Bruno

Discussion (6) ¬

1. 
   Peter Rogan

   November 8, 2017 at 11:58 pm | #

   I know this moment. A friend of mine was in the process of falling in love with her artistic collaborator, who lived with her and her husband at the time. I wanted to invite them all to dinner, but got stuck at: “I’d like to invite you, and, uh…”

   “My extended family?” she smiled.

   Quite so.
2. 
   llirium

   November 9, 2017 at 10:28 am | #

   Extended family… not the way I used to use the phrase, but I may start using it for this case now. :)
3. 
   ronald

   November 10, 2017 at 2:14 am | #

   “You and the other members of your household.”
4. 
   Peter Rogan

   November 10, 2017 at 6:46 pm | #

   No good. That would include the dogs and both cats.
5. 
   ronald

   November 11, 2017 at 6:01 pm | #

   Some people would classify their pets as “extended family” so one would work as well as the other. ;-)

   Anyway, it can be reasonably presumed that neither the inviter nor the invitee are, you know, ROBOTS or anything of the sort so maybe it could be taken for granted that ultra-strict literalism was being dispensed with.
6. 
   Peter Rogan

   November 11, 2017 at 6:54 pm | #

   She and I are both writers. Her response was, I realized, arrived at beforehand, and I respect that. And she knew I would. Negotiations complete. We don’t have to make a big deal out of it, any of it.