lizards on toast :: coffee (personal)

2008-08-19 14:38:36 coffee

.  It’s weird how the tiniest, seemingly innocent things can upset people months later.  When I took Cat to Missouri with me to visit the kids at my parents’ house last January she got upset over something Amy said.  My parents, younger siblings, Cat, Amy, and my kids were all sitting in the living room Tuesday morning.  Dad had just made a fresh pot of coffee and asked if anyone would like some. I was holding Caleb upside-down and tickling him, so Cat got up to grab me a cup. She called from the kitchen “Hey, how much sugar do you like in your coffee, Ben?”  I didn’t hear hear her, but Amy answered for me (Two sugars, light cream.)

.  I didn’t think something so small as my ex-wife knowing how I liked my coffee would upset my recent girlfriend. I suppose it was upsetting that Amy would know things about me that Cat didn’t yet. I mean, Amy and I /were/ married for three years.  Maybe it wasn’t completely innocent on her part; I probably don’t give her enough credit sometimes. She can really be a subtle and petty when she wants to be.

.  I guess I can be pretty oblivious; it took me a few months to realize that Cat had been upset about this.

out.