My daughter’s eyeglasses were recently broken. One of the temples cleanly snapped off from the rest of the frame. It will be a few weeks until a new frame is ready.

Offering a temporary fix, I said, “We could try to tape them.”

“To my face???”

“No. We could try to tape the parts together.”

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Sometimes miscommunication isn’t about hearing the wrong words. It’s about hearing the right words in the wrong way.