Speaking Softly at Home
My wife asked me why I spoke so softly around the house.
I said, “Because I don’t want to wake you up when I’m right.”
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My wife asked me why I spoke so softly around the house.
I said, “Because I don’t want to wake you up when I’m right.”
A man says to his wife, “Honey, I just read that women use twice as many words as men.”
She replies, “That’s because we have to repeat everything to you!”
The man looks confused and says, “What?”
At a wedding, the priest says, “Do you take this woman for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health?”
The groom replies, “Yes, no, yes, no, no, yes—wait, what was the order again?”
My husband and I decided we don’t need to exchange gifts this year.
We’re saving money for something really special — like therapy.
A man asked his wife what she wanted for their anniversary.
She said, “Something that goes from 0 to 100 in under three seconds.”
So he got her a bathroom scale.
After 25 years of marriage, a husband decided to surprise his wife with a trip to Italy — her lifelong dream. When he told her, she burst into tears of joy and said, “That’s amazing! But what are you getting me for our 50th anniversary?”
He smiled and said, “That’s when I’ll come pick you up.”
A husband and wife had been arguing, and they both decided to give each other the silent treatment. Two days later, the husband realized he needed his wife to wake him up at 5 a.m. for an early flight. Too proud to break the silence, he wrote on a piece of paper:
“Please wake me up at 5.”
The next morning, he woke up at 9 a.m. — furious.
On his nightstand was another note:
“It’s 5. Wake up.”
A man suspected his wife was losing her hearing. To test it, he stood behind her and said softly, “Can you hear me, honey?” No answer.
He moved closer. “Can you hear me now?”
Still nothing. Finally, he whispered right behind her ear, “Can you hear me now?”
She turned around and said, “For the third time, YES.”
A couple went to a marriage counselor. The wife complained, “He never listens! He doesn’t pay attention to me at all!”
The counselor turned to the husband and said, “Sir, is that true?”
The husband replied, “What did she say?”
A man asked his wife, “Would you still love me if I lost all my money?”
She said, “Of course I would. But I’d really miss you.”
My wife wanted a “smart home,” so we bought one of those voice-activated assistants.
Now, every time she says “Honey, do the dishes,” it says, “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that.”
Honestly, I’ve never felt so understood.
My wife reads her horoscope every morning.
Yesterday she said, “It says today I should avoid arguments.”
I smiled and said, “Good idea.”
She glared and said, “Don’t tell me what to do.”
My wife told me she’d be quick at the store — “just a few things.”
Two hours later, I called to check on her.
She said, “Don’t rush me, I’m in the checkout line.”
I asked, “How many people are ahead of you?”
She said, “All of them.”
My wife said she was going to teach me how to cook.
She started by saying, “Okay, first preheat the oven.”
I asked, “To what temperature?”
She said, “To the one I always use.”
I said, “And that would be…?”
She said, “The one that works.”
Lesson over.
My wife hates my alarm clock. Every morning when it rings, she elbows me and says, “Turn it off!”
So I finally did — for good.
Now, instead of an alarm, I wake up to her saying, “Why are you still here?”
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