sluttymayo on Nostr: my wife is good with words, but even she gets that thing people get when you have to ...

my wife is good with words, but even she gets that thing people get when you have to fill out a birthday card.
you see the fear rising in her eyes. she can't remember anything about the recipient or how she even knew them. she starts offering those panicked victorian sentence fragments, hoping you can finish her thought, and praying she can get it down on the card, before the next wave of "the heights of esteem in which you are held in our hearts cannot be... um...?" sweeps her out to sea