Marriage is like bridge

[sceptic]

At first you have an open heart

Then you use a diamond to express your love

Then you need a club to keep them under control

Then you need a spade to bury the bastard

[Rain]

Insufficient bid :--D

[Aberlour10]

At first you have an open heart

Then you use a diamond to express your love

Then you need a club to keep them under control

Then you need a spade to bury the bastard

She doubled me with: "me or bridge", I redoubled with "I call the taxi" :P

 

Robert

[kenrexford]

My wife recently handled a deal like a true woman.

 

I opened the bidding by offering diamonds.

 

She refused to offer me diamonds in return, although she had a number of them.

 

When on lead, she again refused to offer a diamond as her opening lead.

 

When I got in, I offered a diamond to her on my switch, but she reneged and, hence, refused to part with her diamonds, despite the rules.

 

This cost no trick, but the opponents were allowed to force me to not play a diamond later.

 

This also cost no trick. However, it did require my partner, in the end position, to make a guess as to what to keep, a guess that she would not have had if all of this had not preceded the guess.

 

Her guess concerned whether to save her high heart or to save the high diamond.

 

As she again refused to part with her diamond, the right play, all was well.

 

For the record, though, her reneg was to offer me a heart, which I caught in time. So, I suppose I'd rather have her offer me hearts for my diamonds, so long as I get the trick.