true friends

this weekend i learned that a true friend will stick with you even when you call her husband a douchebag. a fucking douchebag, to be exact. here is how it went down. i was watching comedy central friday night and saw a comedian making fun of the cadillac escalade hybrid. he was speculating about the type of family that would own this vehicle and how they might justify it - saying how he could picture the interview with the wife, who might say "well, i'm an environmentalist..... and my husband is a total fucking douchebag." i thought it was pretty funny. so the following day when i went to my friend's house to ride with her to the lake for a girls' night, her husband was outside and offered to help me load my things into her car. as we were packing it all up, i told him about the bit on comedy central. i don't know him all that well, so i was a little nervous about the language and the potential for him to take offense. but, as usual, i said it anyway. and he chuckled. my friend came out and we loaded up and drove to the lake. on the way, i told her about the bit and mentioned that i had told her husband and that i hoped he was not offended. she burst into laughter and told me that he had suggested the escalade hybrid and that she had refused to consider it because she is an environmentalist. we both did the math. oops.