Welcome to Massachusetts

[redbird]

adrian_turtle and I just came back from a walk, with an assortment of groceries we probably don't need, from the Middle Eastern store downstairs.

There was no heat or hot water this morning; Adrian called the maintenance people about the problem before we went out, and it was fixed by the time we got back.

One of her neighbors was getting out of the elevator as we reached it. Sbe stopped us to talk about the hot water and such, and then as the door was closing, said "So, you're husband and wife?"

I said "Not actually married, but yes" rather than bothering to sort out genders, and as we went up in the elevator, Adrian said "Welcome to Massachusetts." I'm not actually sure whether she read one of us as male, or if "husband and wife" is her phrasing for "married."