Posted on 09/10/2013 11:01:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A man coming out of his hernia surgery and still under the influence of anesthesia was talking to a lady next to his bed when he realized just how hot she was.
"Man, you are eye candy," he says, cracker in hand. "WHOA. You may be the prettiest woman I've ever seen. Are you a model?"
Then he found out who she was: his wife of six years.
"You're my wife?" he says, his voice cracking. "Holy shit. Dang." He goes on like this for a while. "Oh my God, I hit the jackpot!"
Considering the range of possible reactions — You're my wife? Oh ... — this is literally the best one the wife could have ever hoped for. She's definitely going to spike his drinks with anesthesia on the reg from now on.
Cf. The Wife in Washington Irving's The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., which famously contains The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
The Wife is very short, but would be judged hopelessly sentimental these days, and in other days too, I think. It is told matter of factly, but it presents a situation which might seem beyond belief to the cynical. Yet perhaps there is heaven on earth.
You are reassured that you are the light of his life. and threaten to show him the tape if he forgets.
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