Who Is The Master Of The Argument?

If there is some golden medal, Oscar or Golden Globe award for the master of the argument, I would nominate my husband for it.

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You know how it is when you live with someone for years, no matter if it is just our partner or official spouse. We would run into some argument now and then. Sometimes it's just a trifle, the other time it would be something more important, and sometimes it might be even something crucial.

However, the story that provokes me to write this post happened yesterday afternoon. The conversation I had with my husband was, in fact, about some other things when I asked the question.

- Are we going to watch the game tonight?

For those of you who might not know, at the moment (to be precise from 12 to 28 January 2018), European Men's Handball Championship 2018 is held in Croatia (where I am from), and our national team is now competing for the semifinals. The opponent in that game is France, our old handball rival.

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So, when I asked my husband yesterday are we going to watch the game, it was about that handball game between Croatia and France for entering semifinals of this year championship. Although he knew what I'm referring to, he asked me.

- Which game? FYR Macedonia vs. the Czech Republic?
- Oh, come on!!!

I was convinced he is joking with me, but he continued.
- It's not today.
- What is not today? - I was persistent, convinced "the game" is today (yesterday). To assure him and give my standing point more relevance I even add something that I half-heard on some news.
- It starts at 8:30 pm. - I said proudly to show him how in detailed I'm informed.

He throws me that look that usually says, "You are wrong, but I know there is no use in trying to convince you otherwise, so I'm not going to argue anymore."

I hate when he is doing that. If you want to beat me, beat me with arguments. Don't just pull back.
Therefore, I probably throw him that look of mine that says, "I hate when you are doing this!" - or something like that, as he finally said.

- OK! Then, you are going to watch "the game" today, and I'm going to watch it tomorrow!

Whaaat??? I really didn't see this coming! But, it was such a brilliant answer that I couldn't say anything but start laughing. Still, I couldn't resist, so I told him.

- Deal! I can see, you want to know the result in advance. 😉 - And I throw him a wink.

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And you know what?! - He was right! I didn't watch the game yesterday, but he is watching it now while I'm typing this with one eye on the PC screen and the other one on a TV screen.

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As well, with this post, I'm officially nominating my husband for the title and award "The Master Of The Argument"!

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Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2018

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