Those Are The Answers You Are Looking For
Romantic
| January 17, 2016
(The geeky family I’ve married into has gathered for Christmas dinner and is discussing plans to see the new Star Wars movie the next day as a group. I turn to my sister-in-law and point out that I’ve never seen either of their previous trilogies in their entirety.)
Sister-In-Law: *to my husband, her brother* “I’m surprised you haven’t divorced her yet…”
Husband: *at the same time as me* “It’s Stockholm syndrome.”
Me: *at the same time as him* “It satisfies his geeky need for smug superiority.”
Sister-In-Law: “Ah. That explains it.”
Husband: “The Stockholm syndrome or the smug superiority?”
Sister-In-Law: “I’ll accept either.”