My husband, the wonderful man by my side, who is no longer allowed to buy pictures or art without my supervision, outdid himself. Somehow he sneaked out and bought another picture. Where does he find them you ask? In an art Galerie? In a store? No, my husband finds his art bargains in a resale shop or at estate sales -bless his little heart.
Now almost 60 years old, he still looks like a little boy when he thinks he did something special. “Look, honey, what I found?” he said and proudly presented me THE PICTURE.
“Oh dear, it’s an angel,” I said and rolled my eyes inside.
“Look at the frame, isn’t it beautiful? I paid only $30 bucks,” I could see how proud he was.
“What are we going to do with an angel picture?” I wondered, just because I am curious by nature.
“Didn’t you look for a picture over the bed?” I raised my eyebrows and gave him one of my famous looks.
“The frame is pretty,” I mention to say, just because hitting him with the picture seemed wrong at this point in time.
“You know what’s going to happen when I put a picture of an angel over the bed, right?”
“Death by an angel,” he said and looked very serious. “That’s going to be hard to explain.”
“How did your wife die they will ask me?” he went on and I shook my head.
“An angel picture fell off the wall and hit her in the head in her sleep,” I finished the sentence and we both chuckled.
And now I proudly present the angel and as you can see, it’s still hanging and hasn’t hit me yet -what I find very surprising.
A religious picture hanging over the bed of an agnostic woman. I am not even sure what to call that. Irony? Sarcasm? Humor? Satire? Bad taste?
Every morning when I make the bed I look at the picture and shake my head. “How in the world did I end up with a picture of an angel over my bed?” I wonder but there is no answer.
The universe is quiet!
This is hilarious!
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They say it’s the thought that counts. 🙂 🙂 We were at a Christmas fair today and I could see my husband quietly contemplating what he could ‘surprise’ me with this year. I shook my head, gently.
““Death by an angel,” he said and looked very serious. “That’s going to be hard to explain.”” bwahahahaha!!!! 🤣
The only thing is that I interpreted the line differently. I thought he meant that you were going to kill him with it in his sleep. bwahahahaha! Sorry, I’m still laughing. It’s funny either way 🤣
Yep, that angel has to go. 🙂
A sweet gesture. I don’t hate it!
Laughing out loud. Hilarious. I use the same phrase, “I don’t hate it,” each and every time when I don’t want to use words like ugly or terrible. 🙂
It’s not your style (nor mine) but it’s a sweet gift from your husband. And it’s not totally ugly. So that’s a win/win.
No, it’s not ugly, but very, very cheese. We have a community garage sale in May and I think the angel might get adopted by someone who will appreciate it more than me.
That cloud looks mighty crowded to me. Don’t be surprised if you wake up one morning with a cherubim beside you in bed!
Brave cherubim 🙂
i find this too funny for words! I absolutely do not know how I would react in the unlikely even that my (atheist) husband gave me a picture of an Angel and then hung it over the marital bed but to be frank if I were to choose an angel which in fairness is equally unlikely for my own hotchpotch homemade belief system I’d have that madame discipline of the angelic hosts any day 😂 😂 😂
I rather like it, which may speak to my own skew-y taste. “I don’t know ‘good’ art, but I know what I like!” (paraphrased from someone whom I don’t know their name). And a question (respectfully offered): “don’t agnostics believe in angels?” Hubby was an agnostic and as I understand agnosticism from his point of view anyhow, it was the practice of believing in higher powers (including angels) but not in formalized religion. Um? But I do see the irony in having a perhaps religious icon picture over the bed of one who eschews all that stuff….and I hope your hubby used an anchor nail to hang it with. Those things are impossible to dislodge…well save it be from an ‘act of God” (snicker). Lovely post as usual! <3
Agnosticism is the view that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable.
However, I do believe in unicorns, dragons, mermaids and elves, because I know they do exist, I have seen them when I was a child. 🙂
I like it! And she looks like a warrior angel, so that’s good. Right?
Yes, it does look like a warrior angel, you are right. Perhaps it won’t hit me, but cut my head off. 🙂
Well, there is that.