- On a hot afternoon visiting in Coleman Texas, a family is comfortably playing checkers on a porch, until the father-in-law suggests that they
- take a trip to Abiline (53 miles away) for dinner. The wife says, "Sounds like a great idea." The husband, despite having reservations
- because the drive is long and hot, thinks that his preferences must be out-of-step with the group and says, "Sounds good to me. I just hope
- your mother wants to go." The mother-in-law then says, "Of course I want to go. I haven't been to Abilene in a long time."
- The drive is hot, dusty, and long. When they arrive at the cafeteria, the food is as bad. They arrive back home four hours later, exhausted.
- One of them dishonestly says, "It was a great trip, wasn't it." The mother-in-law says that, actually, she would rather have stayed home, but
- went along since the other three were so enthusiastic. The husband says, "I wasn't delighted to be doing what we were doing. I only went
- to satisfy the rest of you." The wife says, "I just went along to keep you happy. I would have had to be crazy to want to go out in the heat
- like that." The father-in-law then says that he only suggested it because he thought the others might be bored.
- The group sits back, perplexed that they together decided to take a trip which none of them wanted. They each would have preferred to sit
- comfortably, but did not admit to it when they still had time to enjoy the afternoon.
When we were JW's, didn't we take that trip?
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