In the past we have seen how Mark and Eileen regularly accuse each other of having a rubber boot fetish. It's playful enough, but when you get right down to it, maybe each has such a fetish and won't readily admit to it. The following story tells of when Mark had to make a business trip to Texas and his wife, Eileen, tells informs him that he should pack his wellies. Nevertheless, let's check in on the dialogue.
"My plane leaves in a few hours. I suppose it isn't too soon to think about packing. Want to lend me a hand?" asked Mark.
"Sure. Besides you are notorious for forgetting something and then either having to buy.it when we get to your destination or you just suck it up and do without."
"Are you accusing me of being absentminded?"
"No accusations intended. I was just speaking the truth. That's all," responded Eileen with a bit of a perturbed look on her face."
"OK, let's see what you're packing. You have your good suit for the presentation, enough dress shirts and ties to last the week, casual slacks, underwear, socks, and some golf shirts for when you want to be more casual."
"Check. Got it all!"
"Did you sign onto the airline's website and download your boarding passes?"
"I took care of that first thing this morning."
"Do you have a hardcopy of your presentation along with the USB drive? How about business cards? A notepad and pens?"
"So far so good. I guess I'm getting better" replied Mark with a sigh and clearly tiring of the interrogation.
"Well, let me be the judge of that. Do you have your cellphone and its charger?"
"Oops! Now where did I put the charger?"
"See!"
"Oh, you do it every day. It isn't just me."
"Are you taking a raincoat and your rainboots? It is going to be the rainy season when you're in Texas, you know."
"I wasn't planning to. It seems like so much extra to bring and will just weigh me down."
"What happened to my husband who has the rubber boot fetish?"
"Me? You're the one who wants me to take rainboots on my trip. Not me!"
"OK, but when you get drenched on this trip, don't come complaining to me. Because I told you so."
"Let me go down to the office and find that phone charger before I forget it," said Mark and in a flash he was heading towards the stairs.
"I just have to find a way to tease him some more about this before he has to go to the airport," thought Eileen to herself as she began rummaging through her lingerie drawer in search of something appropriate.