WHEN YOUR SPOUSE MISSPEAKS

What to do when your spouse mispeaks? Today my spouse was speaking of the closing of Sweet Bay grocery stores. She said not all stores were closed; that the store near her sister was not closed. Then she stated, "I was surprised they closed that store because there is a Publix across the street."

Foolishly, I said, "You mean didn't close." Whereupon she treated me like an idiot and repeated several times all her statements related to the closing of Sweet Bay, which took several minutes of silence on my part.

I learned not to correct my spouse when she misspeaks. Let it go. There may be confusion in your life as to whether Sweet Bay is closed or not, but that is insignificant compared to your spouse thinking you care not to understand her or cannot understand her.