Someone wrote about her mother singing things to people rather than talking.

When my Beautiful Wife and I were newlyweds, back in the Late Pleistocene, we often sang "opera" to each other:

So I might sing, making up the recitativ-type tune as I went along:
Good bye, my love!
I'm off now to the office!
I'm off now to the office for the day!
For the day!
For the day!
I'm off now to the office for the day!
I will be home
This evening, at day's ending,
This evening, at day's ending, with a kiss!

And she would probably reply in kind. Fun! Haven't done that kind of thing in years! Might just try this tonight, and see just how crazy my Bride thinks I am. (Well, I know that already, but how much crazier than usual.)

DAve Oesterreich