While it Lasts

J: I really like playing bridge with you.

Me: (feeling very pleased with myself) really?

J: Ya. I really like it!

Me: (feeling even more pleased with myself) that's great.

J: Ya. You always think for a very long time before you bid. I also don't know what you are thinking about. Then, you bid. And it is such an unconventional bid. I don't know how you come up with that bid. I think it is Denise's convention.

Me: ?????? (pride totally thrown out of the window)

J: This is the first time I am seeing you so helpless and vulnerable. Finally, you look more like a woman.

Me: ???????? (feeling small)

J: I don't think it will last very long. Soon, you will be going like one spade, 2 clubs, without thinking.

Me: ??????? (feeling even smaller)

J: I better enjoyed it while it lasts.

Me: ................ (wishing I am invisible)