In the last few days I have used the following two turns of phrase to DH:
- (on people who are annoying but should be tolerated)"...but I'm not exactly going to invite them to Thanksgiving"
- (on being overly attacked for something) "There's no need to make a federal case out of it"
His immediate response has been to pretend he has noooo idea what I'm trying to communicate because we don't celebrate Thanksgiving or have such a thing as 'federal cases' in the UK. AIBU to think this is a weird and childish derailing? Any advice on how to take a deep breath also welcome. (I will be expunging anything non-British from my lexicon forthwith, wot wot!)