Pronoun Trouble

One of my communication superpowers is the inability to follow pronouns, even in a simple conversation, story, or discussion. For example, a typical exchange with my wife might unfold as follows:

“I was talking to my co-worker Raymond about books assigned in high school and we were both assigned Shelley’s Frankenstein. And we were talking about Frankenstein and the monster and he was saying…”

“Wait, who is ‘he’? Frankenstein?”

“No.”

“The monster?”

“No.”

“Shelley?”

“Shelley is a woman, you idiot! She is the author. She is not a he.”

“Ok, so who is ‘he’?”

“Raymond! Who else would it be? Do you not understand context at all?”

“Ok, I’m sorry. But…but…you chose to marry me. So some of this is on you.”

“You’re right. I should have married the monster. At least he would have understood me.”

“Wait, who is ‘he’?”