After working hard outside all evening, Brian takes a shower and gets changed. He's wearing athletic, basketball-playing-in type of shorts. Upon seeing him in the kitchen, this exchange occurred.
Lisa: Are your pants on backwards?
Brian: No! Why would you say that? (Said in a weird sort of overly defensive tone.)
Lisa: No that's not it...they're on inside out!
Brian: No they're not! They're REVERSIBLE. (Again, really emphatic and offended.)
Lisa: Are you sure? Alright, whatever.
Then I get to looking a little and I'm puzzled.
Lisa: If they're reversible why are there tags on the outside, and why wouldn't they sew the seams a little differently, and...
Brian: (Interrupting me) It's really bothering you isn't it? Fine, I'll put them on the other way. (Proceeds to change the shorts in the kitchen, which probably isn't sanitary but probably was enjoyed by the neighbors.)
After a brief, silent moment, we make eye contact:
Lisa: The shorts weren't reversible were they? You just didn't realize they were on inside out.
Brian: (Smiles sheepishly and bustles out of the room.)
I'm still a little puzzled about the defensive nature that Brian assumed and the immediate fabrication about reversible shorts. Who says men aren't sensitive?
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