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Originally Posted by Rain Man

My wife is pretty good about these things.

Now my mother....

I remember that stuff driving me crazy as a teenager. The family would be in a restaurant and...

(Cut to restaurant scene)

Rain Man: What do you want as an appetizer.
Rain Man's Mom: Anything is fine.
Rain Man's Sister: No. You do this all the time. What do you want?
Mom: Anything. I like it all.
Rain Man: No. Seriously. Which of the items do you most want?
Mom: Any of them is fine. Seriously.
Sister: No, you want one thing more. Tell us what it is.
Mom: You pick.
Rain Man: No, you pick.
Mom: I can't decide.
Sister. Pick now, or we're going to get mad if you complain later.
Mom: You pick. They're all fine.
Rain Man: Let me approach it another way. We've got cheese sticks, potato skins, and onion rings on the menu. We need to order one. Is there one item that you don't want more so than the others? We need to know.
Mom: No. I like them all.
Waitress: What appetizer would you like?
Sister: Last chance, mom. Is there anything that you particularly want or don't want? Anything at all.
Mom: No. You pick.
Sister: We'll go with the potato skins.
(Five minutes later, waitress brings out potato skins.)
(Munch, munch, munch.)
Mom: Those cheese sticks sounded awfully good.

Been there, too. Potato skins with a heapin' helpin' of anxiety.

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