Learning New Things

Marriage is wonderful because you both have things to contribute to the other person for their edification and knowledge.

The other night, for instance. Amy taught Kevin that, when you eat Chinese food, if you ask for it in a take-out box, they give you bigger servings. She also taught him (by example) that you can pretty much always get up to 25 % off an item at a store if there's a blemish on it and you ask the clerk.

By contrast, Kevin tends to teach Amy about intelligent, scholarly things. She learned about the concept of "subwolf" while they looked at alarm clocks. (In case you don't know, it's a sound that your ear can't detect where it's coming from.) He also taught her about the difference between hot press and cold press paper - which you need to know about if you're an artist.

Learning new things is very cool.
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By the way, when I got the 25% off, I thought the item was ten dollars - which would have been (even at $10) a fantastic deal. Since the case was cracked a little bit, I thought I'd ask for the discount, which they gave me. When they rung it up, it was only two dollars - it probably had already been marked down because of the blemish. After the discount, it was only $1.50. I felt like I stole it or something.

The same thing happened at the Tommy Hilfiger outlet store. We bought an article of clothing we thought was $26. We were willing and able to pay that much, thinking (again) that $26 was a fabulous deal. When they wrung it up, it came out as $6. And this one didn't even have any blemishes.

With that luck, we figured we should just keep on shopping!