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 30 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 thirty 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 the 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. > > > >
