The Brain and the Heart

Last Saturday night, Kyle and I went to Meskwaki Bingo & Casino about 60 miles away with his Business Networking Group. Kyle is the president of this group, and had coordinated this event and was SO excited for it. We had 2 limos to take about 35 of us there (these limos were huge!), and had lots of alcohol to help "pass the time" during the trip. Of course, all alcohol had to be either gone or throw away before we entered the Indian Reservation - but that wasn't a problem.

About 20 miles into our trip, the roads got REALLY bad. The snow we had received the days before were blowing over the roads, and with the temps outside at about 0 - this caused black ice everywhere. It was SO scarey! As we continued, we went slower and slower, until we were practically at a crawl, watching people behind us go in the ditch, and people coming at us literally stop in the road because they couldn't go straight anymore.

I finally turned to Kyle and said "You have to make a call here, are we turning around or continuing on?". Kyle - being the "party spirit" that he is, kept insisting that things were fine. He finally went up and talked to the driver, who advised him that if it was his call, he would turn around. We finally stopped along side of the road and waited for the limo behind us to catch up, while our limo driver and his boss (the other limo driver) talked.

As Kyle was in the front of the limo, I was talking to his friends in the back. One girl about our age had heard our conversation, and asked what I told Kyle. I explained to her that sometimes I have to be the voice of reason for Kyle because he is just so passionate about things that any sense of reality goes out the window. She responded with this comment:

"So, you're the brain and he's the heart?"

I had NEVER heard our relationship put that way, but she is exactly right. I am always the one saying "we should probably turn off the TV now, you should probably come home now, we should go to the bed now, we should go see your parents now", etc. Kyle is more concered about everyone having a good time, keeping up with his networks, in general, playing, either with his friends of the boys. The boys are golfing in the living room as I type this right now.

That statement by her made me put everything in our relationship into perspective. This totally makes sense now.

The Brain and the Heart made an excellent compromise that night. We did make it to the Casino, but only stayed until 9:30 just in case we had any problems going on, and made sure both limos were together at all times. It was a good time, and we made it home without incident.

Happy Valentine's Day!