I got a call from the DW this morning telling me, A) DD1 has two cavities and B) our water taps had gone dry. I immediately launched into telling her that we had plenty of water stored, to use the collected rain water for flushing the toilets, to call the neighbor to confirm their water was out, etc... And as I was talking I could feel the phone in my hand freeze over...

D'oh! I don't know about your wives, but with mine the first step always needs to be saying, "Wow honey, that really sucks. You must be feeling miserable."

Once I remembered to say those words DW snapped out of her funk, thanked me for understanding her needs and started taking care of things again. We're a month away from our 10-year anniversery and I still always forget that step one is not to solve the problem but to give DW a little comfort.

-Blast