Moment of Truth

The other night, hubs and I were in the living room with our son watching a little television. We were watching this train wreck of a show called "Moment of Truth". It's one of those new shows that I almost cannot stand to watch- not because it's poorly written nor because of poor actors. You see, this is a show wherein they strap some poor schmo up to a lie detector and then in front of their family and friends, not to mention the MILLIONS of people watching from home, they begin to ask a series of questions which get more and more intense and potentially embarrassing as they go.

 

I have to wonder if these people are actors because COME ON, who would actually subject themselves to such agony and embarrassment on national television? So, back to my story. Here's this poor sap (a former underwear model), strapped in to his chair with his girlfriend sitting close by, and he's feeling pretty good about himself because he's answered several questions "truthfully" and has some cash coming his way.

 

The next question out of the gate is, "Have you ever thought that your girlfriend is boring?" Much to the disappointment of the audience and his girlfriend, he answers, "Yes". Booooooo. Hisssss. Bad man. I don't think much of it, other than... "what an idiot". Then hubs says, "Oh, come on. Give the guy a break. I think you're boring sometimes too".

 

WHAT? Did he just say that...Out loud? SERIOUSLY.

 

Cue my freak out.

"WHAT?" I responded, "you think I'm boring?"

"Sometimes", says hubs. "I mean, you can't be exciting all the time".

 

I try to calmly explain to him that I would NEVER use the word BORING to describe him- EVER. I have never thought, “Wow, you sure are boring right now”.

 

Backtracking now, hubs says, “Well… when I’m on the couch watching football and not doing anything else, don’t you think I’m boring”?

 

“No”, I say. I may think you're lazy, but not boring. Boring is a BAD word. You use it in phrases such as, “they bored me to tears”, or “that woman is SO boring, I can’t stand it”.

 

Word to the wise- NEVER use the word “boring” to describe even the tinest of moments when referencing someone you love, OR ELSE. I have been throwing his misuse of the word back on him all week. It goes something like this.

 

Hubs: “You look nice today”.

Me: “Really, not too BORING?”

 

Hubs: “What do you want for dinner?”

Me: ‘How about steaks?”

Hubs: “That sounds good”.

Me: “I just hope it’s not too BORING”.

 

We finish our discussion in time for me to catch the last segment before the schmo gets bounced from his hot seat because of a false answer. The question? “Did you ever stuff your underwear while modeling?” His answer, “No”.

Ha! Wrong answer!

Imagine his embarrassment. Well, at least he’s not BORING.