Did you ever almost say something completely ridiculous but catch yourself just in time?
Very early in our marriage I was troubled with recurrent prostatitis. We were living in a new city and I didn't have a regular doctor, so I went to a couple based on referrals from coworkers. I ended up seeing a urologist.
After a course of antibiotics, which didn't work, I went back to him. He said there are some tests we could do. He said it could be trichomonis that my wife and I were passing back and forth. Then he went on vacation.
That afternoon, my wife asked about the appointment.
I said the doctor didn't really know what was causing the prostatitis but he thought it could be trichomonis. Neither of us had heard of it before. 'What's that?' she asked.
At the time, my wife's job took her away from home for most of the week. For several months we really only saw each other on weekends.
You can imagine the conversation that followed. Basically, it came down to her grilling me with questions: "If we have an STD, how did we get it? How do I know you're not cheating on me when I'm not here?" And so on and so forth.
I never cheated on her. The weirdest damn thing is that I almost, very nearly blurted out, "There are no long dark hairs around here!" My wife had relatively short blond hair at the time. But I caught myself just in time.
Why on earth would I have said that? It didn't make any sense. It was completely random. But can you imagine what would have happened? "Honey, I'm not cheating on you. Besides, you won't find any evidence of it, anyway," And then to try to convince someone that what you said was a completely nonsensical, random, irrational statement with no basis in fact? What kind of brain seizure causes that to happen? Thank God I hit the kill switch on my mouth just in time.
As for the prostatitis, I ignored it and it went away on its own. Soon afterward, I found a great doctor and he said prostatitis is like the common cold. Probably lots of causes, lots of remedies, and nothing really works for sure. The prostatitis is gone. The doctor I still have, 15 years later.
Very early in our marriage I was troubled with recurrent prostatitis. We were living in a new city and I didn't have a regular doctor, so I went to a couple based on referrals from coworkers. I ended up seeing a urologist.
After a course of antibiotics, which didn't work, I went back to him. He said there are some tests we could do. He said it could be trichomonis that my wife and I were passing back and forth. Then he went on vacation.
That afternoon, my wife asked about the appointment.
I said the doctor didn't really know what was causing the prostatitis but he thought it could be trichomonis. Neither of us had heard of it before. 'What's that?' she asked.
At the time, my wife's job took her away from home for most of the week. For several months we really only saw each other on weekends.
You can imagine the conversation that followed. Basically, it came down to her grilling me with questions: "If we have an STD, how did we get it? How do I know you're not cheating on me when I'm not here?" And so on and so forth.
I never cheated on her. The weirdest damn thing is that I almost, very nearly blurted out, "There are no long dark hairs around here!" My wife had relatively short blond hair at the time. But I caught myself just in time.
Why on earth would I have said that? It didn't make any sense. It was completely random. But can you imagine what would have happened? "Honey, I'm not cheating on you. Besides, you won't find any evidence of it, anyway," And then to try to convince someone that what you said was a completely nonsensical, random, irrational statement with no basis in fact? What kind of brain seizure causes that to happen? Thank God I hit the kill switch on my mouth just in time.
As for the prostatitis, I ignored it and it went away on its own. Soon afterward, I found a great doctor and he said prostatitis is like the common cold. Probably lots of causes, lots of remedies, and nothing really works for sure. The prostatitis is gone. The doctor I still have, 15 years later.