this morning #1440.

this morning, pretty much as soon as we got to the car, they started to spar. it started with an offhand comment he made. a quip about her outfit. it didn’t even make that much sense. she fired back with a crack about his hat. didn’t make much sense either. he removed his hat & whacked her over the head with it. she escalated the situation with her fist. he started to flail his arms in her direction. she did the same to him. using my calm voice, i asked them to stop. they ignored me. went right on fighting. my wife pulled the car over. cut the engine. that got their attention. then she asked “are you two done?” in a bone-dry tone that stopped the brawl cold. they looked at each other. the fight was over.