[xsrdx]

I know if I can go play poker. I don't have to ask my wife.

An example for us all!

Seriously, no harm no foul, I just know I can't possibly keep up with all the stuff that goes on in our house well enough to make that decision on the fly without asking my wife. OTOH, if I really wanted to go, she'd adjust.

Not asking permission, just making sure I'm not trashing stuff I'd forgotten I'd committed to earlier, which I, being less squared away than you, might do on occassion.

Maybe your buddy was looking for his wife to bail him out because he can't play poker for sh*t?

[Jeff Chandler]

Maybe your buddy was looking for his wife to bail him out because he can't play poker for sh*t?

Now shbox is going to start wondering if the guy's wife was even home when the call came in? Maybe the "buddy" would rather watch TV than play poker with him?

[shbox]

I just know I can't possibly keep up with all the stuff that goes on in our house well enough to make that decision on the fly without asking my wife. OTOH, if I really wanted to go, she'd adjust.

I can relate to that. That sounds reasonable. I can also relate to a man wanting to do something else and telling me "no". I can even relate if he said he wanted to take his wife out that night.

But I cannot relate to a man asking permission, then hanging his head because he is not "allowed" to go.