“I got you.”
At first I wasn’t sure who the pizza shop worker was talking to.
My wife was the one placing the order and proudly wearing her wedding ring.
My wife continues to order and once again the words come freely from the worker’s mouth.
“I got you.”
Wait.
They were talking to my wife.
Excuse me.
I had watched Little Rascals and heard Alfalfa sing to Darla, “I got you babe.”
While they had yet to add “babe” to their poetic refrain to my wife I was thinking they should refrain from even saying “I got you” to her.
After a few more times of hearing “I got you” our order was finally placed.
As we turned to walk to our table I said to my wife:
“I got you.”
Okay, I didn’t but I should have.
I will be the first to admit that I am not proficient when it comes to the current lingo.
Apparently, when talking today “I got you” means
“I understand.”
Kind of like:
“We would like a medium cheese pizza.”
“I got you.”
In my mind I have gone back to the pizza place and looked the pizza worker in the eye, and with a twinkle in my eye I said to them:
“I got you.”
Now that I have a new understanding about
“I got you”(or should I say a new I got you about I got you?) I think we could all use a few more “I got you” people in our life.
“I am stressed”
I got you.
“I am scared”
I got you.
“I am sad”
I got you.
“I am tired”
I got you.
“I am confused”
I got you.
Life is hard and it helps to have people who can say
I understand.
I got you.
Today, wherever you find yourself, pizza place included, be an I got you kind of person.
Let me end by saying to my wife what I should have said at the pizza place:
I got you.
© Travis L. Edwards