First of all, this.
Second of all, what’s with his and hers keys? My wife and I each carry the key for the other’s car all the time so we don’t have to deal with “Can I borrow your keys.”
Given Nava’s example, yes, I can see where that answer is ambiguous (and fightin’ words). My position is “ask a vague question, get a vague answer.” Especially if I know someone communicates in this way, I ask the question as specifically as I can.
If there’s one place that purses live, as one would expect from there being several purses all in one place, then yes, really.
But the hypothetical is that there is apparently one place where purses belong. If there’s such a place, telling you the keys are in my purse is telling you exactly where they are.
And in that case, “in my purse” is an ambiguous, non-helpful answer. But when there are four or five purses all in the same place, that person is almost certainly not the type to put her purse down in a different spot every time she comes in. (And ime, that’s really unusual–every woman I know has 3 or fewer places her purse is likely to be set down.)
So do we. That doesn’t necessarily mean he knows where his keys are.
My husband does something similar - he’s a very reasonable, even-tempered man, which I normally really appreciate, but sometimes I don’t want him to see both sides of the question - I want him to see MY side. In all fairness, though, if I let him know that this isn’t a general discussion, this is something that I have an emotional investment in, he does get on board.
That is an entirely different problem then.
I am surprised that my example was so controversial. Is it really that strange that a SO would have keys to things the other partner doesn’t?
Keys my wife has that I do not that I might potentially need:
- Keys to the biology building on campus, as well as keys to several specific labs.
- A key to her bike lock
- The master key to our home
Further, you’ve never misplaced your keys or locked them in the house or something?
Not strange at all. But carrying her car keys on my keyring solves this problem rather elegantly.
Never. If my cars aren’t in my pocket, they’re on the kitchen table. If they’re not on the kitchen table or my pocket, my lifeless body is likely somewhere in the house while the killer absconds with my car as a getaway vehicle.
I am confused by this. You do not have (but admit you might need) a key to your home?
For someone who claims to not read into a question, you’re doing a lot of assuming based on what was supposed to be a comical back and forth. But please, come out and say exactly what you think of me.
I appreciate that you only have one purse and a hook upon which it can always be found in your home. However, I have noticed that some women tend to have many purses that often match an outfit; my wife included. In my wife’s case, there is rarely any one given place in which a purse can be expected. Right now there are two on the bedroom floor, one hung on her office chair, one on the loveseat, one hanging with our coats, and several more in the closet. All of these purses not in the closet have been used in the past few days.
Regardless, I feel like I’m explaining a joke to someone being purposefully obtuse.
There’s a difference between a master key and a normal key. We only have one house-key that doesn’t have the “do not copy” label printed on it. I have had mixed results with making copies of keys with that printed in them, so should I want to make a copy I would likely use hers.
Thanks.
I knew what a master key was, just assumed that would be the one that each of you would have.
But if asked upon the location of your keys by someone who obviously needs them, would you say “They are in my house.” ?
In our case, we only have one car, with a key to it on both our sets. (Housekeys on both, too.) Our separate sets have work-related keys.
Even so, I would interpret a query about where my keys are as probably meaning that he wanted them for some reason, and that I should give him sufficient instructions as to how to find them easily.
Well, let this thread be evidence that I am a small child who loses his keys often enough to justify having “do no copy” written on them.
Edit: For the literal readers here: I am over the age of 13.
Thank you a million times over.
Of course not. I’d say they were on the kitchen table. I’m not a psycho.
Now you have to come back to the thread later and say “Of course, our kitchen table is actually in the shed behind our house.”
I’ve lost track of who in this thread will be amused by that and who will be offended.
I’m curious - does “do not copy” somehow make it uncopyable? I’m not familiar with this.
A key stamped “do not copy” will generally cause your key cutting dude to say, “I can’t make a copy of this key.” Keys for offices in my building are stamped this way so that you can’t make a spare key for when you are fired and want to come place a bomb on someone’s desk. It does not physically make the key uncopyable.
To the OP: I am the annoying Devil’s Advocate. My ex hated that, but if the question is “Why would they do X?” my answer is most likely going to be an explanation of the possible reasons why that thing might be done. If he wanted me to be pissed with him, the appropriate path to that would be “They do X this way and it pisses me off; come be mad with me!”