i had to get a new eye doctor since we moved and i had my first appointment with him at the end of last week. we went the typical patient history questions and then he asked a couple of courtesy questions:

“what do you do professionally?”
“are you married?”
“do you have kids?”

i answered:

“software geek.”
“married.”
“two kids.”

he followed up the last question with:

“how old are you children?”

“one and three.”

he then responded with what i have grown accustomed to hearing after saying i have a one and three year old at home:

“it gets better.”