Where's my wife?

"Mom, I have a wife now."

These are not words you expect to hear from your 7-year old son.  I was quiet.  Maybe I heard wrong.

"Mommmmm! I have a wife now."  I turned around to see what Lucas could possibly be talking about.  He acquired a wife on his favorite game: Minecraft.  This game is interesting because you get to use blocks (like Legos) to build a home, a city, and community, hunt for food, mine for coal, chop wood for building, craft an axe or sword for hunting... etc.  Lucas has been playing it for some time now, but this is a new development.

"I have a wife," he repeated to his Dad this time.  "Me too!"  was John's response.

"I will have a home set so me and my wife can have a home," Lucas exclaimed.  I thought: Ah, good! Making sure he provides a good home for her.  By the way, this is what she looks like.  Cute, right?

Then suddenly the game crashed.  I think what happened was the modification to the game that allowed him to have a wife caused the game to stop working.  Nevertheless, it crashed.

This happens to this game sometimes.  "I need another wife," Lucas said casually. 

John's attention was now on Lucas and the crashed game.  "What happened to your wife?" John asked, amused.

"I can't find her.  Where's my wife?"  Lucas re-started the game. 

"See what happens when you get a wife?"  John said to Lucas, making sure I could hear him loud and clear.  I could sense John smiling way over there across the  room.  "Very funny," I responded.