27. The Thin Line
Years ago, I was having a walk with my (ex!) GF one day when we ran into a colleague of mine. Had a brief chat with a said colleague. Afterwards, my GF went inexplicably quiet. You know that moment when you suddenly notice a big drop in temperature? Went through that whole “what’s wrong?” “Nothing!” charade, until I finally got her to explain. She had never seen my colleague before, but remembered that many months before, in some conversation, I had apparently described her as “somewhat chubby”. Now my GF had compared my colleague’s figure to hers, concluding (erroneously) there was not that much of a difference, ergo I had called my GF a fat cow.