WAW came back from the house-hunting expedition, trying hard to DB -- acting "as if" -- but it was pretty shallow. I could see she was shaken up.
Didn't toss her a life-line, though. "SO how'd it go? See anything nice?"
Stink-eye.
I'll take that as a "no."
Fun is fun, but I need to reconfigure the as-if now. We have outing scheduled for Thursday. I am taking her to a well-known art gallery she's always wanted to see and then a picnic by the water. Getting a gourmet lunch from the local Shi-Shi-Stinky-Pants "Market" ("grocery store"?? perish the thought), a nice split of wine, etc. Figure about 5 hours start to finish.
I'll be wearing my new silk trousers, new shirt, new belt, new smell-sweet-sh*t, new suede shoes, new navy sports jacket (not blazer), with a new haircut. Maybe a manicure, as per earlier suggestion by one of our community's fine ladies, though that's a tough row to hoe for me, Manliness-Wise. The idea of sort of peeking my head into the nail place and being met by all those pairs of inquisitive female eyes is, well, jarring.... Might have to tan up a bit, too (I do quite naturally in the summer months), but there's the risk of George Hamiltonity, which would be bad.
Apart from NO R TALK -- strictly verboten! -- any other suggestions? We always liked wandering through museums together -- offer her my arm?
