You know what they say about assumptions...

Here in Florida, we've been through all kinds of rain.... I think Forrest Gump described it best as, "Little bitty stingin' rain, and big ol' fat rain, rain that flew in sideways, and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath." When we pulled into Holiday Florida, it was big ol' fat rain. By the time we got checked in and to our site, it was flying in sideways and straight up from underneath. Everything was wet by the time we were all inside.

Funny thing about communication with your significant other...something I am going to make an effort to work on, girl speak and boy speak is very different. I'll give you a hypothetical situation....And for all you WHEB fans, you may even wish to call this scenario, "Who's the douchebag?"

Family pulls into camping site, it is raining buckets.

Husband (let's call him Ike) says, "I'm going to wait until it stops raining to hook up".

Wife (we'll call her...Sal, short for Sally), who has been monitoring the weather closely, says "It isn't going to stop raining until tomorrow"

Now, if we could stop time and ask Ike exactly what he means, he might expand his statement to say, "I'm going to wait until the rain stops coming down in buckets to hook up." But that's not what he said and Ike assumed Sal knew what he meant.

So back to Ike and Sal...

Sal, assuming Ike really isn't going to hook-up and detach the camper until the rain stops, follows Ike into the camper, where he deploys the slide-out. Sal uses the ladies room, and returns to find Ike not in the camper. She assumes he is grabbing a dog and heading back inside, so she begins to unpack the inside of the camper. When Ike does not return, she heads outside to find Ike dripping in the monsoon, he has already detached the camper from the truck, and is preparing to lower the stabilizers (usually a two person job).

Sal, "I thought you were going to wait...I would have helped you"

Ike, "Well, I'm this far already, might as well finish."

Sal jumps in to help, and they finish setting up the rig.

Ike, "We can run on the battery until the rain stops, I'm not messing with electricity in the rain"

Sal, "Okay..." (thinking in her head it isn't going to stop raining until tomorrow, and still not on the same page about the monsoon volume of rain Ike is referring to) and she runs into their camper out of the monsoon. Ike does not follow, she assumes he is going to get a dog from the vehicle before he comes in, but he doesn't come back in...

Sal goes back outside to find Ike messing with sewer hoses and electrical cords.

Sal, "I thought you were going to wait..."

Ike, "Well, you didn't approve, so I'm going to get it all done for you, I can't get any wetter than I already am." (Why does Ike think Sal doesn't approve? Ike assumed the "Okay" from his wife was code for "not okay," possibly perpetuated by the tone Sal took due to her inner monologue?)

Sal once again jumps in to assist in the remaining chores outside. They finish up, and the evening progresses, with the monsoon ending just as set up is complete.

Ike assumes twice... Sal assumes three times...

With all the assumptions in their communication, I think I have demonstrated why to ASSUME makes an ASS out of YOU and ME...

But who is the douchebag?