Gloria P wrote:

> When I was doing my airport volunteer shift a few weeks ago one of the
> cleaning people (Hispanic, legal) stopped to chat. He asked if we got
> paid for the job (no) then asked why I was there when I should be
> home, "taking care of your husband".

What on earth made him think you wanted his opinion on that
subject?

> I told him that fortunately my husband was very capable of taking
> care of himself for an afternoon or even longer. He went away
> shaking his head.

He's worried his wife will get funny ideas that would involve him
having to figure out how to take care of himself.

nancy