The marriage of Kate to her handsome prince William has been all over the news lately. I read that some news and gossip magazines actually hired lip readers to find out what the royal couple were saying when there were no microphones around. They weren’t the least bit interested in what the old married royal couples had to say to each other. That’s because it is probably way too boring. My own handsome prince is a man of few words married to a woman who is never at a loss for them. I have been told by more than one person that the reason he doesn’t talk much is because I never give him the chance. Opposites attract, I always say. It made me think about what exciting tidbits those lip readers would find out in a conversation between us on a usual day:
Me: “Boy, what a busy day I’ve had! What do you want for supper? Is meat loaf OK?”
H.P.: “Yup.”
Me: “No, really. What do you want? Chicken or meat loaf?”
H.P. “Whatever.”
Me: “I bought some dowels for the chickens to roost on. Do you think you could hang them for me?”
H.P.: “Hmmm…” (Notice that this could be taken as an affirmative, but in no way, shape or form means “I’ll get to it right after dinner, Dear.”)
Me: “It is raining frogs outside and I hear that Rumpelstiltskin is running for the presidency. That’s exciting, isn’t it?”
H.P.: “Yup”
Me: ” Did you hear anything I said?”
H.P.: “Hmmmm…”
Me: (Sigh)
I wish for the newlyweds many years of happiness. I’ll bet when they are married for 34 years, there won’t be a need for any lip readers anymore, and I’ll guess that he won’t jump up and hang her dowels right after dinner, either.
The Minnesota Farm Woman 
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