He is the head civil engineer for a major city. Funny story about him. He was the ultimate troll before trolls were even a thing. He tricked most of the teachers into thinking he was barely literate. This went on for years and years. It wasn't until he took the ACT and SAT and blew them out of the water that the staff realized he had been messing with them for nearly a decade.

I miss that dude. He was fun to be around.

My husband is a PhD physicist, his old college friends are all PhD physicists, and all his coworkers have PhDs. I am absolutely drowning in brain cells that aren’t mine.

So when I met his boss, who, by the way, is literally one of the top experts in the world in his field, we were hosting a community event for homeschool kids and adults with special needs. I didn’t know who he was yet, so I just… made assumptions. I cheerfully guided him around like a guest who needed a little extra support, made sure he got cookies and cocoa, and even complimented him on his “great grasp of the topic” while giving him a tour of his own equipment.

Then we ran into my husband, and I realized I had been gently supervising a world-class genius.

The next day, his boss went out of his way to tell my husband how kind his wife is. He literally just thinks I’m wholesome.