Falling

Ok, today I am going to share with you a very interesting and hilarious story from my past because my darling husband reminded me of it…

Yesterday while packing I decided to take a break and sat on the edge of our bed only to slide off it onto the floor. You see our comforter is a silky type of fabric and I was wearing my spandex workout pants. The two don’t mix so I found myself on the floor.

Well, I shared this story with my husband who says (and I am not kidding), “Do you feel fat?”

I think my eyes bugged out of my head. I could not believe my husband came to the conclusion that his wife is fat because I slid onto the floor! My reaction was of course, “Excuse me? Do I you think I am fat?!?!”

Realizing his error, he quickly explained that my story reminded him of another similar experience from when we were dating…

While Josh was a student at ISU, I went to visit him one weekend and it poured the whole time! We were cooped up in his apartment with him roommates and I was so sick of watching TV, so we decided to venture out to go to the store and get something to cook.

As you can imagine puddles were everywhere and the dirt path was now a muddy mess, so we walked along the lining beams to get to my car. Well, I was trying to be quick and was not wearing the best shoes, and I slipped off the beam and into the mud. I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t even speak. I walked right back into the apartment and closed the bathroom door. Josh was right behind me asking me if I was hurt or needed anything.

In the bathroom I regained my composure and changed into non-muddy clothes. I opened the bathroom door and walked right back outside towards my car, still not saying a word. Josh followed still trying to understand what was wrong with me.

As we drove toward the store Josh pleaded with me to talk to him and tell him I was OK. I was fighting back tears and super upset but I finally did. My response to his questions and concern was, “I feel FAT!” with tears streaming down my face.

I obviously caught Josh off-guard because he started LAUGHING!

I was shocked that was his reaction and didn’t speak again. He kept on laughing and finally said, “You fell so you feel fat? Do you think people who are fat just fall all the time??”

It was ridiculous. Hearing him repeat back what I said was hilarious and I started laughing too. My ridiculous reasoning for being embarrassed was funny and to this day we still laugh about it.