[ WP ] You ’ re getting ready to make waffles for breakfast when , to your horror , you realize there ’ s no maple syrup left !

`` Honey? You forgot the maple syrup?'' 
 
 Catherine always smiled that way when she thought I was being silly. When she knew she'd been stuck with a guy who was absolutely helpless without her. 
 
 `` Hey! You're the one who's supposed to remember this stuff!'' I said. 
 
 She rolled her eyes, as she tended to do, and ran her fingers through her hair. `` How strange,'' she said. `` It's almost as if your wife is trying to make you realize you're taking her for granted or something. How peculiar.'' 
 
 `` Damn you and your mind games,'' I said. `` I was really looking forward to having waffles with maple syrup.'' 
 
 `` I know,'' she said. `` And I was really looking forward to our trip.'' 
 
 `` You were supposed to remind me to get the tickets, remember?'' 
 
 `` And so I did.'' She laughed. `` You know,'' she said. `` I've always wondered what you're always thinking about.'' 
 
 `` What do you mean?'' 
 
 `` You know. I'm constantly thinking about my stupid husband, and that reminds me of all the little things I have to remember because he's so silly, and *that* reminds of that cute surfer guy I was dating when I first met him...'' 
 
 `` Oh come on,'' I said. `` Steve was the worst.'' 
 
 `` I know! Which is why I turned him in for a sweet upgrade. But seriously, what do you think about?'' 
 
 `` Catherine.'' 
 
 `` Hey! It's only fair you tell me. What's distracting you all the time?'' 
 
 I sighed. `` Nothing.'' 
 
 `` Nothing?'' 
 
 `` Well, if it's cold outside I'm thinking about being cold, if I'm working I'm thinking about work. You know. It's mostly just this void.'' 
 
 She eyed me suspiciously. `` What are you thinking about right now?'' 
 
 `` About maple syrup.'' 
 
 `` What are your thoughts on maple syrup?'' 
 
 `` Oh come on, Catherine.'' 
 
 `` I'm serious. I want to know what you think about maple syrup.'' 
 
 `` Please do n't do this.'' 
 
 `` Well, fine. I'll let it go. On one condition.'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` Admit it.'' 
 
 `` Admit what?'' 
 
 `` That you take me for granted.'' 
 
 `` Fine.'' 
 
 `` Fine what?'' 
 
 `` Fine I take you for granted. Happy now?'' 
 
 `` Yes. Oh, one more thing: do n't forget to make the arrangements.'' 
 
 `` What arrangements?'' I said, but she did n't answer. I sat down in silence and ate the waffles, now cold.
