*Ok, this may not be an entirely true life funny story.
Part One
Last night, something incredible happened.
It went something like this:
James and I are cuddling together on the couch, sharing about the day’s we’ve just had. All of a sudden, he says something that sets the cogs in my brain on overdrive, and abruptly, it all clicks into place.
“I can’t believe you’re a superhero!” I exclaim.
“You really had no idea after all this time?” He asks me patiently, his kind eyes staring into my soul. I shake my head, suddenly feeling very small, but also strangely comfortable. “Here,” he continues gently, “take off my glasses.”
Slowly, I reach up and, with a trembling hand, remove his glasses. My breath catches in awe. “Oh my goodness. Wow. It really is true.”
“Yes,” he says, still looking at me in the same gentle fashion, “see, all this time it’s me you’ve been making out with.”
And suddenly, I did see. No wonder it was so super.
Part Two
Tonight I sent him a message saying:
“Hey my love, thinking of and missing you. Everytime I think of the superhero thing I smile though.”
He replied (maybe telepathically but I can’t disclose that information):
“I’m off to a meeting. Who knows, keep your eyes peeled and you might see a flash past your window sometime tonight. Xox”
Of course, I waited by the window like a maiden of old (except I was wearing trackies instead of a gorgeous, puffer-fish sleeved, dress). I got very excited when I saw something.
“I think I saw a flash! Are you wearing tight shiny yellow underpants?”
A little while later, I was on the phone to mum when I heard a tap on the window.
I went to the door and cracked up laughing.
“Sorry mum, James just turned up at the door, and I’m not sure I should tell you why I’m laughing… Want to take a guess?”
Without missing a beat, and without having heard a single syllable about James being a superhero, she said “Oh, I don’t know… He’s wearing his underpants on the outside?”
Both James’ and my jaws dropped.
I’m bloody surrounded by superheroes!
Also. His underpants were red.
*****
As a last sidenote, I think the most impressive part of all of this is the fact that James managed to swap his underwear from the inside of his trousers (for the meeting) to the outside of his trousers (for me) in the confined space of his tiny car.
Even superman got to use a phonebox.
