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A visit to the land of the other

A long, busy day draws to its end. Sabine has studied with the children all afternoon, gone to see the doctor with the little one and done the shopping for the birthday party the next weekend. When the children are finally in bed, she still has to tidy the kitchen, hoping that Roland will be home soon.

Around ten o’clock, Roland comes home, obviously exhausted, and throws his bag into a corner.

“I’m completely done in, today was simply too much. I’m going to watch some tv.”

“Come on, really? You want to watch tv now? But I so wanted to tell you about my day!”

“I’m exhausted – do you really think this is the best time for me to sit down and talk?”

In the end, they do sit down together with a glass of wine, and Sabine begins to talk. Roland listens, yawning from time to time. Soon she drops a cue that prompts Roland to talk about himself. He gets into his stride and ends up telling her about his whole day. Sabine, who has not finished her story, is becoming more unfocused by the minute.

“I thought you wanted to watch tv, and now you’re telling me everything about your day.”

“I thought you wanted us to talk.”

“True, but I hadn’t even finished, and now you’re telling me your whole story.”

“Actually, I didn’t feel like talking, but I still made an effort. And now I’d like to tell you something, and you aren’t listening!”

Roland goes to the kitchen to get a glass of water. “In the kitchen there are crumbs all over the place. You know I don’t like that.” “Now that’s the last straw! First you don’t want to talk, then you don’t listen, and now you’re accusing me of not doing the chores. Haven’t you noticed how clean the apartment is? And you complain about a few crumbs!”

“And what about you? I come home completely done in, wanting to relax a little, and you absolutely have to talk. I’m talking all day anyway.”