During my first knee replacement, Christine was concerned that I would attempt to do too much too soon in the recovery process of my knee replacement. She wanted me to wake her up in the middle of the night when I needed to go to the restroom. She wanted to protect me from falling over while using the walker to get from the bedroom to the bathroom. Being either a disobdient husband or a practical husband, I woke up at 1 a.m and went to the bathroom without informing her
She caught me
Christine, standing by the bed in her pajamas with her hands on her hips: “In the middle of the night, you have to call me on the phone when you need to go potty.”
Me: “Okay."
Christine: “Do you have your cell phone in your pocket and turned on?”
Me: “Uh, no.”
Christine, with a scowl, “You have to have your phone turned on!”
Me: “But if I fall over, I won’t be able to call you anyway. I’ll probably hit my head and knock myself out. How about if I promise to fall over loud enough to wake you up?”
Christine degenerated into a giggle: “Stop making me laugh. This is serious.”
Me: “Since you are sleeping on an air mattress in the next room for now, I could promise to time my fall to land on top of you. Then I wouldn’t have to call you.”
Christine, still giggling: “You are so…”
Me: “I turned on my phone. I’ll try to call on the way down.”
She gave up and went back to bed.
I love that woman.