His and Hers XVI
His and Hers is a weekly discussion of a question or topic relating to marriage. On Friday, my wife and I each write our thoughts on the week's topic. I invite other bloggers to do the same with their spouses as an exercise in celebrating marriage. This week's question is:
What do you appreciate most about your spouse's sense of humor?
Mrs. Happy's response
<<Editor's note: Mrs. Happy is currently incapacitated by fatigue. She went to sleep the moment she got home from work, and I didn't want to wake her up for this. We'll fill this space with her response some time tomorrow (Saturday). —Curt>>
Curt's response
I love her random silliness. It doesn't exist at anyone's expense, it doesn't depend on specialized knowledge, and it doesn't require me to be in a good mood. It just expresses a spontaneous joy for life, reminds me afresh of her humanity, and creates for me a sense of well-being that I can't find anywhere else.
Mrs. Happy's belated response
I had very high standards when looking for a potential mate, and one of the top characteristics I absolutely required was a sense of humor. I had grown up with terrifically funny parents and brothers, and there was no way I was going to go through the rest of my life with a person who couldn't laugh at himself, others, and the myriad of ridiculous circumstances that make up our lives. So first and foremost, I'm just thrilled that Curt has such a great sense of humor. My favorite aspect of this is his gift for storytelling. He can take the most mundane or terrible circumstance and tell its story with such animation and colorful language, that his listeners can't help but giggle and/or spew laughter uncontrollably. This is especially a blessing while we are actually experiencing the mundane or terrible circumstance, as inevitably one of us will turn to the other and say, "Well, at least this will make a great story!"
