The husband has a little-known quirk when it comes to counting with his fingers. I first discovered this peculiarity not long after we started dating. We had a *study session in the campus canteen to mug for our finals and we were testing each other on one of those media theories I never really understood.
To illustrate point 1, he raised his thumb to form a “good” sign – which was fine and totally normal.
To illustrate point 2, he raised his thumb and index finger – also normal.
At point 3, he raised his thumb, index finger and middle finger. Which led me to assume that at point 4, he would also raise his fourth finger like most normal people would.
But at point 4, he raised his first 3 fingers and his pinky, like he was making a claw.
Me: What’s that?
Husband: *still holding the claw* What’s what? You didn’t understand content analysis?
Me: No, that. *pointing to the claw*
Husband: *still holding the claw* You mean point 4?
Me: Seriously, your point 4 is the spiderman claw?
Husband: How do you do point 4, genius?
Me: Like normal people do…with the pinky down. Or with the thumb down.
Husband: I am holding up 4 fingers, that counts as 4 right?
Me: I don’t think it works that way. That’s distracting, like you’re missing a finger. Just do this. *held up my first 4 fingers with the pinky down*
Husband: I can’t. My fingers hurt.
Me: Ok stop it, you’re making it worse. Now it’s like a chicken claw. How about you don’t ever count with your fingers?
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What I forgot to add was that he’s also not supposed to teach the kids how to count with their fingers. Because this is what happens.
*By study session, I mean a session where we engaged in intellectual discourses on media theories instead of say, watching Will Farrell videos on youtube.
