New Leaves

A conversation between a husband and a wife.

Wife walks to the living room and sees husband reading a book. Wife walks toward husband.

“Are you planning to paint the bathroom today?” – says wife.

“Yes.” – says husband.

“When do you plan on starting?” – questions wife.

“Would you like me to start now?” – says husband.

“Yes!” – exclaims wife. Wife smiles and walks away.

Husband gets up from the couch and heads to the garage to get painting supplies. Husband brings supplies to the room where he plans to paint. Husband begins to prep the painting area and starts to paint.

Wife heads to the room where husband is painting. The door is closed. Wife knocks on the door.

“Hi Honey. Can I open the door to see how things are going?” – says wife.

“Yes. Come on in.” – says husband.

Wife opens the door. Wife gasps.

“Oh no!” – exclaims wife.

“What’s wrong? Oh no isn’t the response I was hoping for.” – says husband.

“It’s gray. The paint color is gray.” – says wife.

“Yes. It’s the color you picked out, remember? It’s called Morning Fog. Fog is usually a grayish color.” – says husband.

“It doesn’t look like what I thought it would be. I was thinking the color was more of a grayish-blue color.” – wife.

“Do you want me to start over and get new paint?” – asks husband.

Wife looks at husband. Wife looks at the painted wall. Wife looks back at husband.

“Well, maybe it will look better when the entire wall is painted.” – says wife.

“Are you sure? We could stop now and start over.” – asks husband.

“No. I’m sure it will get better when it’s on the entire wall, and it will look less gray.” – says wife.

Wife leaves the room and husband returns to painting the rest of the room.

Husband finishes painting the room and looks for wife. Husband finds wife and asks her to look at the painted room.

“Well, what do you think?” – says husband.

Wife looks at the painted room. Wife looks at the painted walls. Wife frowns her face.

“It’s gray. It’s too gray. I don’t like it. I shouldn’t have had you finish painting because I don’t like the gray. I’m sorry. Can we repaint it with a different color that has more blue?” – says wife.

Husband lets out a big sigh.

“Yes, we can start over. It’s better to get the color you want or we’ll have to deal with the quote about my wife.” – says husband.

“The quote about your wife? You mean the one that says, ‘Happy wife, happy life?’ – says wife.

“No, it’s my personal quote for my wife. ‘Fix it now or you’ll never hear the end of it.” – says husband.