You CAN Get Used to Embarrassment

Give it up for Emily, y’all. She’s back with even more hilarious adventure. I tell you, the fun never stops with this one!

Since my last post shared an embarrassing story from my past, I thought
my second post could show that as far as embarrassing myself, I
continue on to this day.  This story takes place when my youngest son
was about 18 months old and we had just moved into our new dream home.
During the first inspection, the plenum under the water heater had
some moisture and the inspector said it needed to be checked out.
Well, we had it checked and all was fine for about 6 months, then it
was VERY wet underneath.

I set up an appointment with the appropriate professional and made sure
that my husband was there. Although he doesn’t have ANY idea about how
a house ‘works’, he does have the benefit of being male and this seems
to give him an "I know what you mean" kind of credibility with
mechanics, plumbers and other male dominated professions.  Plus, I like
the whole ‘united front’ look. 

The heating/AC fellow arrived and I
showed him the problem and started to explain, "this same thing
happened about 6 months ago.  As you can see, my perineum is VERY wet
and I don’t know what to do about it or how it happened." 

In my
peripheral vision, I could see my husband go through a series of
transformations.  First shock, then understanding, then silent
laughter.  Lots and LOTS of silent laughter.  I didn’t know what he
thought he was doing!  He was SUPPOSED to stand their and look
knowledgeable, not hide out of view.  He was SUPPOSED to support me.
Good grief, what was he DOING and what in the world was so damn
funny???

The very nice heating/AC man stated that he needed some time to
diagnose the issue, so I walked over to my husband (who thankfully was
not in the view of the service fellow, even peripherally) to see what
was his problem.  He just looked at me, still giggling and wiping the
laughing tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "do you KNOW what
you said??"  Well, of course I did.  He then sighed, he knows me oh so
well, and said, "Think about it.  Just think for a minute." 

Well,
crap.  Here we go again. 

Perineum vs. plenum, they sound similar,
right?  Don’t they? You understand don’t you?  Anyone who has had a
baby, even if they are almost 2, still understands that you suffer from
raging hormones and pregnesia after effects.  Why I had to say "my
perineum", I have no idea, unless my subconscious mind likes to laugh
at me too.

Tagged as: hilarious, perineum, plenum