What do I do with her?

[Mike is Hurtin']

lwb: Yes, I like this group. I was the one who introduced wife to folk music in the first place, and this is a group I would wholeheartedly go see on my own or with a friend.

(for those who are interested, it's the Wailin' Jennys - often heard on the NPR radio show "A Prairie Home Companion")

_Of course_ I want to spend time with my wife - that's too subconscious to deny. What I don't want to do is reward her repugnant behavior with such a big, sweet lollipop.

What I'm *not* going to do is pick up the phone and ask her if she still wants to go. _Of course_ she'll say yes (she's a big fan of this group) and of course she'll ask me to pick her up and maybe even buy her dinner.

Two Wailin' Jenny's tickets: $66
Half-decent dinner: $50
Gasoline to pick her up, drive to the concert, drive her home and return home myself: $14

A single cell-phone call to let her know that I don't have enough tickets for the three of us, and perhaps we should cancel our plans altogether: priceless.

-- Mike