My boyfriend was heating up some leftover pasta sauce. He put on some water to boil pasta, but then he couldn’t find the pasta.

Me: “I cooked all the pasta we had yesterday, but there is some left over in the freezer.”

He put that in the microwave.

Boyfriend: “Oh. Now I have a pot of water already halfway to boiling.”

Me: “Could you make some tea with it?”

Boyfriend: “Sure!”

After a while, he held up an unopened box of tea bags.

Boyfriend: “Do you want this flavour?”

I didn’t see what flavour it was, only that it wasn’t something we usually have.”

Me: “Sure.”

Later, we were having our leftover pasta for lunch with the tea.

Me: “This tea tastes a bit like very weak bouillon.”

Boyfriend: “It does!”

After drinking it some more, I came to the realisation that I actually really disliked this tea.

Me: “What flavour is this, anyway?”

Boyfriend: “OH! I just realised! I had already salted the water for the pasta before I used it for the tea!”

We had a good laugh about that.