We've Got A Three Fig Newton Eater Here...

[midnight_toxic]

I'm watering our plants, and my mind swings back to yesterday evening. Sam dropped by. As he plopped down on the couch, he laughed as he shared his amusement at realizing there's a Norway, Maine.

See, I had sent him an email telling him that he could drop by, but Cait wouldn't be here because she's in Norway. Sam laughed. See, he thought she was out

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[aitroxan]

If lies are uncomfortable, comfort yourself with misdirection.

hmm. You should come by my house sometime. It's a house, you see. I'll drop you a line if things are sufficiently interesting.

And how was Sam, by the way?

[midnight_toxic]

No, see, the thing is that Cait *is* out of the country in Norway. I wasn't lying, but for some reason I could not express that truth without laughing as though I were lying.

I literally could not tell him the truth. Not without appearing to lie.

And he seems to be fine.

[b_shark]

If you laugh when you say it, then it's not a lie. It's a cruel joke, even if it is the truth. At least, that's what I tell myself so I can sleep at night.

[aitroxan]

I knew that Cait is in Scandinavia... but it seems that I misread your post.
I thought at first you were either lying to yourself or to Sam that Cait was in Maine.