a difference of opinion
A: Black is too dark.
S: White is too bright.
A: Black absorbs too much heat; terrible for winter.
S: White doesn’t absorb any heat; horrible for summer.
A: One tiny white dot, and your perfect black shirt is ruined.
S: One tiny black dot, and your perfect white shirt is ruined.
A: Black makes you appear thin. Is that why you prefer it? Because you’re fat?
S: White makes you appear fat. Is that why you favour it? Because you’re skinny?
A: Black is intense.
S: White is boring.
A: Black is stubborn, sort of lifeless; closed off to every colour, never really changes.
S: White is weak, almost defenseless; vulnerable to every other colour, always changes.
A: Black represents suffocating darkness. No matter how good your eyesight is, can’t see in darkness, can you?
S: White represents blinding light. Can’t see if it’s too bright either can you now?
A: Your eyes adjust to brightness.
S: As they do to darkness.
A: Fine! I can’t do this forever and this is taking forever. I’ll take that grey shirt, thank you. Yes, the light grey one.
S: I think you should go for the dark grey one.
A: You cannot be serious.
S: I just think it’s better.
A: You know what? Forget it! I don’t even like grey.
S: Honestly, I’m not a huge fan either.
A: I think that grey was originally white. Some elements within white conspired against it, and let black infiltrate, which turned white grey.
S: What? Are you insane? You have it all upside down. It was in fact black. Enticed by white, some of its elements deserted it, leaving behind grey. I might just hate grey more than white. Why did you bring me along for shopping?
A: This isn’t about shopping.
S: Yes it is. I’d tell you to get the pink shirt, but you can’t pull it off the way I can.
A: Pink is harder for men.
S: Especially men who function in the blinding light of white. The pure ones. The holy ones.
A: I’d say something terribly cynical too, but without the black, I must concede the white would lose its magic.
S: There’s no magic, Ameen. No black, no white. Just a long expanse of grey.
A: Sure. But it’s mostly white. Whiteish-grey. Greyish-white.
S: Oh God. We’ll take the pink shirt, thanks.