There is a new “thing” in our home. Those smart devices. A lot of times she or me are talking to google home to turn off lights or stream music and the other thinks that the mumbling is meant for them and asks for a repeat. Lord help you if you don’t respond; and responding well enough to be understood usually has to be shouted if the other is in another room. Include the repeats and google responding and it can get complicated.
On the other hand. Gives me another excuse not to respond when I hear mumbling in the next room—NOT!
I am surprised that “transcend your means” is not more of a meme :-). Aaron was ahead of his time