Micaela writes a fun message on her husband as she sends him on his way to his Christmas party, but when he gets home, intoxicated, she finds a reply. Who wrote it, and what does it mean? Remote working means that I don’t get to do the office Christmas parties involving all the drunk employees finally revealing what they think of each other.
Thank goodness. But my husband, Travis, wasn’t so lucky — so I sent him on his way with a note written on his chest. Don’t judge me — Travis is a lightweight when it comes to his alcohol.
We’ve been married for five years, so trusting Travis is second nature. But it started as a joke because I had the marker in my hand while he was getting dressed anyway. This is my husband — touch him, and you’ll pay- M, I wrote.
“Micaela,” he said as he was leaving. “I’m just going for a few drinks. I’ll be back home early.”
Travis left, and I began to put up the Christmas tree and decorate our living room because neither of us had the time to do it otherwise.
But as I put the stockings onto the mantel, Travis dragged himself into the house. I took one look at him and knew that he was intoxicated. I walked him to our bedroom, ready to get him undressed and put him to bed.
But while helping him undress, I found a reply to my smudged message. Keep the change, it said. I laughed at it, not thinking anything about the situation.
But as the night went on and I stayed up watching old Christmas movies, the message constantly flashed in my mind. When Travis woke up the following day, I asked him about the party. He said that they started at his office, then went to a bar for karaoke, and finally ended up at a club for a few hours.
I asked him about the message, and he looked confused. “One of the guys probably wrote it,” he said. “There was a lot to drink, and you know how the guys get.”
Still, it bugged me.
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