An Actual Conversation

I recently borrowed Pandemic from Russ for my wife and I to try out. It’s nice to play a game where we can play as a team instead of as opponents. The next day on my lunch break I read through the rules so that when I got home I could teach them to my wife. After dinner, we were doing the dishes and had the following conversation:

Me: “I’m excited to try Pandemic tonight. I read the rules at lunch and think it’ll play pretty easily.”
My Wife: “I read the rules, too.”
Me, with a completely shocked looked on my face: “Really!?”
Wife: “I opened the box and read through them while the girls napped this afternoon.”
Me, reaffirmed of my choice in my bride: “Wow, that’s awesome. I’m going to have to write a blog post on this.”
Wife: “Oh great, now all my friends will find out.”
Brief Pause
Wife: “Oh wait, they don’t read your blog.”
Me: “No one reads our blog.”
We both had a good laugh over that. (And thank you to those of you who do read and comment on our blog. We appreciate it greatly!)

We went on to play two quick games (one with 4 epidemic cards and one with 5) and won them both. Although the second game got pretty intense near the end. We were at 7 outbreaks and knew that the 8th (the one that would end the game) would occur if we didn’t treat Milan. I had the card to give her for her to cure it, but couldn’t pass a card and treat Milan. She lucked out on her card draw and we won on her next turn.