Foreign Affairs?

You know how sometimes you meet a couple and can peg them right away as a, "mail-order-bride" situation? Well, that's exactly what happened to me today. While the well-aged "buyer" held clear dominion over the outlander, he was surprisingly docile and accommodating towards his callow counterpart. I found it endearing and a bit ambitious of the young lady to pursue a life with a man three times her age. When he asked her questions she shook her head yes in agreement, which again, I found somewhat commendable of restraint on her part. Yet, when I asked her an open-ended question and she again shook her head yes, we all arrived at an unspoken understanding. Suddenly, the phrase, “foreign affairs” took on a completely new meaning for me.