I was in Ketchikan years ago on an Alaskan cruise, and, yeah, it's pretty up there. I also liked the times when we were just out on the ocean and covered in fog and you couldn't see five feet in front of you. It gave me a real admiration for the early explorers who had no goddamn idea what was out there and still kept going.

Finally, one day, he got thoroughly frustrated with me and said, "How can you be so SURE?" And I had to go back and explain every logical progression and theory I'd already run through and he just sat there, open-mouthed and said, "There's no way that you went through all of those that fast."

Bwah! I do the *exact* same thing. It drives both DH and myself crazy - DH because I'm a know-it-all smartass, and me because I don't understand why he doesn't trust me to already thought of all those things!!

I am insanely jealous of ND right now.

Hubby is the one who makes the logical leaps, and he gets *pissed* when I don't make the same leaps. We cannot work on the same project if there are multiple ways to do something.

I don't understand why he doesn't trust me to already thought of all those things!!

You just nailed why I get so frustrated when boyfriend doesn't "get" my leaps.

He looks at me and thinks my little red choo choo has gone chugging 'round the bend, and *I've always been this way! I just could hide it better when you weren't all up in my bidness 24/7!*

Ahahahaha. That describes some of mine & Pete's conversations perfectly, especially during the times when between jobs and at home.

Finally, one day, he got thoroughly frustrated with me and said, "How can you be so SURE?" And I had to go back and explain every logical progression and theory I'd already run through and he just sat there, open-mouthed and said, "There's no way that you went through all of those that fast."

Bwah! I do the *exact* same thing. It drives both DH and myself crazy - DH because I'm a know-it-all smartass, and me because I don't understand why he doesn't trust me to already thought of all those things!!

Heh. I do that all the time. The Boy can ask a question and I can answer the next 3 logical questions that proceed from the first one, without him needing to ask them.

He, on the other hand, when asked a question, pauses for so long before answering that I've asked him more than once if he heard me. So one time, at shindig for his family, I asked his sisters-in-law if they have the same problem with his 2 brothers.

They just laughed and laughed and laughed and told me to get used to it. Then his mom told me his dad is even worse than "the boys."

In stark contrast, The Boy is still a little whipsawed when I answer a question before the asker is even finished asking it.

In stark contrast, The Boy is still a little whipsawed when I answer a question before the asker is even finished asking it.

Oh, I don't deal well with that. Especially when the question I'm asking is not exactly what the answerer is anticipating. And DH's whole family does it as a matter of course.

Hubby objects to me answering before he's done because he's getting uneasy about how well his mind is working, and he doesn't like any indication that he may not be functioning at full speed.

Unfortunately, he's not wrong about the acceleration on his brain having fallen off since I met him.

Still, I can occasionally catch him off guard with a witticism or bit of knowledge. And he often will use me as an encyclopedia. I may not be able to make the logical leaps, but my mental archives are a lot better indexed and more eclectic than his.

Late jumping on the wagon but GORGEOUS dress which our Kristin will rock indeed.

My "nephew" popped out a year and two weeks ago tomorrow, weighing in at over 12 lbs. His momma was, uh, not in a good state for a long while after. On the bright side, her active labor was only 3 hours....apparently that big they pop out faster than expected. She didn't have time to get an epidural.