It is more commonly relayed by the circulating nurse in the OR when a spouse calls in to remind the doctor of their child's piano recital, an anniversary dinner, or a plane to catch in a few hours.
I've witnessed situations where a soldier was handcuffed after the spouse called 911 and pressed charges, however, afterwards the unit commander never contacted the spouse.
In the lowly realm of humans, there is a poor, childless couple, the good-hearted Barak (the bass Franz Hawlata), a dyer by trade, and his frustrated spouse, called the Dyer's Wife.
For example, "We investigated these results, but then we had to use the bathroom, which is where we sat when our spouse called".
Imagine climbing to the top of Everest, and as you try to catch your breath, the spouse calls, reminding you to bring back a gallon of Yak's milk on the way home.
You may continue to think of him as kind even if you hear his employees, co-workers, or spouse call him difficult, obstinate or quarrelsome.
Let your spouse call most of the shots for the time being.
"When we go into the summer, a lot of spouses call and say, 'I'm going to Cape Cod whether you do or not,' " said Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell Jr., chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
