The great thing about therapy is it gives you an outside perspective and can often be affirming. It
is only affirming if you have a good therapist, and you know how experienced
they are when you say all kinds of crazy things and they never even
flinch. Our therapist has been awesome
but this week the hubs caught her off guard, at the strangest moment while
talking about our daily gaming sessions.
In mid-story she cocked her head to the side, looked up
towards the ceiling, and paused mouth agape.
It happened, the un-flinching woman had been flummoxed. And if the story was enough to ruffle the
feathers of our therapist, even if only momentarily, then I thought our blog
readers might enjoy the re-telling of the story that gave a medical
professional pause.
The Scandalous Story
“My mom is visiting from Florida, we heard her come through
the front door and she was walking around looking to see who was home. We were in mid-campaign and she probably
heard the television. When she saw my head sticking out of the bathtub she
started to talk but as she walked closer she seemed surprised. I wasn't sure why my mom seemed so shocked when she
realized Chris (the wife) was in the tub with me? I could not figure out why she, my mom, would be surprised that we
were playing Helldivers on the PS4 in
the bathtub like we normally do?”
As the therapist listened to this story she paused and said “Do
you play a lot of games together in the bath?”
The hubs simply replied “yes” and went back to his story. It took only a few more moments for him to realize that the
implication of her question was that she likely assumed we were naked and sudsy
while we played. And that his unsuspecting mother had come in to find us naked together when she arrived. Although that makes
for a more colorful story that is not what occurred.
Video Games in the
Bathtub
The most lasting impression for me from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s was not the diamonds, LBD, or cat, but instead a the sofa made of
a bathtub. A 300-pound cast iron claw
foot tub that was converted into a sofa by the hubs is one my most prized
possessions. Though it usually lives in
a corner under a window, we move it a few times a week directly in front of the
TV and then both climb inside to play.
We never thought to contextualize to our doctor that we have a sofa tub
because it is such a normal part of our lives, it does not feel unusual. It occurred to me I do not have a single photo of me and the hubs in the now infamous tub but here are a few photos of it from the last few months.
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| Jack & Nate BFF's in the tub Summer 14 |
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| The Original Inspiration (obs not me) |
Building life size double decker Lego yoga couch @ProfessorCCB #lego pic.twitter.com/xMYvcN8PLs
— MrNinjaman (@JohnRBoone) February 19, 2015
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