June 1, 2010
FW: A Wife’s $20 Savings
On their wedding night, the young bride approached her new husband and
asked for $20.00 for their first lovemaking encounter. In his highly aroused
state, her husband readily agreed.
This scenario was repeated each time they made love, for more than 40
years, with him thinking that it was a cute way for her to afford new clothes
and other incidentals that she needed.
Arriving home around noon one day, she was surprised to find her husband in a
very drunken state. During the next few minutes, he explained that his employer
was going through a process of corporate downsizing, and he had been let go.
It was unlikely that, at the age of 59, he’d be able to find another position
that paid anywhere near what he’d been earning, and therefore, they were
financially ruined. Calmly, his wife handed him a bank book which showed more
than forty years of steady deposits and interest totaling nearly $1 million. Then
she showed him certificates of deposits issued by the bank which were worth over
$2 million, and informed him that they were one of the largest depositors in the bank.
She explained that for more than three decades she had ‘charged’ him for sex, these
holdings had multiplied and these were the results of her savings and investments.
Faced with evidence of cash and investments worth over $3 million, her husband
was so astounded he could barely speak, but finally he found his voice and blurted out,
‘If I’d had any idea what you were doing, I would have given you all my business!’
That’s when she shot him.
You know, sometimes, men just don’t know when to keep their mouths shut