Disclaimer: This story is not from my own experience, and is not told from my perspective! Enjoy! :)
Me – Jake: 38
My Wife – Kaitlyn: 34
Friend 1 The Husband – James: 39
Friend 2 The Wife – Amy: 37
“He did WHAT???”, I overheard Kaitlyn (my wife) exclaim loudly from the kitchen before forcing her voice to a lower volume, no doubt trying to refrain from drawing my attention. Too late, I knew she was talking to her best friend Amy, and she was using her familiar “this is really exciting and I need to hear more, but I’ll try and pretend I’m not as excited as I actually am” voice. It was a voice I had come to know well over the long years of their friendship, and it never failed to signal my attention like a dog whistle tuned only for my ears.