My Husband Wants To Drag Our Whole Family To See Plymouth Rock. How Do I Talk Him Out Of It?
Rachel has lived in Massachusetts her whole life but she married a man from Indianapolis. He wants to go to Plymouth Rock for Thanksgiving but she wants to go Black Friday shopping and feels like its “just a rock” and its not worth going to.
Jonathan: We got an email from a listener named Rachel. She says, I love the show. I listen, every single morning whether I’m going to work or not. Well, thank you so much for that, Rachel.
Ayla: Yeah thanks.
Jonathan: Here’s a problem I have for panic button. My husband wants to go to Plymouth Rock. Is that not enough?
Ayla: Hmm.
Jonathan: Okay, well, here’s the thing. I’m from New England, born and raised, and he isn’t. He has no idea how stupid and lame Plymouth Rock is. I tried to tell him, quote, It’s just a rock. There’s nothing there. It’s just a rock, literally just sitting there. And he then launched into a whole rant.
Ayla: That’s Anti-American.
Jonathan: Yes this rant about how I don’t appreciate America.
Ayla: Wow.
Jonathan: I might as well be a communist. Oh, my God. And I have no love for our history. I told him, I’ve been to Plymouth Rock many times and there’s no point in going. It’s boring. He was raised in Indianapolis, and the closest thing they have to some kind of American history is the Indy 500. I’m sure that went over well. The thing is that he also wants to go on Black Friday.
Ayla: He wants to go to Plymouth Rock on Black Friday. Okay.
Jonathan: I always go shopping on Black Friday, and he knows that. And he said, I think that our history is more important than shopping. I then said, Why don’t we go a different day? He said, No, it has to be on Black Friday.
Ayla: Because it’s around things.
Jonathan: Because it was around Thanksgiving.
Ayla: They have kids? Does it say?
Jonathan: She said he wants to drag me and our kids out on their one of their day off from school to Plymouth Rock again to just look at a freaking rock.
Ayla: They must live kind of far away. Does it say where they live? Because it seems like a trip. You know what I mean? It’s like I live in Weymouth to go to Plymouth. That’s 20, 25 minutes. But if he wants to get the kids, take the day, go to Plymouth.
Jonathan: She’s just in New Hampshire. Rachel in New Hampshire. I’m going to say Nashua.
Ayla: That’s a trip. Nashua.
Jonathan: Who is right? Me for saying it’s just a freaking rock and not anything special. Or him saying it’s a piece of American history that I should appreciate more. That is from Rachel in New Hampshire.
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