Random Observations by Liz Hall

Yesterday we were at a friend's house and I asked them why they use bar soap instead of the squirt kind. My husband looked at me like I had just stepped on his toe. After we left their house I asked him why he looked at me like that, and he said, "No reason, sometimes you just make strange observations."
It's true. I did however have a thought process which lead to the questioning however and it was this. I saw the soap and thought of my brother in law Ben who has an aloe vera allergy. Also you have to admit that seeing bar soap is somewhat rare these days so I decided to ask about it. I didn't see it as strange or random but I could see how they (including my husband) would. And I wouldn't even mention this except for the fact that I was going to actually make a post about another "strange" observation I made the other day at a restaurant. I'll get into that in a minute but going back to my thought processes... Why do I pay attention to things that most people could care less about? Because I find people interesting, I wonder why they buy certain things or behave in certain ways.
On to the restaurant. As I was eating my dinner the other night I noticed a couple sitting next to us. They were sitting kitty corner to each other. They were older and looked happy enough. The strange thing I noticed was that neither of them were talking to each other. They just ate, and drank, and sat, and ate another bite, ect...
Of course I was paying attention to my kids and talking to my husband and eating my own dinner but I did happen to glance over more than a few times and noted the same thing, complete silence. Have any of you ever seen this before? And if so what are your thoughts on it? It made me wonder if Eric and I would end up like that someday. And if they were just content to not talk or if they had run out of things to talk about........ I found myself thinking, I hope we never do end up like that, but then again maybe with age and time together you find it less exciting or necessary to chat about unimportant things and are more content just to have each other there. Maybe we wouldn't be sad at all. Or maybe I should just take my Mother's advice and stop staring! haha.
For Chelle: The reason they use bar soap is that they just like it better and because they had a lot left over from when the wife was pregnant and couldn't stand anything too strong smelling.