He Said/She Said

Our friends had an argument last night. She told me about it today on the phone, and He told my husband about it today at work. Tonight, when my husband got home, we were talking and these friends came up in conversation and my husband told me, “Yeah, He was pretty aggravated at Her today.” Then my husband told me the same story from His point of view. So I said, “Well, She told me She thought this,” and I related what I had heard. So then we’re doing this:

“Well, He said….”

“Yeah, well, She just thought….”

And suddenly WE are having THEIR argument and IT DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH US. Finally, I said, “Look, if we’re going to argue tonight, surely we have some stuff of our own to fight about. Do we need to get all in this mess?” So he had to get one more dig in on The Male Point of View then, thankfully, the whole thing ended.