Spouse: "I'm tired of listening to a child cry at me for three hours straight so can we do something adult-like that uses my brain?"
Me: "Well, we could talk about money."
Spouse: ".....? What about money do you want to talk about?"
Me: "I don't know, I just want to talk about something where one of us isn't stressed out with the other person and what they're doing." [we're in the midst of a mostly DIY kitchen remodel.]
Spouse: "So you want to talk about money???
*both of us dissolve into laughter*