“You should have let them check it first.”
“It’s not that bad,” Stephen tried.
“You always act as if you know everything,” Martha pressed. “Five more minutes and they would have found the glitch.”
Stephen shrugged. “I’ll fix it.”
“Like you did the hole in our sky?” Martha retorted, satisfied with how his hands tightened on the steering wheel. At least he was getting a taste of the frustration he was causing.
“Now our daughter will have to grow up with a partial simulation,” she added. To rub it in.
“Our simulated daughter.”
He always did get the last word.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt © Fleur Lind
Na'ama Yehuda 
Intriguing story Na’ama
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Thanks, Sadje. I figure that the bantering doesn’t really change, no matter the realities one lives … 😉
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Indeed! 👍🏼
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😀
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I have the feeling that it was probably not the last word. Simulations have come so far, even with offspring. 🙂
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Indeed … I think that this is round 10246 of many more … 😉
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🙂
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Their interaction reminds me of the saying, “do you want to be right, or do you want peace?”.
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100% spot on! 🙂 (and … I do like being right, AND to have peace! 😉 as it WILL be peaceful if one just agrees with me! ) 😉
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That’s a woman’s right! 😀
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LOL, it is anyone’s right, really. To be right. At least some of the time … Well, if they are right, that is … 😉
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Even when nothing makes sense, everything makes sense
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LOL! I don’t know if that’s praise or complaint but … LOL Yep!
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The last word for now perhaps. I imagine this going on into the future!
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Yep! Give it ten minutes … 😉
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A virtual daughter! Wait until the virtual teenage angst sets in!
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LOL! I know! Only consolation may be if it comes with a pause (or skip chapter) button … 😉
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Haha, matrixy vibe here. Are we real or simulations?
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Hmmm … interesting question, perhaps THEY are a simulation, too! 😀 LOL!
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Ye. I don’t know if the german director Rainer W Fassbender
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LOL!
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Sorry, I wanted to make the reply window larger and clicked on send instead…
Anyway, Rainer Werner Fassbinder made a two-part TV mini series in the seventies which, to me, is the standard for all ‘are we a simulation or real’ stories. It’s on amazon https://www.amazon.de/World-Wire-Restored-Rainer-Fassbinder/dp/B01I06WNVE/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2QWHLOP0CI2V&keywords=fassbinder+world+on+a+wire&qid=1673866191&sprefix=fassbinder+world+on+a+wire%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-1 or elsewhere, just to give you an idea. I highly recommend it if you like this kind of story.
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OH, thanks! Sounds interesting!
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a little banter can help build a healthy relationship. 🙂
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Sometimes for sure!
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Sometimes being single isn’t so bad.
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LO!!! Totally!
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Simulate! Simulate! Dance to the music! Sorry, I lost control for a moment there. 😀 Love the banter. Shows that squabbles between spouses are universal. (This is the kind of comment you get when the commentor is up past her bedtime). Good story in any event.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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🙂 Yeah … for many of us banter is an excellent indicator of that moment’s communication aptitude quotient …
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