Jonathan re: a second wife

I found this excellent book at the library called Children Just Like Me by Anabel & Barnabas Kindersley and we’ve been reading a few pages each day for the past couple of weeks.  On each page it highlights a child from around the world age about 7 to 10, shows a large photo of them, then smaller photos of their home, school, family, how they write their name, their favorite food/clothes/activity/friends, etc. …. fits in perfectly with our homeschool curriculum under  “Family Life In Different Times/Places.”

One night Jonathan read it to them and beforehand I quickly de-briefed him on a few particulars:  I call all houses of worship “churches” as we haven’t started discussing other religions yet and I refer to any second wives as “aunts.”

Of course he has to make a comment about a second wife.

“What exactly would you do with a second wife?”  I asked, eyebrows raised in skeptical fashion.  Good grief, he barely has any words for me most of the time, how would he have enough to make conversation with another one?

“The second one’s always the best,” he replied.  “She’s tidying up the house while I’m having sex with the first.”