The Barn by Ralph Hagen for May 05, 2024

From Not Always Right: A Clumsy Attempt At Dating

(My boyfriend and I have only been dating about a month, and I’ve warned him that I am horribly clumsy and he’ll probably spend a lot of time in emergency rooms with me if we end up staying together. Somehow, in the month we’ve been dating, I’ve suddenly become coordinated enough to hide this from him, so he doesn’t believe I’m as klutzy as I claim. We are on a business trip with some colleagues in Salt Lake City when the following happens. We are standing outside a hotel waiting for a cab. It’s early December and the ballroom of the hotel is decorated beautifully for Christmas.)

Me: “Oh, wow! Look at how big that room is, and it’s so pretty!”

Boyfriend: “It really is.”

(He is standing a bit farther down the window, looking in towards the back of the room. I swing my head intensely towards the window to get a better look at the decorations, which results in me SLAMMING my forehead hard enough to bounce off the glass.)

Me: “OWWWW!”

Boyfriend: “WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?!” starts laughing

Me: “Those are some very clean windows…”

Boyfriend: “This is what you were talking about it, wasn’t it?”

Me: “I warned you.”

Boyfriend: “This is going to be fun.”

(That was almost three years ago, and we were just recently married. I guess he decided he could handle all my injuries!)

NOT my story, but I can empathize. . . . . .

Please tell me it is one of those inflatable costumes! Rory is already an air-head! This would just punctuate it! (Grin!)

I always thought he had an inflated head.

No one said it was easy being green.

Looks kinda like the frog

Love you, Rory.

Rory, you make me smile.

This is so funny! Rory you always make me laugh and smile.

I can’t figure out which dinosaur costume he’s wearing. That enormous head of his stretches it outof shape.

I can always count on you to make me laugh Rory