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, and thinking it was a kinky game, her husband readily agreed.

This scenario, however, 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, the wife was surprised to find her husband home, and 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 deposit issued by the bank which was worth over $2 million, and she 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.

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You know, sometimes, men just don't know when to keep their mouths shut.

Used to when my mouth would take off before my brain was in gear I'd leave my wife a note saying "Forgive me, I'm stupid".
Must have worked.

Since we know that we REALLY don't understand them,a dozen roses ,a trip to dinner,etc. She won't believe it but you have made an effort;sometimes that counts.