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A conversation between a husband and a wife.
Wife and husband lying in bed. Husband is sleeping. Wife moves closer to husband and touches husbands face.
“Honey, are you awake?” – Wife
“What? Um, no. What is it? What’s wrong?” – Husband
“Did you know it would take six to eight months to travel to Mars?” – Wife
“Mars? What are you talking about? What time is it?” – Husband
“I read in a book today it would take six months to travel to Mars. I could never do that. I don’t want to travel to Mars.” – Wife
“Nate, it is the middle of the night. Why are you talking about traveling to Mars.” – Husband
“I can’t sleep. I was lying here thinking about traveling in space. I am not going.” – Wife
“You’re not going where?” – Husband
“Into space. It freaks me out. I could never travel in a spaceship for six long months hoping I might land on Mars. I like Earth. I am staying here no matter what.” – Wife
“Why are we talking about this?” – Husband
“Because you and the boys love space. If someone made you an offer to travel I think you would go. I won’t go with you on your space travels. I just thought you should know that.” – Wife
“Oh. Okay.” – Husband
“I don’t like Jupiter. I never have. It may be the biggest planet in our solar system, but I don’t like it. Who cares if it’s the biggest when it’s really just a big ball of gas? Saturn is better. She is beautiful.” – Wife
“She?”- Husband
“Saturn is a she. She may be made of gas, but has lovely stripes and rings. Love her.” – Wife
“Nate, are you really awake? Are you sleep talking? You never talk about space.” – Husband
“Of course I am awake. I feel bad about Pluto. Kicked out of solar system just because he is a dwarf planet. I grew up with Pluto, now he is nothing more than a floating sphere.” – Wife
“Did you say ‘floating sphere’? Wow. I did not realize you knew so much about planets?” – Husband
“I read a bunch of space books to help the little guy make his solar system model.” – Wife
“Cool. You know, if we travel beyond our solar system we will have to use generations of families to get there. Families will live and die all on the spaceship, never knowing sunlight or green grass. Can you imagine that? – Husband
“Generations of families? Living and dying on a spaceship? Really? I’m not going. I’m not traveling to Mars and not going to planets outside of our solar system. You will have to go without me.” – Wife
“I would never go without you. I would stay on Earth.” – Husband
“You wouldn’t go? But you love space travel. It has always been your dream.” – Wife
“Yeah. Ever since I was little kid I dreamed of heading out into space someday. But I love you more. If you won’t go, neither will I.” – Husband
“Wow. Thanks Sweetie. I love you too. Now stop talking. I’m tired. I don’t like all this space talk. I want to sleep.” – Wife
“But don’t you want to hear which planet is my favorite? ” – Husband
Pluto and Charon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Yeah, we have those sort of conversations in the middle of the night too. I’m not going either, but Hal can, as long as he leaves me LOTS of insurance money. Great post.
Insomnia bouts come and go for me as I age. My brain gets filled with all sorts of crazy thoughts, that I have to share with my husband. He is a trooper.
I’m sad that the conversation ended before anything about black holes.
A conversation about black holes would have put me over the edge. Too scary.
You’re husband is too nice – engaging in such a crazy conversation – taking him out of his sleep. I would have grumbled about my wife’s sanity as I tried to fall back asleep.
He is too nice. The worst part was how I woke him up and then cut him off when he wanted to talk. He loves to talk about space stuff. Yuck.
Not my biggest interest either but you could have least listended – courtesy miss.
Hahahahahaha classic!
This is so sweet.
It reminds me of the undulating conversations Kurt and I have when I can’t sleep.
I hate it that Pluto isn’t even a planet anymore.
The stuff one can talk about in the middle of the night is amazing. Poor Pluto.
Great post! I’ve had this conversation in my head many times. I feel the same way about being underwater in a sub. The thought of being trapped somewhere like that where I can’t escape freaks me out. So I get this, I totally get this.
AND in my eyes, Pluto will always be a planet
Claustrophobia. I have the same fear of submarines. My boys often tease me and ask which would would I rather do, live in a submarine or on a spaceship. I tell them neither!
For me it’s the escape factor – you can always escape out of a building or like jumping into the water from a boat. BUT in space and in a sub, where can you go? I don’t know why it freaks me out but that thought is more powerful then being claustrophobic. Seems like there should be a name for this kind of fear.
I think you hit it on the head. Not being able to escape is my real fear. I am sure there is a name for the fear.
Well now I feel validated for my weird fear.
BTW – this has to be the strangest conversation I’ve had in a comment section but glad to hear I’m not the only one who feels this way