The other day, I was thinking about my husband. And my heart felt full of love for him and yet I wanted to feel more. So, I made myself think of things that are unique to just him. Such as:
My husband is an optimist.
The purest form of optimism I have ever been around.
Seriously, he wakes up happy. And he is happy. And it does not take a lot to make him happy.
He is easy.
One thing he says a lot is, “so tasty.”
I know. How can you not adore a grown man who eats your food and says that? It makes me smile. It makes me laugh. And the best part about that, is that it is said with innocence and as a genuine compliment.
The other day when the well in my heart was full of love, I said to him, “Honey, you are the only person I know who uses the term, ‘so tasty.'”
He was kind of offended by this. Or defensive of this. Either way, he answered, “I am not. Lots of people say that.”
And I said with amusement in my voice, “lots of people, like who?”
And he said, “I don’t know, but I hear it all of the time.”
So, I called my children into the room and I asked them if they had ever heard anyone else besides their father use the term, “so tasty.”
My son immediately said no that he had not heard anyone else use it, but that he himself did not use enough words and that he recently realized that he never uses the word, “silly”. And that made me recognize that flaw in myself and that I do not use that term enough either and made a mental note to use it more.
My daughter, on the other hand, pronounced that not only had she heard the exclamation used before, but that she also said, “So tasty,” herself all of the time.
I thought at first that she was being contrary.
I think she could see the dismissive way I had handled her comment, because she explained herself. “I use it because they always say it on ‘Monster Hunter*’,” she said.
My eyes widened.
I turned to my husband.
“That’s it! You got it from ‘Monster Hunter’!”
The love that had been swelling in my heart mere moments before struck like lightning bolts as waves of cackles erupted from my mouth.
My husband would not look at me.
Which made him all the more irresistible.
And, if I do say so myself, “So ta…”
*with the risk of revealing my true dork, “Monster Hunter” is my very favorite video game. My husband and I used to hunt monsters together on our devices. Yep. You cook the meat from certain monsters over a pit until it is well-done. And it gives you stamina. You can see that here. We used to play together all of the time…Until…one fateful day last year when he decided he did not want to play with me. He was too tired. And we have never played together again. Sigh.
Funny, my bro has ALWAYS said this too & it’s ALWAYS grossed my sister & I out! It’s one of those words, like MOIST – that makes my skin crawl!
He he! I am sorry. I don’t know why that makes me laugh, but it does. I agree with you about moist. It is truly a horrific word! : )
Have a terrific Thursday!
Jenni
Hahahahahaha this is hilarious! I actually thought about it and I don’t think I have heard anyone say it recently (:
Thank you Deniz! I think it is funny. Although I wrote this a week or so ago and since I did, my husband has stopped saying this. I guess I shouldn’t have said anything. : (. Hopefully he will slip soon. : )
Have a great Thursday!
Jenni
I had no idea where this was going and I’m so glad you explained about the game. {sigh} I feel so old! LOL
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Suzanne
Thank you Suzanne! I don’t know if I knew where it was going either. ; ). We are dorks. : ). And now I want to play again!
Have a gorgeous day!
Jenni
You’ve got such a sweet hubby!!! What a sweet sweet post about him!
Thank you Cynthia. He is sweet. : ).
Sweet dreams!
Jenni
I like your hubby posts. I can feel the love 🙂 My husband and boys quote movie lines to each other all day long and I am usually left out on that. I feel like this is something they would say!
Thank you Alicia! : ). I do love him. He’s my favorite. : ). My kids and husband do that, too! They love anime and I do not, so they are always having secret sayings and inside jokes. It just gives me more reading time. : )
Have a gorgeous rest of the week!
Jenni
Haa! My son went through a phase (at about age 3.5-4) where he said “so tasty” to any kind of food he enjoyed. It was so cute. But I don’t think he got it from Monster Hunter!!!
That is hilarious! Maybe he secretly knew how awesome Monster Hunter is. ; )
Sweet dreams!
Jenni
This is so sweet! You guys are an adorkable family of nerds! This is clearly a sign that you guys need to start playing Monster Hunter again, when it’s slipped into hubby’s vocabulary like that! Your whole family, playing Monster Hunter and then pausing for food – where it’s mandatory for everyone to shout, “SO TASTY!” after every other mouthful! 😉
Playing Batman has probably had the deepest influence on Victor – every now and then, he’ll go into “brooding dialogue mode”, only it’ll be stuff like, “Alfred, I’m on the roof. Gotham City is cold, and full of crime.” “Master Bruce, would you like some how chocolate? I brought your thermos.” “Go away, Alfred. I’m brooding… Leave the thermos.”
Thanks Gwen! Yes, we need to play more Monster Hunter!
You made me snort laugh. So hard. My eyes are blurry with exhaustion and they pulsed with that snort. Oh man, Victor is funny. I want to be brooding Batman tomorrow!
Have a sweet Saturday!
Jenni