1 Are they so comfortable with awkward silence?

2 Has their conversation dried up after having spent decades together?

3 Are they so famished they sit in silent angst as they wait to be served? 

4 Did they just get in another lover’s quarrel, and are now pretending the other doesn’t exist? 

5 Is she trying to get up the courage to tell him she wants a divorce, as she fiddles with her ring-finger? 

6 Are they aghast at the service given they’re still waiting for a menu?

7 Was the appetizer so sublime it left them speechless? 

8 Did he throw his back out again? Is she having another round of arthritic pain?

9 Orrr, is he about to pop the question and mustering the nerve to do it gracefully? 

10 Could it be they’re playing the silent game? Since back home, their parrots never stop yapping?

11 Did they just make mind-blowing soul-connecting love and don’t want to ruin the aftermath with words?

12 Did they just finish a 10-course Micheline meal and digestion has taken over their entire being?

13 Are they telepathically communicating?

14 Is this a blind date gone bad? Did he ask her age?😮

15 Did one just pass gas and it’s still living and breathing—and neither wants to react and reveal it was one of them?

16 Are they an estranged brother and sister who are doing a perfunctory once-a-year dinner?

17 Are they distressed because their children are impossible and they don’t have the heart or energy to talk about it?

18 Is one being testy and anxiously waiting to see if the other remembers their anniversary or birthday? 

19  Are they grieving the loss of a beloved one?

20 Is this life as usual for this merry-go-round couple?

#ExcuseMeIDidn’tMeanToAssume