You know you're a political scientist when

The hubby and I had a fun fight the other night. I say fun because I don't think either of us were really all that angry and periodically throughout the arguing while I yelled profanities at him I laughed and he laughed - but it was a fight. It broke some underlying tension in our relationship free from behind the veil we hide these things and we dealt with it, a bit.

But you know you're a political scientist when you say to your husband the next day after a brawl, "I think the problem with our marriage right now is we are suffering from a lack of social capital" and he says "yeah, we're both real busy," and you say, "yeah, we're bowling alone, let's have a date." And the entire conversation makes sense to both of you because you've both read Putnam and it's a referent that works...