With a face like, 'What are you talking about?'

Me: 'Hey, tomorrow, I'm leaving the house a little after 7 AM. And the day after tomorrow, I'll be back around the time ◯◯my second daughter gets home.'

Husband: 'Hmm?'

Me: 'Hmm? What's with that face like, #What are you talking about?'

Husband: 'What was tomorrow again?'

Me: 'Huh? We're starting from there? I told you I was going to Tokyo tomorrow. I even told you I booked the Shinkansen.'

Husband: 'Ah, the Tokyo drinking trip? Wait, you're staying over?'

Me: 'Huh? Yes, I'm staying over. Huh? I'm staying over. You're the one who said I should just stay over, remember?'

Husband: '...Did I say that?'

Me: 'Huh? What? Where did we lose you?'

Husband: '...Did we have that conversation?'

Me: 'Remember when I went out for drinks with ◯my eldest daughter before? When I said, "I realized I can finally go out for drinks like this without worrying," you said, "That's right, the kids are in high school now, I can handle dinner and stuff, you should just go!"'

Husband: 'Oh, oh. Yeah, you should just go.'

Me: 'And then I went to Osaka, remember? Just for the day.'

Husband: 'Oh, yeah. You had fun, right?'

Me: 'Yeah. And this time, we were talking about the Kanto group getting together for drinks. But I said a day trip to Tokyo would be pretty hectic, and then you said...'

Husband: 'Oh.'

The cat sleeping on my husband's lap suddenly woke up and looked at me.

Me: 'I said it would be hectic and I'd have to be back by Monday morning for things like making bento boxes, and you said, "For one day, we can just buy something or manage somehow, so why don't you just stay over?" I thought you were a saint. I asked, "Wait, really!? Are you sure!?" and you said, "We can manage for one day, you should just stay over."

The cat let out a weak "Meow" at me.
Such a perceptive little thing.

Husband: 'I did? Is that so...?'

Me: 'Huh? Seriously!? How can you not remember?'

Husband: 'Hmm, well, I guess I might have said that.'

Me: 'To begin with, even when the kids were babies, you were perfectly fine with going out drinking all the time. Your work hours were way later than they are now, too. And even when it was finally your day off, you'd head off to play baseball first thing in the morning. In the end, I was doing everything on my own the whole time.'

Husband: '.........'

The cat turned toward my husband and let out a 'Meow.'
You know exactly what's going on.

Me: 'So. When I finally said that maybe, just maybe, I could go out for a drink again, you said, "Yeah, you should go!" Remember?'

Sensing at this point that the situation was completely against him, my husband sat back deeper into the sofa.

Husband: '...It was an overnight trip, right... Yeah, that's right.'

Me: 'Exactly.'

Husband: 'Um, where was it you were staying again?'

This time, I gave him a look that said, #WhatAreYouTalkingAbout.

After all, I hadn't told him where I was staying at all. Of course, I had secretly booked a place, and since it's him, he might have just gone along with whatever I said, but I decided to be honest about it here.

Me: 'I didn't tell you that. I booked a business hotel in Akasaka.'

Husband: 'Ah, I see. Hmm.'

Me: 'Are you okay for tomorrow and the day after?'

Husband: 'Should be fine. Akasaka, huh? Take care, okay?'

Me: 'Yeah, I'm counting on you.'

Husband: 'Yeah. Have a good time.'

Me: 'Thanks.'

The cat got off my husband's lap and went to look out the window.
As if to say, 'Good grief.'