The Man

by Amy

A few months ago, Brad and I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding again.  We hadn't watched it since moving overseas and found it to be even funnier than we remembered.  It was hilarious watching two cultures clash!  We could relate in so many ways!!  Soon, after we watched it, our friends Kevin and Becky re-watched it as well.  That movie is full of some classic lines that the four of us often quote any time we're together.  This is our all time favorite scene:

So, two Greek sisters are working together, trying to figure out how to talk Sister #1's husband into letting their daughter work at Sister #2's travel agency instead of the husband's restaurant.  So, as they approach the husband, they completely manipulate the conversation until the husband comes up with this "great idea": Daughter should work at Sister #2's travel agency!  As the sisters are ohhhing and ahhhing over how smart the husband is to come us with such a plan, he leans back with a smug look on his face, takes his finger, lightly taps his right temple and says, "the man, the man."

So now, anytime Brad does something I couldn't do or know something I didn't know, he looks at me, taps his head and repeats this line.  It's pretty funny, but not nearly as funny as when my kids do it.  Here's a recent recap of a conversation I had with Alex yesterday:

Me:  Alex, run into my bathroom with me.  I’ll get some cream for your face. 

Alex [he had entered the bathroom before me]:  Look, Mom!  I opened the medicine cabinets for you. 

Me:  Thanks, but I don’t think it’s there; it’s still in my make-up bag from our trip.

[I close the medicine cabinet doors so I can dig in my bag without banging my head.  But, low and behold…. The cream wasn’t there.  So, I open the medicine cabinet doors again.]

Me:  Alex you were right.  It wasn’t in my bag; it’s right here in the cabinet like you thought.

Alex, without missing a beat, looks right up at me with a smug look on his face, uses his pointer finger to tap his head and says, “The Man, Mama, the man!” 

I laughed, hard, of course.  Then, I asked:

Me:  What would I say if I were right?

Alex:  You’d say ‘the woman,’ but you’ve never been right before.