 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Feb 21 2021	Views/Reads: 1260/849	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Blaming others is not a new phenomenon. But, it only gets us into trouble and what started the mess were in today. Accept the blame and get on with life.

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I tried controlling myself. Honestly, I tried. But at this point, it had
crossed over the line, and I said to her, "Who is Pete? And do I know 
him?" 

I tried my best to control any giggle. I looked at her, and she looked
back at me with another one of her stares. 

“Well, who do you think he is?” 

At that point, I was tempted to answer, "Is Pete any relation to Jake?"
I knew that I would be in more trouble than I could handle at the time. 
I sense she was getting a little frustrated, but most of her 
frustration was in my direction. 

To look at me and said, “What are you laughing at?” 

I couldn't contain myself at that point. I replied, "I just was thinking
of a joke." No sense in showing my hand at this point. 

For several days she never used that phrase, at least in my hearing. And
I was waiting for it. 

I can only hold myself for so long. One night there was a loud noise
like gunshots outside, and we couldn't comprehend what it was. 

Looking at my wife, I said, "Call Pete and ask him what's going on." 

She gave me one of her looks and finally said, “Why don't you call Jake
and ask him?” 

Finally, we laughed together most heartily. I love it when a joke comes
together. 

I thought about this for a couple of days. How often we blame people for
things I don't even make sense? We really don't want to take personal 
responsibility for a lot of things. 

Thinking about this, I remembered a biblical passage. "And the man said,
The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and 
I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou 
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat” 
(Genesis 3:12-13). 

Blaming others is not a new phenomenon. But, it only gets us into
trouble and what started the mess were in today. Accept the blame and 
get on with life.


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